It wouldn't cost much. Effective immediately, it treated both the symptoms and the root cause.
But ever since the rise of Western medicine, seeking medical treatment has become increasingly troublesome and the costs have skyrocketed. The most obvious example is the treatment of the common cold. Just going to the hospital... without spending several hundred yuan, you can't get out of there.
So, now, many people with minor colds or fevers just buy some granule sachets and rely on their immune system to get through it at home.
"I also heard this hospital was good, but who knew..." The elderly man chuckled bitterly as he recounted his experience.
