An IV drip for trees?

It doesn't matter what you're sick with the Chinese think all medicines should be administered through an IV.  Sometimes you go back every day for about 3 days to get it.    I was shocked when I went to the hospital and that wasn't the first thing they prescribed for me.  They did say if I wasn't better after I took the pills then I should come back for an IV. Despite still being sick, I didn't go back.

I've been here for 15 months and I still see things that surprise me on a daily basis.  Near my apartment there is a street with lots of newly planted trees.  They are being held up by branches and given an IV for nourishment!