When pills don't work...

One of the Chavalos came by today. He had a terrible cough.
He told me it hurt when he needed to cough.
I told him to go to the Japanese hospital, just outside of town.
Even offered him the money for the busfare.
But he told me that he'd walked over already, and that the pills that they had given him didn't do a thing.
He was wondering if I wanted to help him buy a mixture of herbs, leafs, honey, lime, ...
So we went to the market and got him everything he needed.
He promised to come by tomorrow and let me know how it went.
The kid told me that it was a recipe that his grandfather used to prepare for his family when somebody had a terrible cold.
He assured me that it had never failed it's purpose.