I am also finding it hard to find these precious little pickled plums where I am and my mother taught me to always have some around, as they are very powerful medicine! They even saved my life once when I was younger and stupid and taking things I shouldn't have been taking, the Yang concentration of the Plum countered the Yin of the drugs I was overdosing on (I wised up and now avoid artificial drugs as much as possible- I prefer herbal medicines to chemical ones) after I ate 12 or 13 plums in a row (thats a lot of Yang to balance a lot of Yin).
If anyone knows how I can get some of these here in Germany, I would be so happy!
ThanX,
Jozen-Bo