power. They quench the body's internal fever and cause the five 

 principal elements) of which the body is composed to work evenly 

 through the blood circulation. Therefore, one who drinks these soups 

 does not need other and less beneficial drinks. Some of the more 

 common and less expensive soups that Fong Wan numbers among his 

 favorites are: Chinese mustard green with or without pork; Sz Kwa 

 melon with bean curd; and large white bean sprouts boiled with pork. 



BAMBOO LEAVES 



Bamboos flourish along the river banks and in the lowlands of 

 Southern China just as Oak trees grow everywhere on the Pacific 

 Coast. Although the climate of Southern China is very hot, the leaves 

 of the bamboo are always green, and no matter how oppressive the 

 weather may be, one does not feel the heat of the summer sun under 

 the bamboo shade. The bamboo leaves shut out the summer heat. 



The green color of the bamboo leaves belongs to the Vegetation 

 Element, and when taken into the human system, the leaves cool the 

 blood by acting upon the liver. A special kind of delicate bamboo 

 leaves is often used in herb treatments for relieving cases of over- 

 heated blood, of inflamed nerves, and of severe headache. 



Just as Nature provides the bamboo shade as a protection from the 

 heat of the sun, so do the bamboo leaves, when added to a herb treat- 

 ment, cool the blood and allay the inflammation of the nerves in the 

 head and upper part of the body. Bamboo leaves are good for head- 

 ache, inflamed eyes, hot flashes, fever, etc. Bamboo shoots are used 

 extensively in Chinese dishes. 



BEAN SPROUTS ARE HOLY FOOD 



The process of sprouting small green beans in pure water at an even 

 temperature until the sprouts attain a length of one and one-half inches 

 was originated by.Buddhist Nuns in China. Because these pious sisters 

 did not believe in eating the bloody flesh of slain animals, they sought 

 some food which would afford them ample nourishment. Finally, they 

 solved the problem by sprouting the tiny green beans. 



When they had more sprouts than they could use, they gave the 



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