Tiger Balm
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:59 pm
After six years here, we recently discovered Tiger Balm. We were dining outside, at a friend’s house, when I realised I was being eaten alive by various insects. The desire to scratch was immense but my host went inside and returned with a small pot of Tiger Balm. I was told to rub it on my bites. I waited for instant relief but there was none. I was told to be patient. I waited and gradually the itching abated. Terrific.
But today I developed the king of all headaches. I very rarely suffer from these and so reached for the paracetamol. The headache continued. In fact it became worse. A couple of hours later I reached for a somewhat stronger painkiller and retired to bed. When I woke up a few hours later, my headache was still there.
I had to vacate the bedroom as our Filipino cleaner had arrived. She said I looked awful and I told her about my headache. She told me she didn’t understand as I had Tiger Balm in the house. She instructed me to rub it into both temples. What rubbish, I thought. Ten minutes later the pain was gone ... I was astonished.
But today I developed the king of all headaches. I very rarely suffer from these and so reached for the paracetamol. The headache continued. In fact it became worse. A couple of hours later I reached for a somewhat stronger painkiller and retired to bed. When I woke up a few hours later, my headache was still there.
I had to vacate the bedroom as our Filipino cleaner had arrived. She said I looked awful and I told her about my headache. She told me she didn’t understand as I had Tiger Balm in the house. She instructed me to rub it into both temples. What rubbish, I thought. Ten minutes later the pain was gone ... I was astonished.