the cheap American Ginseng, valued at $10 a pound, is sold in China 

 annually. It is used to clear the lungs of fever and to cool the acid 

 fever of the blood in the stomach. It is also known to be one of the best 

 remedies for a child with the measles who has fever. 



RIDICULE 



There is an old superstition that Ginseng (Root) with a ball top and 

 a root resembling the arms and legs of the human body is the more 

 valuable. However, the shape has nothing to do with the quality. 



Fong Wan imports approximately 1,000 pounds of Ginseng annually. 

 He has it scraped, cleaned, steamed, and chopped into lengths, in order 

 that it may be easily boiled daily together with other herbs, for people 

 with weak lungs, weak stomachs, or weak spleens. It would not be pos- 

 sible for Fong Wan to spend time in selecting roots of certain shapes, 

 each of which weighed less than half an ounce. As numerous pieces of 

 Ginseng of different shapes are used daily, he would have time for 

 nothing else should he scrutinize each root to determine its shape. 



THE WORLD IS AWAKENING TO THE VALUE OF 

 CHINESE HERBAL REMEDIES 



Prior to the year 2000 B. C. the Chinese were well-versed in the 

 properties and remedial values of numerous herbs growing in China. 

 Billions of Chinese had been benefited by the use of these herbs before 

 the people of other nations took cognizance of their value. It is but a 

 few centuries since the Japanese began to study the works of the 

 ancient Chinese Herbalists and to discover for themselves the wonder- 

 ful results to be obtained from herbs properly prepared and admin- 

 istered. 



Japan, however, was far in advance of Western nations, for it was 

 but a few years ago that the Government of France began to rec- 

 ognize the marvelous medicinal value of herbs and to take steps toward 

 securing their benefit for the French people. 



In the United States of America due mainly to the persistency of the 

 Chinese herbalists themselves and their willingness to endure persecu- 

 tion for the sake of their profession, the use of Chinese Herbal Rem- 

 edies has been gradually introduced. At the present time, scientists 

 are keenly interested in Chinese Herbs. The chemists of the University 

 of California and of other universities in the United States are making 



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