I was one a 5 day tour in Beijing with my girlfriend. We took a all Mandarin speaking tour. I do not speak the language, I only speak English. So, you can imagine how it went.
The day before flying to Beijing I went to the Guangzhou Zoo in the middle of a jungle and got some sort of insane insect bites on my legs while wearing shorts without any insect repellent. My ankle swole up so big that I could barely put my shoe on.
So, I ended up limping everywhere. At night our tour guide took us to one hospital. Nope, they do not accept foreigners. Next hospital, nope no foreigners. Third hospital, nope. Airport hospital gave me some sort of antibiotic pills for cheap that did absolutely nothing.
I had insurance, but it wasn't worth even covering for medicine that was less than $10.
I limped on the great wall, around Mao Zedong's tomb (the security actually let me skip the huge ass line up because of my gimped leg), I limped the forbidden city, olympic stadiums, summer palace. Everywhere.
The only thing that actually worked and subsided the swelling was this magical cream that we saw when the tour brought us to these stores to hustle us for money in between sight seeing.
Bao Fu Ling
I don't know what's in it but somehow it stops itching and swelling of all sorts. It's magical. Really saved me from limping instantly. If you go to Asia and have a chance to pick some up it is worth it.
Next time don't wear shorts in a jungle and wear tons of bug spray. Who know what animals those insects sucked on before biting me?