these attacks, but has gained the applause, gratitude and friendship 

 of thousands of Americans. 



Just as the compass is so efficient that it cannot be either improved 

 upon or replaced by something modern, neither can a substitute be 

 found for the ancient Chinese Herbal Remedies nor their formulas 

 changed and improved. May it not be in the not far distant future that 

 the medical men of the world will discover that Chinese Herbs and 

 Ancient Chinese Methods of Healing surpass the newer medical dis- 

 coveries just as the ordinary compass "beats all new instruments" as 

 a guide to direction? 



THE HUMAN VOICE AND CHINESE MUSICAL TONES 



It is a matter of common information that the ancient Chinese based 

 their knowledge of herbal remedies upon the relationship between the 

 five principal internal organs of the human body and the five natural 

 elements; viz., the Mineral, Vegetation, Water, Fire and Earth ele- 

 ments. However, very few people know that the ancient Chinese went 

 so far as to base the five principal musical tones (1, Kok; 2, Ching; 

 3, Kong; 4, Sheng; 5, Yii) upon the five principal elements in connec- 

 tion with the internal organs of the human system. 



The first one, Kok, is identified with the vegetation element and is 

 related to the liver; 



The second, Ching, with the fire element (the heart) ; 



The third, Kong, with the earth element (the stomach and the 

 spleen) ; 



The fourth, Sheng, with the mineral element (the lungs); and 

 The fifth, Yii, with the water element (the kidneys). 



If a Chinese musician plays without knowing how the five principal 

 musical tones were derived, he lacks ability to appeal to the five prin- 

 cipal organs of the human system. Likewise, the Chinese Herbalist who 

 lacks a fundamental knowledge of the five principal elements and their 

 relation to the five principal human organs is incapable of detecting the 

 ailments of those sufferers who are in such pain that they cannot talk 

 coherently but only groan and murmur. 



To cite a local case by way of illustration: In the year 1918, the 



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