with herbs has been pronounced a fraudulent scheme by the author- 

 ities, when at the trial their own physician witnesses were forced to 

 a'dmit many cures were made by the Fong Wan herbs. 



Both chemists and professors of pharmacology from two leading 

 universities have testified that certain herbs possess traces of alkaloids, 

 tannin, starch, saponin, emodin and pectin. They have also admitted 

 that while they possess no knowledge of the properties of herbs, yet 

 they have known of cases in which ephedrin, which is an extract from 

 the Chinese herb "ma huang," has relieved asthma, and of cases in 

 which digitalis, which is an extract from foxglove root, has been bene- 

 ficial to the heart. 



The effects of the odor, the taste, the strength, the color and the 

 action of the herbs on the head and on the extremities of the body are 

 absolutely unknown to them. Neither do they know that numerous 

 herbs, though light in weight, possess great strength and when boiled 

 in water, constitute a marvelous remedy for the relief of congestion in 

 the cavities of the head. 



In 1925 an Anti-Herb Bill was introduced into the California State 

 Assembly. People of all classes attacked Fong Wan in all sorts of 

 ways, but he merely laughed at them, for he knew that those who had 

 arrayed themselves against him had done so either by reason of jeal- 

 ousy of his success or because they were as ignorant with regard to 

 the real value of herbs as he had been when he was a foolish young 

 boy addicted to queue-pulling. He therefore sympathized with their 

 ignorance and did not blame them for causing him so many hardships, 

 especially as he was living in a foreign land where the Science of 

 Herbal Remedies was both so new and so vaguely understood. 



Fong Wan is happy to say that thousands of people have gained 

 speedy relief by drinking his herbs and that only about 15% to 20% of 

 the cases have required more than a brief period of treatment. 



DEAFNESS 

 DEPUTY SHERIFF'S STATEMENT 



Richmond, California, May 28, 1927. 



I suffered from Nervous Headache and Deafness. My Health was 

 so poor that I was unable to do anything. I had tried many doctors 

 and had also been treated at the University Clinic. The doctors there 

 inserted an instrument into my nose for the purpose of restoring my 



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