TCM

Oddly enough, 凉茶 sort of works?

Maybe a placebo idk 🤷‍♂️

But yea my grandmother want to boil some weird herbs/animal organ… like… no thanks.

I have no idea if those stuff they sell at the TCM shops with those weird herbs actually do anything, but it taste bad and I have yet to hear from scientists talking about it, so nah, its just very bitter (or otherwise weird tasting) “soup” for unknown effects.

(I say “herb” but actually I have no idea what those plants things are, just search “traditional chinese medicine shop” and you’ll see what I mean. There are like tons of those in New York City lol.)

These TCM stuff is kinda fucking with my depression, because my parents are very skeptical of “western” medicine, especially antidepressants which affects the brain, so they do not want me to take medication for depression. And I’m still a dependent on their insurance, and I have to rely on them to pay for medical bills. They think its some evil spirit or something… 🤦‍♂️

So yea idk what to do, depression sucks, especially with the ongoing US wave of xenophobic policies by the current administration.