A Hong Kong couple with a passion for making their own herbal medicine had to
be treated in hospital after eating an herb they found in the wild.
The wife, 66, had come down with a cold, so the husband went out collecting
herbs near a mountain. He boiled the herbs into a soup, which he gave his wife
on Sunday. He also ate some as a preventive measure.
His wife fell unconscious soon afterwards. The husband called an ambulance
for her and also had to be admitted to hospital for discomfort. Traditional
Chinese medicine doctors said the herbs were not poisonous, but could cause
harmful side effects if combined with other medication.
(Wen Wei Po)
