When a person craves sour food, his liver has need of them. The kid- 

 neys and the bladder belong to the water element. The taste of urine 

 and of water is salty. When a person craves salt, the kidneys and the 

 bladder are in need of it. 



Just as the organs crave various food elements, even so are they at- 

 tracted by the different colors. If any organ in the human body fails to 

 function properly, Nature's herbal remedies are required to revitalize it. 



THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DRUG AND A HERB 



Naturally ,when we look at the words "drug" and "herb," we think 

 of them as being related. Each consists of four letters. There, how- 

 ever, the resemblance ends. A herb is an organic substance of vegeta- 

 ble origin. It has life and it supplies nourishment for the building up 

 and strengthening of the body. It also eliminates poisons from the hu- 

 man system. A herb is a food, which, if eaten correctly, eradicates and 

 prevents many ailments. A herb belongs to the vegetation element and 

 can be grown in many different localities. It has no habit-forming or 

 other bad effects. 



A drug is usually of mineral origin and is an inorganic substance. 

 Sometimes, however, a drug is derived from vegetables or herbs, but 

 only through a chemical process. It has no life and has a deadening or 

 killing effect. A drug is frequently a poison which at times is used to 

 destroy other poisons. Therefore, the after effects are often harmful. 



THEY SEE NO SMOKE; THEY SAY THERE'S NO FIRE 



Extracts of various Chinese herbal remedies have been subjected to 

 chemical processes in order to precipitate their elements. However, 

 many kinds of herbs and roots show nothing in the test tube; conse- 

 quently, the chemists cannot determine their uses. For example a 

 chemist is never able to discover the elements in the Ginseng Root 

 which is a wonderful remedy in building up the air circulation in the 

 body. For the past fifty centuries, the Chinese have used Ginseng Root 

 to strengthen the air circulation and have combined it with other herbal 

 remedies to improve the blood circulation. 



Articles written by chemists or pharmacists frequently appear in the 

 newspapers ridiculing the Chinese as being superstitious in believing 

 that Ginseng has great medicinal value. Because these writers cannot 

 ree the curling of the smoke, they say there is no fire. 



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