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RECE P TIO N AN D DI S PLA Y R OOM S HO W I N G S AMPL E S OF V
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A RI OU S
K I N DS OF H ER B S
C ON S UL T A TI ON RO OM W IT H I MPO RTED TE A KW OO D F U R N IT U RE
AN D O RIE N T AL E MB RO IDERIE S
THE HER B R OOM S T OOK E I ) W ITH GRE A T E ST
T HE V A RIET Y OF C H I N E SE
H ER B S I N AM ERIC A
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C HAP TER I

TH E H ER B S T H E IR U S ES AN D P RE PA R A TI ON
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The S cience of Chinese Herbal R emedies

C auses of V arious Ailments
H OW Chines e Herbs are Pre p ared
Herbs Part of Nature s V egetation E lement
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The Di fference Betwee n a Drug and a Herb

Th ey S ee N O S moke : They S ay There s N O Fire’

The Blind L ead the Blind

G inseng is E xtensively Used to Increas e the Circulation
of the Blood and the Breath
G inseng as an Air or Breath R estoring T onic
R idicul e
The Worl d is Awakening to the V alue of Chinese
Herbal R emedies
Chaulmoogra Oil Digitalis E ph edrin etc
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The Compass and Chinese Herbal R em edi es

The Human V oice and Chinese Musical Tones
Five Colors R epresent the Five E lements in Nature
The Five Tastes R epresent the Five Pr i ncipal E lements
in Nature
An E lement of Nature is Humanity s G reatest Healer
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People of a Young Nation S hould be Healthy

C HAP T E R II
UN PA R ALL E LED S U CC ES S OF F ON G W A N H ER BALIST 3 4 38
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O akland Physicians Helped the M ost 37

C HAPT ER III
TH E S TOMACH AN D TH E S PLE E N 1
Chinese Theories R egarding the S tomach and S pleen 7

Testimonials C oncerning S tomach Troubles Ulcers Dysentery

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and Unbearable Pains 4 1 - 51

TH E H E A RT
Chinese Th e ories R egarding the Heart
H OW to Care for the Heart in Nature s Way
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Digitalis for the Heart—A n Anc ient Chines e Di sc overy

Theories R egarding G oiter Held by the Chinese
R ecent Pronouncements with R egard to G oiter
Testimonial s C oncerning High Bl o od Pressure E nlargement ,

of the Heart Dizziness Hardening of th e Arteri es G oiter

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and P a lpitation 7
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C H A P TE R V

TH E LUN GS AN D TH E TH R OAT
C h ines e Theories Regarding the Lungs
Chinese Th eories R egarding Throat Di se a se s
Influe n za Doesn t Worry the Chines e
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Chinese Theori es R egarding S inus Trouble—I t s C au ses

and S ymptoms 72 - 73
Testimonials Concern ing E czema F ever Infl uen z a Bron chial
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Trouble Asthma S ore Th roat C ough and S inus Trouble

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CHAPT ER VI
TH E L I V ER AND G A LL BLA DDER
Chines e Theories R egarding the Liver and G all Bladder
How Chinese Herb s are M arshaled to Combat Di se a s e
Testimonials Concerning Piles Yellow J a un d i ce and
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L iver and G all Bladder Troubles

CHA PTER VI I

TH E K ID N E Y S A N D BLA D DER
Chinese Theories R egarding the Ki dn eys
The Change of Life in Man
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N O E xcuse for Aching Teeth

S u fferers Without Teeth
Testim onials C o n cerning Kidney Trouble Pain in th e Ba ck , ,

Diabetes and Bloody Urine

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CHAPT ER V III

TH E N ERVE S 1 0 4- 1 1 5
Chinese Theories R egarding R heumatism Paralysis , ,

Neuritis Convulsions and Ap oplexy

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E arthquakes S imilar t O N er vous Attacks

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Testimonials Concern ing R heumatism Paralysis Nervous, ,

Att a cks A I t h r i t i s and S ciatica

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CHAPT ER IX

TH E BLOO D
Chinese T heories R egarding the Blood
Herbs are the Best S pring Tonic
Chinese Theories R egarding Dr opsy
Are V ricose V eins Incurable
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CHAPT ER IX ( Continued )

The Best Time to S have

The B est E ye G lasses are of Chinese Origin
Chines e Methods for R elief of Cross E yes
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Testimonials Concerning Blood Disease E czema Dropsy , , ,

V aricose V eins Cross E yes and Hemorrhage

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CHA PT ER X

M IS CE LLAN E OU S AFF E CTION S

Chinese Herbal R emedies Have a History of Ye ars
Chines e Herbs R ank With R oman L aws
Ancient Chinese E ngineering and Herb al S cience
How Herbs S top Pain Without Drugs
Chinese Theories R egarding Cancer
Chinese Methods of Prevention and Healing
Both E lectric R a ys and S un Baths Dangerous
Wisdom R idiculed and C ondemned by Ign oranc e
The Human Ton g ue Indicates Inte r nal Conditions
S ummer Ills
Testimonials C on c erning L umps in the Breast T um or Deafness , , ,

Obesity S ore on Tongue S prained Back Headaches

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Bleeding Piles S ore on L eg Poison O ak Agonizing

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Pain and Intestinal Flu

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E NT R APM E NT LE TT ERS 1 56 1 67
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L etters C oncerning S tomach Ulcers Cross E yes Dropsy

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Chine e F ormulas S till Used
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CH APT ER XI I

TH E H ER BA L I S T AND HI S S U GG E STI ON S RE GA RDI N G

DRI N K I N G AND E ATIN G
The Fong Wan Herbalist
The Home of the F ong Wan C ompany
Fong Wan s Horoscope
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Peculiar Drinking Habits

Bamb oo L eaves
Bean S prouts are Holy Food
Lettuce
Water Chestnuts
R ecipes for Preparing Nouri shing Chinese Di s hes
 FORE W ORD

T he demand of Americans for C hine se Herbs h a s for sev eral years

been steadily on the in c rease C ons eq uently whereas some f orty years
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ago t h e sale of Chin es e Herbs in the United S tates w s c onfined almost a

wholly to the C hines e p o pula t i o at t h time of this wri ting the A mer
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ican patrons far outnumber the Chinese .

Our c ompany h as b een doing bu siness in Oakland Cal if ornia for th e , ,

past t went y years During this p eriod we have a ff orded genuine and
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in most cas es p ermanent re l ief to num erous persons v a riously affli ct ed

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Our ha r mless life gi ving herbs h ave s o built up their b od ies purified
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their bloo d an d renewed their strength that they have again felt l ike
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their former selve s and h ave j oyful ly taken up t h e burdens of l ife anew .

We are here presenting the testimonials of a number of enthusiasti c

patrons some of whom testified in th e F ederal C ourt in S an F ran c isco
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C aliforni a M a rch l s t to 8t h 1 932 as to t h e authenti c ity of their p rint

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ed statements ; th e more rec ent address es of whom may be obtained

at our Offic e .

T h e office hours of our herbalist are fr om A M to P M . . . .

daily S undays
, A M to 1 2 Noon H erbs are c ooked and t h e tea
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served at the office daily to those pat r ons wh o either prefer to drink the
tea at the o ffi ce or who have n o facilities for c o oki ng th e herbs at home .

Alth ough there is no charge for co oking th e h erbs 9 0 p er c ent of our ,

patrons prefer to boil them at h om e several p ack ag es being p ut up at a ,

time .

Herbs are comp oun ded to m eet the needs of the individual In all .

c ases the price is the same b eing ten d ollars per week i n advan c e for
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seven packages one to be co oked e ach day either in a cc ordance with

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directions given or cooked in f our cups of cold water and b oiled down
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to one cup in about 30 minutes th e tea t o be strained and drunk wh ile ,

warm .

Believing that the American public w ould be interested to know

something of the Chinese theories regarding the fun c ti oning of t h e va
r i ou s organs of th e body and of the Chinese meth o ds of healing that
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have come down t o u s thr ough t h e ag es we are al so p rinting several ,

articl es from the p en of our r enown ed herba list .

F ON G WAN .

Oakland C al if ornia
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T H E H E RBS —T H E I R USE S
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T HE S CIE NC E O F CHINESE H ER BAL REMEDI ES

The Chinese S cience of Therap eutics is as Old as Chines e c iv ilization
itself In the primitive p eri od of the nation s history there reigned an
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emp eror kn own as S hin N ong which means Divine Fa r mer

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of his wonderful knowledge of Botany he was regarded as a god While

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searching for cereals and other plants that might serve as f ood for h i s
p eople he learned of the curative properties of certain pl ants and s et
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himself the task of na ming and describing them .

He b elieved that all things on earth were included in five natural

elements : water fire vegetation mineral and earth The color pre
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dominating i n th e vegetation element is green Becaus e the liquid con .

t a i n ed in the gall bladder and the juices secreted by the liver a r e gre en

ish he c oncluded that the gall bladder and liver belonged to the vegeta
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tion element The natural color of the fire el ement is red A s the heart
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controls the circulati on of the blood of the body and as the blood is r e d , ,

he said that the heart b el onged to the fi r e element The n atural taste .

of the water element is salty A s the urine which pas s e s through the
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kidneys into the bladder is salty these two organs were classified under
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the water element The n atura l c olor of t h e earth el ement i s yellow A

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S hin Nong beli eved th a t th e stomach gets i t s power from the spleen ,

and as t h e gas tric jui ce of t h e st oma ch is yellow h e classified the ,

splee n and the st oma ch as be lo n ging to th e earth el em en t A s the color .

of th e natural element i n mine r al is white and a s th e l ungs are white

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he c o n clu ded tha t th ey belong ed to the mineral eleme n t .

S hin Nong n ext classified the medicinal plants acc ording to their r e
la t i on s to the five natural elements Those t h a t wer e black and had a
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salty taste were classified under the water element He b elieved they .

had an influence u pon the kidneys and bladder T he col or in the vege t a.

tion element being green and the taste s our herbs of greeni sh color and
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sour taste were believed to be allied to the vegetation eleme n t to have ,

 C H U SES O F VH RI O U S H I LME N T S
S hin No g an ancient Chin s e E m p eror H erb alist liken ed the
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man system unto the univers e A S all life i s depe n d ent on Na ture for .

suste n anc e he c o nclude d that in the b ody of each pe rson were to be

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foun d the five pr incip a l form ative elem ents of Nature vi z : minerals
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vegetation water fire and eart h In other words h e held that each
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human being res embl ed Nature i n miniature .

Wh en Nature s five elements are working with equil i brium of p ower

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and ba l ance there are n o th understorm s volcani c eru pti ons earth
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qua kes u pheaval s or sinking of the earth ty phoons etc Lik ewi se
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wh en in our hum an systems equilibrium is ma i n tained am ong the five

elem ents we are strong a n d! well ; free from com plaint s of all kinds
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The m ost active element in b oth Na t ure and the hu man body is fire .

Wh enever the water element ( blood ) is over heated or there is too much -

fire we hav e th e co n dition kn o wn as Inflamm ation of t h e S ystem

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It resembles a heat wav e on th e earth which p roduces wind otherwise ,

kn own as gas or air circulation The hum a n system contai n s two ci r . .

cula t i o n s : t h e br eath and th e bl o od The Chines e wri ters s ay that the . .

bl ood is man s glory and th e breath his pr otection If th eir circulation

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is im peded th e viscera are inactive Wh e n the i nt ern a l organs cease to

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function p roperly t h e entire syst em bec omes poisoned F or example .

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the lungs of Influe n z a vi ctims were congest ed and cl ogge d wi th bl ack !

blood The bl o od s ometim es p oured from t heir mouths and no s es even

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after death Likewise in bad ca s e s of cancer of the breast there is a

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purplish black col o r and th e edges are upt urn ed Ninety per cent of .

such cancers a r e i n cura ble the po ison being s o deep -rooted that noth
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ing is able to drive it O ut E ven op era tions do littl e or n o g ood a s the

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cancer either ap p ears again or the s uff erer di es b efore long Whether .

a cancer can be dealt with su cces sfully or not depends u pon its co n di
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The devastations of the fire element or i n fl ammation caus e the , ,

most suffering In fl a mmati on of t h e h eart causes v a lve en la rgemen t

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palpitati on hardening of the arteries and h i gh bl ood pressure I n fl a m

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m ation of the kidneys ca use s Bri g ht s disea se ; of the pa ncre a s diabetes ’

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Inflammation of the bladder causes dis cha rges ; of the nerves n euritis ,

or infl ammatory rheumatism In flam mation of th e b owels or rectum .

c auses piles or bl eeding b owels Inflammation of t h e uterus cau se s tu .

m ors and hem or rha ge ; of the eyes blind n ess ; of t h e throat soreness , , ,

tonsilitis and swellings Inflamm a t ion a n d c old in the head cause s

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heada c hes and cata t r h It thickens and c ondenses the moisture ch ang
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ing it into mucus or phlegm Inflammation of the liver or the gall
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cau s es gall stones or enlarge ment of the liver When infl a mmation a f .

fe ets one or more of the internal orga ns trouble develops in th e ex ,

t r emi t i es of the b o dy through the media of blood c ircul ation and nerv es
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Therefore in order to aff ord permanent relie f the Herbalist must b e

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conversan t with the connection between the internal organs and the
part of the body aff ected .

Inflammation of the human system comes either from what we eat

or drink or as a foreign invasion such as attacks consequent upon ,

changes in temperature ( cold or fever ) or upon contagion or other

infection .

Inflammation in any part of the system impedes its proper function

ing Merely taking a physic and moving th e bowels every day do es not
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necessarily imply that the blood and organs are t h ereby cleansed and
rid of pois onous inflammati on S ome pers ons try to drink a gallon or
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more Of water each day in order to flush the kidneys an d bladder The .

result of such m easures is frequently the bringing on of indigestion and

the weakening of the bl adder and kidneys for life Other peopl e eat .

quantities of fr uit in order to kee p th eir systems from b ec oming i n

flamed However one who takes into his system too much f r uit and
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water wi ll thereby destroy the fire elements th erein and his f oo d wi ll ,

lie there undigested He will s o on l ose his vitality and become liable
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to tumors di scharges pallor of complexi on sens ations of cold and

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weakness sour stomach vomiting and s ometimes even dropsy

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In ad di tion to tracing various ailments to foregoing elem ents Chi ,

nes e Herbalists also attribute path ological c onditions to other causes ,

1 . Overexcitement or great joy affects the heart .

2 . I ntense anger a ffects the liver .

3 . Deep thinking ( mental strain ) and sadness aff e c t the spleen .

4 . G reat fear ffects the kidneys

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5 . S udden fright affects the heart .

Any specific ailment may b e due to the inflammation or derangement

of one or all of thes e organs .
 HOW CHINESE HERB S ARE PREP A RED
There are more than a thousand varieties of Chinese M edicinal
Herbs m o st of which are gathered by specially trained persons in the
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gre a t province of S z e Chuan in Weste r n China Th ese herbs c o n s ist

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Of leaves bark berri es and roots all of which must be cleaned and
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stea med in order to steriliz e them Th e roo ts moreover are given a .

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special scrub and then steamed for twenty four ho urs After having -
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been steamed the herbs are either put in t o the s un to dry ; Or in c ase
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the weather is rainy are dried under shel t er in sp ecially c onstructed

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ovens .

AS a rule however the herbs are not put th rough these processes in
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the provinc e in whi ch they are gath ered but are shipped immediately ,

to Hong Kong to exp o rting firm s having s pecial facilities for cl eaning ,

cutting s t eaming and dryi ng herbs on a large scale a s well a s for sani
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tary p acking and for shipping While the proc esses to which the herbs
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are subj ected in preparing them for market s erve both to re move all
foreign matter and to thoroughly sterilize them they do not h owever , , ,

rob them of their h ealing p roperties or of their delicate fragrance .

When a well seal ed b ox of t hes e c areful ly prepared herbs is received

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in th e Uni t ed S tate s an d opened the ro om is fill ed with an aroma com ,

parable only to th at of the forests in M ay .

There is one cons picuou s di ff erence between Chinese and Occidenta l

herbs The l a tter are generally sold in sma ll packages and a r e ground
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almost to a p owder while the Ch ines e h erbs from which one CU p of tea
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is made are in large pieces each leaf b erry or pi ece of bark or roo t be
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ing distinct from the others In fact a p ackage of Chinese herbs i n

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stead of cont aining two o r three teaspoonful s of p owdered herbs con ,

tains about three cupfuls of herbs of approxi mately twenty varieties ,

each in its natural color and form Again most Occidental herbs are .
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merely steeped before drinking but in order to make a cup of tea from ,

a package of Chinese herbs one must add four cups of water and boil
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them for half an hour after which they are strained b efore drinking
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HER B S PA R T O F NA TURE S VEGE T A T ION ELEM ENT ’

If we cut grind or boil it any herb carried by the F ong Wan CO

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can be eaten without th e slightest harm to the human system When .

these herbs are comp ounded by our S pecialist who has a n ext ensive
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knowledge of their properties they work wonders in the regeneration
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of the b ody .

N O crea ture can live with out vegeta tion B ecaus e of la c k of vegeta .

tion on the great deserts there i s no anima l life V egetation that is

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mild in taste is used for man s daily food S om e vegetation Of sour or

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bitter taste p ossesses curative power and i s v aluabl e a s a correc tive .

Hundreds of varieties of herbs are u sed a s foods Anyone wh o .

doubts this statement can make the test by ordering Chinese dishes in
accordance with the advice of the F ong Wan S pec ialist The whole .

some and delicious Chinese Herb dishes a i e unequaled in b ody building -

valu e by any other foods A table for 8 persons co sts about $ 30

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wehave heard many persons s a y : I have no c onfid ence in herbs .

These people do not stop to think that 9 9 per cent of their daily food is
of vegetable o r igin and that even fi s h meat milk butter and sugar
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come under this head If there were n o vegetation neither cattle nor
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fish could sub sist It would s eem as if those people who do not believe
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in h erbs do not believe in the wisdom of G od who gives us vegetation ,

so freely Futhermore h ow c an they believe th at their strength and

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vitality can b e main t ained by eating three meals a day ?

Besides our common food and the remedial h erbs t h e building mate ,

rial and furniture of our homes and the b eautiful fl owers in our gardens
all belong to the vegetation element Without vegetation there would .
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be no fuel ; neither could mineral s be welded into instruments .

T h e colors of flowers attract the human s ense of sight They cor .

respond to th e colors of the human organs G ree n besides being the .

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most prevalent and most restful color has the greatest attraction -for ,

the human eye Green i s the vegetati on c olor T he liver belongs to the
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vegetation of th e body T herefore th e liver is al so attracted by th e

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color green Th e Chinese b elieve that th e colors in the eyes repres ent
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the colors of the internal organs F or instan c e th e color of the iris rep
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resents the color of the liver ; the whi t e of the eye represents the ligh t
color of the lungs ; and the dark pupil represents th e color and strength
of the ki dneys Therefore various colors attract not only the human
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eye but als o the senses of th e internal organs

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Why do children like sweets ? Be c aus e the stomach and the spleen
are yellow thus re sembling the color of the earth element The taste
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of the earth is sweet ; therefore the stomach and the s p leen naturally
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develop earlier and with greater rapidity than any of the other organs .

Children like sweet things alm ost im me d iately after birth The liver .

belongs to the vegetation element The ta s t e of vegetation is s our. .

When a pers on craves sour food h i s liver has need of them The kid , .

neys and the bladder b elong to the water element The ta ste of urine .

and of water i s salty Wh en a p erson craves salt the kidn eys and the
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bladder are in ne ed of it .

Just as the organs c rave various food el ements ev en s o a r e they a t ,

tracted by the di ff erent c olors If any o rgan in the human bo dy fai ls to

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function properly Nature s herbal remedi es are required to revi t aliz e it

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T HE D I FFEREN C E B ET W EE N A D RUG AND A HER B

N a t ur a lly wh en we look at th e words drug and h erb we think
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of them as being related E ach consists of four letters T here how

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ever the resemblanc e ends A herb is a n organic substan ce of vegeta

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ble origin It h a s life and it supplies nour ishm ent for th e building up
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and strengthening of th e b ody It also eliminates p oisons from the h u .

man system A herb is a food whi ch if eaten correc tly eradicates and
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prevents many ailments A herb b elongs to the vegetation element and

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can be grown in many different l ocalities It has no habit forming or .

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other bad eff ects .

A drug is u su ally of mineral Ori g in and is an inorganic substance .

S ometi mes h owever a dr ug is derived from vegetabl e s or herbs but

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only through a chemical proc ess It has no life and has a dea deni ng o r .

killing effect A drug is frequ ently a poi s o n which at times i s use d to

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destroy other poisons Th erefore the after effects are often harmful
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T HE Y SE NO S MOK E: T HEY S A Y TH ERE S NO '

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E xtracts of va i ous Chines e herbal reme d ies hav b een subjected to

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chemical processes in order to precipitate th eir el ements However .

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many kinds of herbs an d root s S how n othing in th e te s t tube ; co u se

quently the che mi sts cannot d etermine th eir uses For exampl e a
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chemist is never able to discover the elements in th e G inseng R oo t

which is a wonderful remedy in building up the air circulation in the
body For th e p ast fifty c enturies the Chinese have u s ed G inseng R oot
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to strengthen the air circulation a n d have combined it with other h erbal

remedies to improve the blood circulation .

Articles written by chemists or pharmacists frequently ap p ear in the

newspapers ridiculing th e Chines e as being sup erstitious in believing
that Ginseng has great me d icinal value Bec ause thes e writers cannot
s ee the curling of the s m
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oke they s a y th er e is no fire , .

 T HE B LIND LEAD T HE B LIND
N EI THER PO SSESS IN G F UNDAME NT A L KNOW LEDGE
In this twentieth c entury human su ff eri ng may be c lassified under
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three groups viz

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( 1 ) N euri tis headaches nerve

, p ai n s in the b ack of the neck or in
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the h ead or pain in the Sh oulder blades T hes p ai ns are generally due
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to either infl ammation of th e bl o od stream or to the improper func

t i on i n g of the kidneys and th e bladder G enerally th es e conditi ons are
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not manifest in either bl o od tests or urine tests I n c onsequence pa .

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t i en t s are told tha t their kidn eys and bladders are i n go od c o ndition
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( 2 ) The bl ood around the val v es of the heart be c omes p oisoned ,

heated by the fire element and conges t ed Pains run through the
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chest the nerves the arms and th e shoulde r blades

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( 3 ) The improper fun ctioning of liver or of the gall bladder

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The p ain runs along the right side through t h e back and m or e or less
through the stomach Pers ons suff ering fro m the aforesaid ailments
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h aving failed to se cure relief are generally ad vis ed to h av e even th eir

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go od teeth extracted their ton s ils removed ( even though they may be
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small in size ) the gall bladder drained the appendix removed and one
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kidney taken out Yet after all this they still su ffer Th e b asic causes
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are to be found in the blood stream Why should peopl e suff er thus .
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The result of having teeth extracted is faulty m astication faulty di ,

gestion and broken h ealth How many pers ons are free from suffering
.

after the gall bladder has either been drained or tak en out ? How
many young people wh o have their appendices rem oved become subje ct
to either nervous attacks or to epil ep t ic fits ?
How m any little folks
who have had their tonsils removed have either died or had their ey es
sunken in ? L acking a fundamental knowledge of thei r ailments suf ,

f er er s are l ed by S O called medical advisers just a s the blin d lead the

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blind Is this to b e regarded as advance in twentieth century scien c e

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G IN SE N G I S EXT E N S I VEL Y US ED T O INC RE A SE T H E

CIR CUL A T ION O F T HE BL OOD AND T HE B REA T H
As far back as the beginning of Chinese civilization the people of ,

China had learned through their h erbalists tha t in th e bo d ies of all liv
ing creatures there are two circulations ; viz the circulation of the .
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blood and that of the breath In the ancient literature on herbs we find
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the statement Man s bl ood is hi s glory ; h i s breath i s 11 1 8 protection

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If the circulation of either of t hese is impeded the five viscera do not ,

functi on norm ally and t h e system be c omes p oisoned .

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In the Chines e methods of tr eatment th e c irc ulation of the breath i s

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deemed Of more importance than that of th e blood because if the breath ,

circulation is imp eded t h e blood c annot follo w just as in a water pipe

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unless the air goes through first th e water c annot mak e its way .

In Occidenta l schools Of medicine t h e scientists fr equently s a y that

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such and such a pers on is anemic or la c ks blood M oreover we Ofte n .

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hear peopl e s a y I am short winded and cannot get my breath H ow

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ever the medical me n never claim that the s hort winded pers on lacks
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breath or air On the o t her hand when a person i s anemic blo od trans
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fusion i s commonly resort ed to ; whil e sometimes iron is injected to build

up th e blood or electr icity is applied to the b ody to accelerate the ci r cu
lation of t h e blo od Again the su ff erer may be advise d to drink alco
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holic liquors or even the fresh warm blood of a calf from a S laughter
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house .

On the other hand we never hear of people who are short of breath
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being taken t o a servic e station to have air p ump ed into their b odies .

In fact nothing is done to i ncrease the air supply in th e system If the

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Chinese th eories are c orrect Occidental Medica l S cience which omits

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the stu dy of t h e breath or air circulation i s only 50 per cent e fficient

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even granting that its methods of building up th e blood are successful .

While expen s ive deerho r n is used a s a blood restorer in China herbs ,

compounded for this purp ose have proven m ore successful and are com
mo uly used .

G IN SEN G A S AN AIR O R B RE A T H RES T O RING T ONIC

In th e Chin es e herb treatment various kinds of ginseng roots are used
to strengthen the air circulation and restore the p ower to the breath .

In order that the bl ood may not become i n flamed gi nseng Of the more ,

common varieties i s generally compounded with different kinds Of herbs

to produc e blo od a n d air in people who are run down and weak In the -
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Occ ident people who are we a k and sick are often given iron tonics o r
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injections of iron which cause headache and pain in th e nerves of the

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neck and temples together with afternoon fever red lips and hot
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cheeks .

The Chinese know po sitively that ginseng is a Tonic and Res t or a

tive The highe st priced North Ch i n a Gi n s en g c osts $ 1 0 0 per oun ce
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Thi s ma kes but one cup of Gins eng Tonic Millions of dollars worth of .
intensive studi es and carrying on num erous experiments in order to
determine scientifically the exa ct eff ects of c ertain Chine s e Herbs upon
the human system .

On March 1 9 1 9 2 8 some of the Officials of the University of C ali

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f o r n i a ordered through the Fong Wan C omp any ten p ounds of M a ,

Huang to be sent to Washington D C s o that the curative p owers of , . .

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this plant might be investigated there The manner in which M a .

Huang is u sed by the Chinese in Herbal C omp ounds i s quite different

from t h e ways tha t the Americans use it in combination with other
things The Chi nese method is not h armful Th e authorities of the Uni
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versity Of Californi a have also bought mainly from the Fong Wan ,

Company more than three hundred specimens of other he r b s for use

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in their laboratory research .

CHAU LMOO GR A OIL DI GI T AL I S EPHED RIN M ER CUR Y . , . .

S A LVA RS AN AND NUM ER OU S O T HER D R U G S -

have been u se d in China for

thousands of years However dur .
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ing the past few centuries the use ,

of Mercury and S alvarsan has b een

gradually abandoned as the Chi ,

nes e have discovered that these

drugs contain too much poison for
the human system to c ope with .

The Chinese have therefore resorted

more and mor e to herbs which , ,

while having great healing p ower ;

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leave none of the bad after effects

common to drugs Di gitalis an ex .
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tract of F oxglove R oot is b eneficial ,

to the heart E phedrin is an ex .

tract from the Chinese herb Ma

Huang .
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Chaulm oogra Oil for leprosy so ,

A b h f m th
ra nc ch ulm o
ro m0
e recently acclaim ed by the Western
a oo n .

I xt ct ds e ra World was known to the Chinese

e .
,

long before any foreigner ever visi t ed China The Chinese E n cy clo .

pedia of Herb al S cience whi c h was p ublished by th e Chinese G overn

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ment about 300 years ago contains formula s setting forth the u ses
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of Chaulm oogra O il This i s but one illustration of the fact the Chi
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nes e possesse d knowledge of medi cinal remedies far in advance of

westerners and that many of the s o called new disc overies in West
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ern Medical S cienc e have their origin in Chinese knowledge and u sages
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T HE COMPA SS AND CHIN ESE HER BA L REMEDI E S

The comp as s was invented by th e Chinese many thous ands of years
ago ; yet today according to the statement of Li euten ants L J M ait
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land and A J H eg en ber g er published July 1 2 1 9 2 7 in the S an Fran

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cisco Chronicle the compass beats all new instrum ents

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Not only do the world s avia t ors u s e this C hines e invention to guide
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them but it is als o used by steamships warships engi neering works

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and even in getting direction for long range guns All nations great .
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and small use this invention to help them find their way in the world
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Now that the world is gradually awakening to the valu e of Chines e

Herbs the young Chinese student s in the M edica l Colleges are f r e
,

quently asked by the doctors under whom they study what one or a n
other kind of herb i s us ed f or While thes e m edical men are deeply i n
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t er es t ed in the scraps of information thus gleaned they do not realize ,

that these Chinese studen t s are n ot herbalists and that they know only
a little of but a very few kinds of th e herb s that are use d by th e Chi
nese to relieve human suff ering .

M oreover these few kinds of herbs in the hand s of Occidental doc

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tors are comparable to what a few sel ecti ons from E n glish L iterature
would be to a Chinese wh o had just learned his A B C s E ven th ough ’
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th ese medical men might le a rn the us es of hundreds of kinds of Chinese

.

Herbs yet bec au se of their lack of fundamental and experiment al

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knowl ed ge of herb treatment they would s oon f o rg et wha t they had

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learned and the five thousand fo r mulas that have been worked out by
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ancient Chinese Herbalists would b e valueless to them .

While the us e of the Chinese invention th e comp a ss has never been , ,

attacked and prohibited because of j eal ousy the practice of Chinese ,

Herbs i s continually under fire for the reason t hat pra c titioners in other
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s chools of healing realiz e t hat the marvelous success of the herb tre a t
ments h as s h ow them of much of their business The Fong Wan Herb .

alist h owever h a s been able to aff ord relief to s o many people whose
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c ases had be en pronounced hopeless that he has not only withs t ood ,

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these attacks but h a s gained th e applause gratitude and friendship
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of thousands of Americans .

Just a s the compass i s s o efficient th at it cannot be either improved

upon or repl aced by something m odern neither can a substitute be ,

found for the an ci ent Chinese Herbal R emedies nor their formulas
chang ed and improved May it not be in the not far distant future that
.

the medi c al men of the world will di s cover t hat Chinese Herbs and
An c ient Chines e M eth ods of Healing surp ass the newer medical dis
cover i e s just as the ordinary comp ass beats all new instruments a s
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a guide t o direction ?

T H E HUMAN V OIC E AND CHINES E MU S ICAL T ONES

It is a m atte r of c ommon inform ation that the a ncient Chinese based
their knowledge of herbal remedies upon the relationship between the
five principal internal organ s of the human body and the five natural
elements ; viz the Mineral V egetation Water Fire and E arth ele
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ments However very few people know that the an c ient Chinese went
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s o far as to b as e the five principal musical ton es ( 1 Kok ; 2 Ching ; -

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3 Ko ng ; 4 S heng ; 5 Yi i ) up on the five princip al elements in connec

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tion with the internal organs of the human system .

The first one Kok is identified with th e vegetation element and

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is
related to the liver ;
The second Ching with the fire element ( the he a rt ) ;
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The third Kong with the earth el ement ( the stomach and the
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s p leen ) ;
The fourth S heng with th e min ral
, , e ele meri t ( the lungs ) ; and
The fifth , Yi i , with the water element ( the kidneys ) .

If a Ch ines e musi c i a n plays without knowi ng how t he five principal

musical tones were deriv ed he lacks ability to ap p eal to the five prin
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ci p a l organ s of the hum a n system L ikewise the Chinese Herbalis t who

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lacks a fundamental knowledge of the five pri ncipal elements and their
relation to t h e five principal human organs is incapable of detecting the
ai lm ents of thos e suff erers wh o are in such p ain that they cannot talk
cohere ntly but only groan and murmur .

To ci t e a local c as e by way of ill ustration : In the year 1 9 1 8, the

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s on of a former p asto r of the Chinese Pr esbyterian Church became d es
per a t ely ill T he poor b oy wa s in such p ain that he c ould not tell h i s
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father where h i s p ain was but could only howl and g roa n with pain day
and night The father an ex p erien c ed herb al ist with a fine stock of
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herb s at hand did the very best he c ould for his s on a ll to no avail
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Finally in desp air h e called up F ong Wan and begged him to come at
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once to s ee h i s s on Immediately upon stepping inside the house and

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before he had reached the room where th e boy lay in agony F ong W an ,

knew exactly what wa s t h e matter upon hearing the voice of the b oy

in the loud cry of p ain .

He told the father that his son s liver had b ec ome overheated by the
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fire element and that his trouble wa s infl amm ati on of the liver and i n
t es t i n es He then directed the father to c ompound immediately cert ain
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varieties of herb s to allay the inflamm ation T he father ha vi ng every .

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thing a t hand pro c eeded at onc e to prep are the herbs and after the boy
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had drunk a c up of the tea he fell into a restful sleep Th e father c on

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t i n ued the treatment and within a few days the boy was not only out
,

of danger but had pra c tically recov ered Although prior to that time .

the boy had suffere d from the same ailments off and on for over ten
years there has been no r eturn of the mal ady sin c e
, .

A similar c a s e was that of Mr Ben N or wi ck who suffered terribly .

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from the Flu and who after the physicians h ad given up a ll hope of
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his recovery was t ak en back to his hom e from the temporary hospital
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at the Municipal Auditorium in O akland He also groaned with pain .

day and night Up on hearing his voice Fong Wan rec og nized the first
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tone the Kok which is associated with the vegetation element and the
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liver After the first cup of tea Mr Ben N or wi ck slep t nearly all
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night and h i s recovery was rapid

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M any suff erers make a low m o aning s ound This is the tone of th e .

Y1 1 and signifies kidney trouble A loud cranky qui c k tempered v oice

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indicates an ai lment Of the h eart A crying ch oking voice signifies .

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trouble in the lungs while a sighin g s ound dire cts one t o the spleen
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mt es t i n es etc ,
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The detection of ailments in th i s way by listening to the voices i s

frequently far more accurate and successful than are many of the ex
h a us t i ve exami nations m ade by medic al men Any r eader of this .

article by c arefully following suggestions will be able to discover for

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himself the ailment of a person who i s suff ering severely .

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F I VE CO L O RS REP RESEN T T HE F I VE ELEMEN T S IN NA T URE
1 . RE D repres ents t h FI RE ELE M E NT e .

2 . YE LL OW represents the E A R TH ELE M E NT .

3 . B LA CK ( dark ) represents the WAT ER ELE M E NT .

4 . WHIT E represents the MIN ER A L ELE M E NT .

5 . GREE NI S H B R OWN represents the VEGE TATION ELE

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M E NT .

Not only does each of thes e c ol ors represent an element in Nature

but it also represents one of the five di visions of t h e human race There .

fore in each hum an face one or more of t hese five colors is present
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For example : S ome indi vidual s of the White R ace are very white ;
others are a darkish brown ( liver color ) while oth ers are a greenish ,

white a yellowish white or a reddish white In each person there is a

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co mbinati o n Of one dom i nant color with others of these five col ors .

A red i n fl amed face signifies that the blood is overheated there be

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ing too much of the fire element This condition causes nerv ousness .
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high blood pressure headache dizziness and heart trouble Persons

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with a liver c olored or wi th a yellowish gr een complexion are v ictims

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of ailments of th e gall bladder and S pleen .

In addition to the fact that th e maj ority of internal disorders are

made manifest by th e c ol or of t h e S kin it is als o true that th e color of ,

the hum an tongue reveals th e condi tion of the internal org ans F or .

th ousands of years Chine se Herbalists have studied th e c olors Of the

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tongue because it i s possible in ma ny cas es to discover with certainty

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the diseas ed conditions of the internal organ s by simply looking at th e

tongue .

The key to the method of to n gue reading i s a s foll ows : The c olor -

of the tip of the ton g u e represents the heart ; of th e c enter the stom a ch ,

and spleen ; of the edges the liver a n d gall ; and of the under side of
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the tongu e the kidneys A brownish color signifies an over heated

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syste m Not infrequently do tongues turn s o deep a brown that they

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change to a co a l black The color under th e tongue b ecomes a blackish

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purple beca u se the fire element burns s o fiercely in the stomach th at

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the inflammation extends even to the kidneys M any people are skep .

tical regarding the si g nifica nce of a coated tongu e Howev er g reat .

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suff ering can be prevented if people will but watc h their tongu es
closely and take treatment at the very beginning .

Th e di fferent colors also influen c e the desires and preference s of the

different races F or instance the colored people lik e red ; the Chin ese
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like yellow and light red ; the white people lik e white L ikewise in the .
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human system b ec ause the spl een and t h e stomach belong to the E arth
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E lement they naturally crave sweets and things of yellow c oloring

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C ons equently if a person whose spleen is a ff ected is sad a n d down

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hearted a bouquet Of yellow flowers would b e a good gi ft for him I n

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case a person h a s h eart troubl e or his mind is affected d a rk blue or ,

dark green would b e the most suitable c olors for h i s envi ronment in ,

order to overcom e the fire element .

T HE F IVE T A S T ES REP RESE N T T H E F IVE P R INCIPA L

ELEM E N T S IN NA T U RE
1 . A pungent taste influences the action of the lu ngs wh i ch belong ,

to t h e mineral element .

2 . A s our taste has p ower to contract th e a i r in the blood and to

assist in th e functi oning of the ga ll bladder and liver which be ,

long to the vegeta tion elem ent .

3 . A bitter taste rushes through the system a n d works espec ially

upon the heart which belongs to the fire ele ment
, .

4 . A sweet taste b elongs to the earth element ; anything sweet has

a special effect upon the stomach and spleen .

5 . A salty taste b elongs to the water element I n nature the water .

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of the ocean is salty In the human body the kidneys and their
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s ub organ the bladder be long to the water element

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Anything .

that i s s alty affects these organs .

In the early dawn of Chinese c i viliz at ion the Chines e c lassified all ,

things in n ature under the five prin c ipal elements Th e five tastes are .

just as imp ortant as the fiv e colors or the five musi cal tones I f a p er .

s on understan ds these five tastes he can tell approximately how any

,

given food will aff e c t his system I f any food h a s a deleterious eff ec t
.

upon any part of his system h e ca n easily abstai n from that sort of
,

food .

Of the five tastes the most destructive to the hu man system is the
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bitter ( or h ot ) becaus e it influences t h e blood p assing through the

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heart .
 AN ELEME NT O F NA TURE I S HUMANI TY S '

GRE A TES T HE ALER

Year after year since the establishment of the F ong Wan herb busi
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nes s in O akland the public has been repeatedly inform ed that the com
,

plaints of th e human system and the ailments of any part of the body
can be c orrected and overcom e by bringing the five principal internal
organs viz : the lungs liver kidneys heart and stom a ch into harmon
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ious functioning A person is then free from all ail ments just the same
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a s when the five principal elem ents of Nature ( the mineral v egetation , ,

w a ter fire and earth elements ) work in unison there is no extremely

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hot or cold weather ; neither are th ere earthquakes volcanoes thunder , ,

storm s epidemics nor p estilenc es

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China is a nation of people S he h as exp erienced pesti .

l ences and epidemics of various kinds S O far however during the .

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last 50 0 0 years of her history not one of those epidemics had ever last
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ed long and never has one of them ever done China any real harm How .

ever foreign physicians have practiced in China for approximately only

,

thirty years E ve n at the present time m o st of th em are stationed at

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treaty p orts or in the foreign settlements The Chinese rely up on the .

E lem ent furnished by G od to keep down their epidemics and p estilences .

In coping with individual ailments the Chinese base their entire s y s

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tem of healing upon the five pri ncipal elements The herbs belong to .

the veg etation element When cooked with the water element they erad
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i ca t e dis e a se This method of healing has been handed through the

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ages F or over 500 0 years th e great men of China a s well a s the com
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mon people have used the herbs Chinese students h ave been sent
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abro ad to study the healing methods th e s o called new inventions and

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discoveri es of all the principal n ations in the world but so far th ey ,

have not discovered an y especi ally successful methods excepting that

of surgery E ven in surgical practic e moreover a gr eat many mis
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takes are made , M any unnecessary operations are perform ed and many
premature deaths ca used i n cases that might have been easily and
quickly reli eved by merely dri nking a few cups of herb tea instead of
submitting to dangerou s operations .

T he herb s c onstitute a p ortion of the v egetati on element The five .

princi p al elements were created by G od Therefore the h erbs are pro .

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vi d ed by G od Through his extensive and int ensive knowledge of herbs

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the F ON G WAN H ER BA L I S T h a s relieved over su ff erers Thou .

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n early all over th e United S tates Millions of dollars worth of cattl e
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either died of the di s ease or were kill ed when found to b e infected .

E very method of preventi on th at the human brain could de vise wa s em

ployed to prevent the spread of this dis eas e with but little or n o result
until when a fter repeated rainfalls the disease gradually dis appeared
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Illu s tr a ti o n N o . 4

About June 1 926 cablegrams received from S hanghai repeatedly

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rep orte d that due to the long p eri od of drought in the districts around ,

S hangh ai whi ch are thickly populated Cholera had broken out among ,

the Chinese ju st as bad as the Influenza broke out here in the United
,

S tates a few years ago It was later report ed that American physi
.

ci a n s helped the Chinese to check the Cholera It wa s a lso reported .

that the diseas e originated in the water from a main from th e river .

Then a cabl egram received at S an Francisc o under th e date of August

1 7 1 9 2 6 ascribed the outbreak of the Cholera to the long duration of
, ,

drought an d said that since th e downpour of heavy rains the disease

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had been almost stamped out This proves that Ch olera is checked
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by the Water E l em ent of Nature .

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For more than 50 00 years the Chinese have through the wisdom ,

granted th em by G od combined with their study of th e five principal

,

elements of Nature based t heir m ethods of h ealing the ailments of the

,

human body up on the connection between the five principal intern al

organs with the five princip a l elements of N ature .

Just as a hea vy fall of rain washes away diseases th at affect the

c ommunity c ollectively s o do the herbs which the herbalist combines
,

and cooks with water wash away the diseas e s from the b ody of the indi
vidual The p ower of the water element s ent by G od is great and far
.

reaching T h e power of the h erbalist extends only to the ailment of

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the individual relieving but one p erson at a tim e

, .

The F ong Wan Herb business has now b een established in Oakland
f or m o re than twenty years during whi ch period i t s herbs have
,

washed away the ailm ents of no l ess than individuals As the .

water element of Nature cannot wash away disease which is t o o far

advanced jus t s o the treatments of the herbalists cannot wash away
,

the ailments of individuals in advanced stages It therefore follows

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that those afflicted with dise as e should early give the F ong Wan Herbs
an opp ortunity t o wash them away .
 P E OPLE O F A Y OUN G NA TION S HO U LD B E HE A L T HY

The population of the United S tates of America is practically com

p osed of foreigners ; that is most Americans are of the first second or
, ,

third generation . Wh en either they or their forbears left their native

lands they were as a rule a healthy class of peopl eb ent upon improv
, , ,

ing their finan cial s ituation in thi s new uncrowded land of opportunity ,

and promise . Many of the people in the old nations are leftovers “ ”

who by reason of poverty illnes s or of home ties were unable to p ack , , ,

up and come .

China which is one of the oldest of the civilized nations has a teem
, ,

ing population . E ven as early as the time of the first emperor S hin ,

Nong who ruled China approximately

, 50 00 years ago the Chinese ,

prepared herbs to comb at dis e ase . By reason of their long ex p er

i en ce they are but rarely surprised by any of the s o- called n ew sick

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nesses most of which have b een known to them for ages

, . Here in
Ameri ca scientists m edicos and h ealers of various s o rts either for
, ,

the s ake of publicity or due to th e fact that they lack ad equate knowl
edge of the diseas es and their treatment have re c ently broadcasted ,

to the p ublic what they c onsider to be new discoveri es for curing c an

cer etc as well as n ew diseases such as Parrot
, .
, F ever S leeping S ick
,

nes s Infantile Paralysis etc

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. E ven when p eople are not ill the fear ,

thus instilled into them sometimes causes them to worry until the y
become sick .

Had the Chinese discovered so m any new diseases every few months
during th e past 50 0 0 year s as are continually cropping up here in
America in so old a nation with its teeming p op ul ation ther e would
, ,

be so much nam e s sake sickness that a large buil di ng would

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be re

quired to house even the names of all these diseases . Am erica is a

young n ation her p e ople having settled on this clean
, , V i rg i n s oil but a
few centuries ago . Wh en they do not feel well , 99 times out of 1 00 , it
is because due to something they have either don e or eaten their
, ,

blood is out of order . These simple ailments can be quickly overcome

by the Fong Wan Herb s which cleanse the impurities from the bl oo d ,
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 CH A PT ER I I
UN P A RA LL E LE D S UCC E SS OF FON G WAN
H E RBA LI S T

For 2 0 years F ong Wan ha s conducted a 1 00 per cent honest herb

business in O a kland .

He is not only abl e to det ec t the numerous ca us es of various a i l

ments of the human system but he h a s also b een able to discover and
,

to bring to naught the machinati on s of various jealo us enemies as is ,

evidenced by the foll owing :

1 .PO L I CE COU R T : S ince th e t of h i s Herb Busin es s
in Oakland in 1 9 1 5 he has won,
2 0 M edical C ases in the

Poli c e C ourt .

2 .S UP ER IO R COU R T : In 1 9 2 4 1 9 2 5 s ome lawyers and Chinese

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women combined to s ue him for in a trump ed up slan der suit -

( t hat had be en predicted in h i s horos c op e at t h e tim e of h i s birth ) He .

won this cas e in b oth the A pp ellate and the S tate S upreme courts This .

suit cost the plaintiff s at least $ 3000 .

3 .S T A TE A SSE MB LY : In 1 9 2 5 the Anti H erb Bill wa s intro

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d uced An investigation by the S tate Ass embly at S acramento wa s

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start ed It cost the S t ate of California no less than $ 60 00 and sh owed

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many indications that it wa s a bill of graf t .

4 .F E D ERA L C OU R T : F or more than 2 0 years F ong Wan h a s ,

realized that the m edicos after having failed in t h eir attempts to put
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the chiropractors and h ealers of other schools out of bu si ness would ,

cen t er their attention on the Chines e herbalist s B eing the most r e .

n own e d herbalist in Ameri ca Fong Wan als o susp ected that he would
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be the target H e als o fores aw that the agent of the medi c os would
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u s e the p ostal authorities as their instruments in persecuting the Chi

n ese herbalists .

Having been c a reful in all his correspond ence with regard to the
sta t ements and promises made Fong Wan cannot be legally convi c ted
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The decoy letters wri t ten by the postal inspector together with the r e ,

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plies to the same are on file at the o ffice of the Fong Wan C ompany .

They ma y be read by any person who s o desires .

A great campaign was condu c ted against the Chinese herbalists

from 1 9 2 9 to 1 932 The postal inspector sent out letters to entrap them
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and on the assumption that the herbs poss es sed no curative qualities ,

the postal authorities is sued fraud orders sto pping the mail of several ,

Chinese herb alists A chemist from the east testified that he had s ub
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j ect ed t h e herbs to chemical tests and analys es but had found in them ,

no remedial value I n July 1 9 3 1 the prosecuti on us ed this testimony

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together with evidence rushed from Wa s hington D C to S an Fran ,

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cisco in the ind ictment of a S an Francisco h erbalist on eight c ounts

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This cas e was t ried on July 2 4 1 931 in the F ederal C ourt When
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the defendant was fa ced by a number of p ostmas t ers and chemists from
eastern states he b e cam e frightened and pleaded guilty He wa s put
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on probati on for 5 years an d thought himself lucky While th is ca se .

wa s being tried in th e Federal Court Fong Wan sent three gentlemen ,

and one lady of high repu t e to court to get a line on the case and learn
what the special ag ent of th e medi cos a n d the p o stal inspector were con
t r i vi n g . The sp ec ial agent of t h emedic o s confided t o t h e lady th at he '
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had the strongest evi dence against F ong Wan .

Fi ve days later on July 29 1 93 1 ,F ong W a n wa s indicted on 1 6

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counts The medical men exhibited their i gnoran ce with regard to

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strabismus ( cros s eyes ) which acc ording to Chines e theories is gen

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er a lly due t o a blood infecti on t hat c auses t h ene r ves o f the eyes to be
drawn t o one side Th e prosecution h ad 3 c ounts ag ainst F ong Wan
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regarding this parti cular form of eye trouble alone F ong Wan has wit .

nesses with regard t o three cases of strabismus in ea ch of whi c h he

was su c cessful Fong Wan was c onfiden t th at h e wa s able to refute a ll
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charges .

Besides the postal i nsp ector fro m Washington D C a chemist and , . .

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a nu mber of postmasters were brought to S a n Fr a nc isco from variou s "

states When they assembled in court Fong W an mistook them f er

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ano ther p anel of j urors Pharmac ologists professors from two uni
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ver s i t i es physicians from O akland an inte r ne and a diagn ostician all

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testified against F ong Wan .

I n condu c ting this tri al of Fong Wan the pro secution spent a huge ,

slic e of the taxpayers money The federal jury n ot only returned a

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verdict of N OT G UI LTY but through t he testim ony (i f th e pros

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ecution s w ’
itnesses the trial proved to the authorities that the F ong
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Wan herbs had marvelous curative qualities .

 Prior to the trial Fong Wan had appealed to 60 of h i s former p a
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trons to te stify for him in cou r t E very one of these cheerful ly respond .

ed a n d expressed a willingness to do s o However but few were a c .

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c orded the opportunity The posta l insp ectors were so badly beaten in .

F ong Wan s case that n o other Chinese herbalist has since been i n
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dicted .

The defense tested the k nowledge of the chemist of the prosecution

with regard to herbs by asking h im how many kinds of herbs a certain
p ack age contained ; wheth er certain individual herbs tasted sweet or
sour ; whether he had spent any time in the University of C alifornia L i
br ar y looking up the uses of Chinese herbs and whether he had con ,

s ult ed Dr S tuart s translation of an authoritative work on herbs He

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had don e none of these things This sort of questioning revealed that .

neither the chemist nor any of the other prosecution wi tnesses under
stood anything about C hi nese herbal remedies .

p ostal ins pector c alled o u abou t 2 0 of Fong Wan s form er p a

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trons and found that th ey were strong for him These patrons told .

F ong Wan all ab out t h e inspector s visits However none of them ’

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were called by the prose c ution wh i le on the other hand F ong Wan had , ,

s ome of these sam e patrons testify in h is behalf .

In the Fong Wan offi ce there are five books of transcript of the
court proceedings Any person wishing to learn how wonde r fully the
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F ong Wan herbs have h elped sick p eople i s welcom e t o read these
books duri ng the o ffi c e h ours .

The following peopl e suffering from Arth ri tis Tuberculosis S tom , ,

ach Ulcers Diabetes Heart Trouble Malignant G rowt h s Prostate

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G land Paralysis Kidney Trouble and Ob esity have been b enefited by

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taking t h e F ong Wan Herbs S ome of them hav e testified t o the

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post a l inspector from Washington D C and others have cheerfully , . .

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testified b efore t h e Federa l Jury as to their gratitude in obtaining

relief from thei r ail m ents by the use of the F ong Wan Herbs .

Res i di n g in O akla n d and V ic i nity

Mrs C E Gr a pen t i n Mr s
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, . J Mead Mr O E Foster Mr William
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DeMooy Mrs C A Brown Mr Ch a s Cushman Mrs F McK eever

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Mr John O Br i en Mr s L Paxton Mr s N Lo ng Mr R Lemieux Mr

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W Lentz and Mr R Mitch ell

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Mr John Hocker and Mr M F Cain of Hayward ; Mr J Wortman

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and Mrs E Kennedy of V allej o and Mr Harold Hodge of B erkeley

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 OAKL AND PHY S ICIAN S HELP ED F ON G WAN T HE MO S T
After hav ing been treated for a S wollen Gland ( or tumor ) by an
Oakland physician without being helped Mr L entz took th e F ong Wan ,
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Herbs in 1 9 2 7 The tumor burst open and healed Despite th e fact

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that he was then over 70 years of age his relief was good for four ,

years until he suffered from a large stone Prior to th e trial th e Postal .

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Inspectors had called on Mrs L entz at her home and had learned that
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Mr L entz had thus been relieved of his s wollen gland Mrs L entz
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phoned Fong Wan about the inspectors call Next day an O akland ’
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physician made a statement regarding Mr L en t z s case in court F ong .

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Wan raised his hand and called the attention of th e court and of his a t
torne y to the real facts Under the cross examination th e physician a d
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mi t t ed that the Fong Wan Herbs h ad relieved Mr William L entz of .

S wollen G land .

Mrs Morehouse who for two years had been unable to rais e either
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of her arm s because of neuritis was r elieved by the Fong Wan herbs in
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two weeks Four years later s h e died of heart trouble F ong Wan
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wa s n ot consulted with re gard to th e h eart ai l ment The prosecution .

tried to make the jury believe that th e Fong Wan herbs h ad killed Mrs .

M orehouse An Oakland physician was forced to admit that the Fong

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Wan herbs had cured Mr s M orehouse of neuritis . .

The following excerpts are from the testimony of th e physician who

testified in the Federal C ourt in S an Francisco M arch 3 1 9 32—from , ,

transcript V ol 2 p ages 1 70 1 72
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Pros ecuting Attorney : B efore I a s k this witness any questions I

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would like to b e permitted to read another testimonial ha ving to do with

this particular case I am rea d ing from page 1 1 1 of this book of Herb
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Lore ( 1 9 2 9 edition ) published by the Fong Wan Herb C ompany which

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i s in eviden c e .R eading from page 1 1 1 th e heading i s ,

T WO Y E ARS O F N EU R I T I S
O akland Calif ,
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I su ff ered with Neuritis in both my shoulders and my arm s for two

years Failing to get relief elsewhere I went to the Fong Wan Herb
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C o After I had taken their herbs for two weeks my pain was entirely
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gone ; s o I discontinued This was a year and a half ago but I have
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not been troubled with Neuritis since .

M RS J E M O RE HOU SE . . . .

That is dated 1 9 2 6 .

Q Doctor you are a practicing physician

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? A I am . .

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 Q . Admitted to practice in th e S tate of California ? A . I am .

Q . Practicing in O akland are you ? A Yes , . .

Q I have a dea t h certificate here showing th at th at particular per

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s o n died on or about J a nuary 4 1 9 2 9 I s that right ? A Yes , . . .

Q Thi s death certificate gives the cause of death a s my oc arditis

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A Yes
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Q Wh at is myoc arditis
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? A It i s an inflammation of the heart .

mus c l es .

Q Anything to do with neuritis A They are very often associ

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at ed in the s am e patient .

Q Th ey are very often ass ciat e

. o d together ; i s that it A Yes
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Prose c uting Attorney : That i s all I o ff er in e viden c e t his dea t h .

c ertificate is s ued by the S tate of C alifornia De partment of Pu blic

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Health V ital S tatistics properly authenti c ated purporting t o sh ow the

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s h owi ng t h e death of V E
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Moreh ous e on Janu ary 4 1 9 29 , , ,

the caus e of death given b ein g myoc arditis .

De fen s e Attorney : I object to it a s absolutely immaterial It is n ot .

remotely co n nected with this case The certifi c a t e which h a s been read .

i s by the woman who s ays she suff ered f or a long time with neuritis
and had been cured an d no longer su ff ered At a later date s h e died of .

a c ute dilation of the heart ; in other words heart di sease ,

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Pr osecuting Attorney : Do e s it s a y anyth ing on that death cer t i fi

c ate about heart dis ease Mr ,
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Defense Attorney : Yes it d oes , .

Pros ecuting Attorney : You may take the witness .

C R O SS E XAMINA T ION
Defense Attorney : Q D oc tor does it s a y anything on that cer t i fi
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cate about he art dis ease ? A Yes myocarditis .

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Q D octor didn t you s a y that sometimes neuritis and myoc arditis

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might exist in the same patient ? A I said t hey very often exist to .

gether .

Q Ye s one might have two diseas es at the s ame time A Yes

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Q . Do you kn ow if Mr s Morehouse at any time ever had neuritis ?

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A Yes
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Q S he did A Yes
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Defense Attorney : That i s all
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Prosecuting Attorney : N 0 furth er questions I s that a ll Mr .

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Defense Attorney : Yes except that we cured her , .

Prose c uting Attorn ey : I obj ect to counsel testifying your Honor , .

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 The acid or fire element in the blood of the stomach may cause
ulcers just a s the acid or fire element in the blood caus es pimpl es to a p
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pear ou the face M any physicians mislead their patients to believe that
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the acidity is in the contents of th e stoma ch Therefore they advise the

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patients to have the stomach s c ontents pumped out S ometimes they

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find in the contents too much acid or la c k of acid They do not tell the .

patients how th e fire element works in the blood of the s t om a c h and i t s

adjacent organs S ometimes they find a lack of acid then they advise
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the taking of acid or acid forming foods into the stomach F ollowing .

the advice of these physicians usually is the cause of canker s ores in the
mouth and pimpl es on th e fa c e .

If either the stomach or the spleen is inflamed or weak gas pain , , ,

vomiting indigestion biliousnes s a grating sensation an empty a n

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noying feeling after each meal cancers or ulcers may result When
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the stomach is merely weak or is lacking in the fire element the fo od

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ma y li e t h er e undi gested and cause continuous pain until it is vomited .

T his condition causes many people to fear that they h ave cancers
or ulcers Frequently surgeons opera t e upon the st omachs of p eople
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thus afflicted but upon finding neith er c ancers nor ulcers sew them up
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again without discovering the cause of the p ai n .

Weakness of the spleen of long standing causes protr uding rectum

and bleeding after bowel movements diarrhoea dysentery rupture dis
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charge of mucus from the i n t es t i n es lo ss of appetite displ a cement of t he

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stomach a tired feeling and

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weakness of the limb s Physic .

tends to weaken the spleen

and causes constip ation If .

the bowels fail to move do ,

not be in haste to take physic

unless there is a high fever ,

for it is likely that they will

m ove naturally the next day .

The Chinese people wi th the ,

exc eption of a few opium

sm okers are seldom troubled
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with c onstipati on .

Acute infl ammation in the

stomach and spleen are the
The S tom ach causes of hemorrh a ges p im ,
ples around the mouth canker sores pain in the rectum pain and s ore
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ness in the fingers and toes inflammation of the eyes and even blindness
, .

The stomach and the spleen are liable to be a ffected by acid in t h e

blood in conjunction with fever in the liver and kidneys In such cases .

the su fferer experiences gas pressure a grating sensation an empty , ,

feeling and an annoying p ain for about an hour after each meal If he .

ea t s f r u i t or sour food his condition is aggravated When he takes

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something hot either liquid or solid he fe els better for a little while be
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cause the acid burns the food However a s s oon as the foo d is digested
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the acid begins to bur n the walls of the stomach and the pai n returns .

When a su fferer from stomach trouble goes t o a physician the latter ,

generally X rays the stomach to se e if th ere is a gr owt h of any kind

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Di s c overing none he then watc h es t h e digestion with an X ray T h e

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only things the physician finds is that the fo od i s digested rapidly but ,

h e does not know that this is because of th e fire element burning up the
food too fast While quite common among Americans this sort of
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stomach trouble is rarely found among the Chinese beca use the Chinese
food is better s uited to their human system than are the highly refined
foods eaten by Am ericans I t therefore follows that Chinese Herb alists
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whose patrons are m ainly Chinese know nothing of this condition and , ,

are therefore helpless in the face of such su ffering Beginning in the .

year 1 9 1 6 the Fong Wan Herbalist has made a careful study of these
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complaints from which Americans su ffer so intensely His formula .

contains herbs for kidneys and liver herb s for freeing the stomach and ,

spleen of acid h erbs to eliminate gas and herbs to improve the diges
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tion When the blood in the stomach is in goo d condition the ulcers
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heal The Fong Wan Herb Comp ound for the stomach and spleen h a s
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benefited thousands of people .

T ES TIM ONY G I VE N BY M R W A DeMOOY . . . in the S uthe n

o r

Divi s i on o f t he UNIT E D S TAT ES DI S T R ICT CO U R T f or t h e N orther n

Di s trict of C alifo rn i a .

The foll owing excerpts are from the transcript ,

V ol . 4, Marc h 8,
1 9 32 , p g s . 382 - 386 .

Questi ons by Attorney for defens e

Q . What is the condition of your health ? A . It is good now .

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was not .

Q When did you commenc e to have stoma ch trouble

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A Back .

in 1 9 1 6 .

Q Were you under the care of physicians ? A I had a terrible

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stomach I wa s working for the railroad at that t ime Th ey ordered

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m e to go to the railroad h ospi t al .

Q Des c rib e the symptoms that were afflicting you A I had

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awful pains in my stomach When I went to the hospital they suggest

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ed I take a trial brea kfast which consis t ed of to ast and tea I t ook the
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t oast . Th ey could not pump it out of my stomach T hey suggeste d I .

have X rays n i ade They m ade several X rays which didn t sh ow any
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thing I was there for about two weeks when they decid ed I had bad
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tonsils and I had better have my tonsils taken out S o they t ook out .

my tonsi ls .

Q. Di d th a t help your st o m ach ? A N 0 They then th ought that . .

was not the cause Th ey decided I should have my stoma c h w a shed

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Q Di d you remain in the h ospital long after that ? A I was there

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s i x weeks all told .

Q After you left the hospital did you commence to ta ke Chines e

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herbs ? A No I went b ack to work

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Q . Then what happ ened ? A Then the trouble starte d again .

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the p ains started in my stomach .

Q Were they severe

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? A They were I had to keep eating all
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th e time in order to keep the pains down It s eemed that the m ore I .

ate the less trouble I had .

T h e Co urt : Q S ubsequen ly you took the herbs di d you

t .
? A , .

They were rec ommended to m e and I went to s ee F ong Wan '

Q F or how long did you take them

. A F or s i x week s . .

Q With what results

. A I never had a bit of stomach trouble
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since .

Q . Af t er that were you afflicted with any other trouble ? A I .

had a case of pleurisy .

Q H ow seri ous was your condi tion with res pe ct to that last
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trouble A There was some water in my hip that they c ould not get
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out and they were going to tap me

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Q .Did the doctors declare it n ecessary to tap you ? A . They did ,

the last time .

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 Q . Did t hey tap you ? A . No they did not,
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Q . What did you do ? A . I went b a ck to the Fong Wan Herb

people .

Q How long did you take their treatment

. A Two weeks ? . .

Q W hat
. w a s the result ? A They took the water out and I nev .

er h ad any more trouble .

Q Are
. you a healthy man today ? A Yes . .

Q Have
. you taken any other treatment for these two troubles ex
cept the herb s ? A No . .

The post o ff ice inspectors rec ently have c alled up on you have
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they not t o s ee wh ether or not some statements you made were correct
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and you told t hem they we r e A Two of them called yes .

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Q And
. you are here without sub p oena to testify for the defend
ant ? A Yes . .

C R O SS E XAMINATION
Prose cuting Attorney : Q Did y ou give the F ong Wan C ompany .

a testimonial ? A I did . .

Q . Yes I , s ee it is on pages 24 and 2 5 of the b oo k Herb L ore

( 1 9 29 edition ) . When did you h ave thi s troubl e A Ba ck in 1 9 1 6
? . .

Q When did you give this testimonial to the F ong Wan C ompany
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A In the year 1 9 1 6 I am not p ositive of any dates

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Q . At their offi ce ? A . At their office , y es .

Q . Did you write it just as it is here ? A . Yes .

Q Have
. you seen this b efore ? A . Yes , I have . I back checked -

against it .

Q . When did you check it ?

A . When the postal authorities came
to s ee me .
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D R U GG I S T RECOMME NDS F ON G WAN HER B S

Mr P Chioc ca wa s in a most cri tical condition when he met a drug
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gist in Albany Cal i fornia who had b een relieved of terrible suffering
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in his stom ach by the Fong Wan Herbs T h e druggist urged Mr . .

Chiocca not to be discour aged but to try the Chinese Herbs He said ,
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that Fong Wan was a wonderful man and a ren own ed Herbalist He .

suggested that Mr Ch iocca give t h e Fong Wan Herb s a ten day trial
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and said that he felt certain the results would b e good Mr Chi oc ca . .

acted upon the druggist s advic e His testim onial follows ’

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 Albany Calif Jan 1 2 1 9 2 7 , .
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I su ffered from stomach trouble on and off for years In the early .

p art of last year I became considerably worse and for f our m onth s it ,

was diffi c ult for m e to retain f o od or even water At times the pain .

was s o severe that I had to walk the fl oor day and night I was in s o .

weakened a condition that I felt sure death was near .

F ailing to get relief from medicine or from healers of other schools ,

I t o ok the Fong Wan Herbs Although I drank the herbs for only
.

th ree weeks my tr ouble was c ompletely overcome I a m now feeling .

fine and am able to do my work I am thankful for what the Fong Wan
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H erbs did for me .

PI E T R O CHIO C CA ( Contractor ) .

E X-PO S T MAN P R AI SES F ONG WAN HER B S

O akland Calif June 7 1 9 2 7 , .
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For several years I was troubled with swollen legs and c atarrh of
the stomach I wa s in a rundown condi tion and I tried everything that
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I knew of I got n o relief however until I began to take the Fong Wan
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Herbs In just about a m onth I felt splendid It i s now more than a

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mon th since I discontinued drinking the Herb Tea and I still feel fine .

Nothing can compare with this wonderful Herb Treatment and what it
has done for me .

CHA S H CU S HMAN . . .

HI S S T OMACH HI S MA S T ER
Oakland Calif ,
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My stomach was my ma s t er f or many years After every meal I

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had an annoying grating sensati on together with an empty feeling in

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my stomach Through lack of nourishment my health was broken and

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I was in the h ospital for several weeks The doctors first cleaned me .

out with a stomach pump Then they treated me for ulcers and finally
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as I did not improve they obse r ved my digestion with an X ray Con -
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elu di n g that they could do nothing for me they sent me home suggest , ,

ing that I underg o an operation .

Then a fellow employee in th e S P Go who had been greatly bene

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fi t ed by the Fong Wan Chinese Herbs s u ggested that I try them The
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first cup of tea gave me genuine relief and after a few weeks I wa s ,

entirely well I am back at the office and shall be glad to give my per
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sonal testimony to a n y desiring it .

WI LL IAM A D E M O OY . .

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Oakland Calif J an ,
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I had p a in in my stoma c h th at was well nigh unbearable I wa s in .

su ch agony at tim es that I walked the flo or at night I gained no relief .

elsewhere but when I t ook th e F ong Wan Herbs I b e c a me a well man

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The herbs als o help ed my ki dneys .

B L E AKIN . . .

CHINESE HERB S S KI LL F ULLY COMPOUNDED B Y F ON G WAN

REL I EVE S U FF ER ER S IN EU R OP E
Mill V alley Cali f J an 2 1 930 ,
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Myself and family h ave taken the F ong Wan Herb s for various ail
ments and received great benefit My father in Italy who i s 70 year s
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old suffered from S tomach Trouble Doc tors pronounced it a case of

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E nlarged Liver and Intestinal Obstruction He was t r eated in a h os

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pital but experiencing n o improvement he returned h ome F inally I

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sent him som e herbs comp oun ded by F ong W an Having taken t h e .

herbs for a while he gained in strength can eat well and is feelin g
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fine in every way .

I also have a sister in the Old Coun try wh o su ff ered pain in all p a rt s
of her body especially in the stomach S he took the F ong Wa n Herb s
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that I s ent her and after pas sing a gr eat many worm s has enj oye d ,

splendid health ever since .

E D ES PO S T I . .
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OP ERA T ION ON S T OMACH AV OID ED

O akland Calif July ,
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My stomach troubled me for years S ometimes the pain ran around

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to the right side It was decided that my app endix sh ould b e rem oved
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but after the operation my stomach wa s no bett er An operation for .

stomach ulcers was then recommended .

At this I quit and t o ok Fong Wan Herbs Af ter having drunk the .

herbs for five weeks I was completely well and have sinc e been a ble t o
eat almost anything This wa s two years ago but my s t oma c h t r ouble
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has not return ed .

W MA RQ U A RDS ON . .
 A p ostal inspector called on Mr O B r i en to fi n d out whether the
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following te stimonial was authentic Mr O B r i en said that it was

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UNAB LE T O WO R K F O R YEARS
COUL D NO T S T AND T HE S MELL O F F OOD
Oakland Ca lif April 1 1 1 9 2 7 , .
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For more than 2 0 years I suffered with ulcers of the stomach I .

was unable to work for years and every thing that touched my stomach
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caused me terrible agony I could scarcely stand the smell of food I

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was s o weak and had such a n empt y ; p ainful feeling that I could neither
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walk nor raise my voice to talk .

During the past 2 0 years I have been treated almost everywhere and
have had n o less than 30 doctors S om e of them claimed that I was too
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weak to stand an operation About two years ago prompted by curios

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ity I c onsulted a Fortune Teller and asked if by any means my stom

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ach could ever be cured The Fortune Teller advised me to go to the

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G reatest Chinese Herbalist in O akland I acted upon the advice and .

went to the o ff ice of the Fong Wan Co b ec ause the people of California
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call F ong Wan T h e King of the Chinese Herb a lists

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Although I took the herbs for many months I improved but very
slowly and at tim es I wa s s o ill that I could not get out of bed to ta ke
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the trip to the office Many times I sent my wife to get the herbs f or
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me I did not get discour aged when I felt bad because I had gone
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through the experience of doctoring for nearly 2 0 years C onsequently .

I did not expect to get well in a short time .

I stuck to the Fong Wan Herbs and was finally rewarded with good
health and recovery from my terrible malady Now after almost two .
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years I am still feeling fine

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T R A VEL IN G MAN ALS O ENDO RSES T HE F ON G WAN

HERB S F O R S T OMACH TR OUB LE
L o s Angeles Calif May ,
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Five years ago while traveling as a salesman I found I was having

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continuous S tomach Trouble At the instigation of a friend I was per

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s ua d ed to try your herbs .

After taking them for a short time I not only felt better but I have ,

continued to improve and I have had no S tomach Trouble since I can .

f ully recommend your herbs for derangement of the stomach .

V ery truly yours ,

L PA L MA R . .

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Ulcerate d stomach .

Q Were you under care of physicians for this particular trouble

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A I was
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Chicago S t L oui s S an Francisco Oakland

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Q In all of those cities you were treated by physicians for this

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particular trouble with which you were su ff eri ng ? A I was . .

Q Will you just describe what was exhibited to you on the X rays
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A When th ey held the plate before me and us ed the rubber gloves in

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back to see themselves a s they manipulated my intestines I could s ee ,

little spots some as big perhaps a s the old f a shi oned silver fi ve cent
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piece They were on the tube from the big intestine down to th e lower
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p art and there were small S p ec ks on the lower intestine where the bis
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muth had gone in .

Q Prior to taking the X rays do you know what was administered

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to you in the way of internal m edicine ? You said bismuth didn t you ? ,
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Q Was that before the rays w

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Q How numerous th at is how many in number were those spots

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that were p ointed out to you by the surgeons ?

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count but there were quite a few There were four or five on the big
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tube a nd then there were little specks on the upper par t of my lower
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intestine th a t I could see but I did not count them or try to , .

Q With out stating what it was did the surgeons diagnose your
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troubl e and tell you what it wa s A Yes . .

Q How long were you under the care of physicians for this dis
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tress A Off and on for about seven and a half years

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Q At the time you are S peaking of when you had your last confer
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ence with the surgeons wh a t wa S y our condition just describe it ?,

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Def en s e Attorney : In S an Francisco at the A

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A I could not r est I coul d not get an y S leep at night I was in

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more or less agony all the time E verythi n g I ate distressed me They .
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t o l d m e i fi I h a d a n y a ff ai rs to a t t én d t o
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in that actual condition but up to that time I had been suffering m ore
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or less right along for the seven and a half years and it kept getting ,

worse .

Q And in that period of time how many physicians and surgeons

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had attended you ? You don t need to give t heir nam es A There ’
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were twelve or more .

Q A s a result of their treatment did you receive any cure

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A No s i r .
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Q you.get any relief

Di d ? A At times for a li t tl e while yes .
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Q Then it would recur All right After l eaving the A

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leges did you have an operation ? A No Th ey told me I had gone . .

too far to have an operation .

Q After you left the A

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ment ? A Nowhere right away Mr . I had considerable money, .
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and I thought I would rather blow it in than leave it to! someone s o I ,

started E ast to dissipate this money and have a good time as t h e boys ,

say .

Q . Well you finally went to the F ong W an Comp a n y

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di d you ?

A . Y es I came back to the Coast and then I went there

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Q Did you commence to take F ong Wan s herbs as compounde d

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by him ? A I did . .

Q J ust tell the jury the story of what happened A Well I didn t
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have much faith in the Chinaman s herbs after having the doctors ’

through out the country tell me they could not do much for m e other
than give me a diet to relieve my distre ss .

Q Well Mr Wortman go right ahead from that point

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went to Fong Wan and I wa s rather skeptical ab out the man .

Q . Tell us what h e b egan to do ? A . I went over there and he told

me
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A I went over there and took s ome herbs rather under protest
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The result was that after four or four and a half months I could e at
anything S ince then I have not been distressed or tr oubled with my
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stomach .

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herbs have you h ad any further trouble or distress ? A

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my stomach n o sir , , .

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years ever retu r ned t o y ou A N 0 S ir .

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Q In no respec t whatever
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Q Did you take any other treatment than the herbs tha t were c om
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p ounded for you by Mr F ong Wan A S ince then I have never tak
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en any o ther treatment .

Q Th ere i s i n this book entitled Herb L ore ( 1 9 2 9 edition ) at

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page 35 a testimonial letter Did you give m that le t t er A I did

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Defens e Att o rney : M ay I read this letter at this point your Hon or ,

It i s al r e ady in evidenc e .

Defens e Attorney : It reads as foll ows

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After having suffered from S tomach Troubl e for eight years my ,

pain become well nigh unbearable Although I wa s treated by many

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physicians I grew gradually worse I co uld scarcely eat or drink with

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out pain I had several X rays taken by physicians at th e c ollege all

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of whom agreed that I had Ulcers of t h e S tomach My c ondition wa s .

s o critical that they ad vised me to have my personal affairs adjusted

before l ong as they b elieved I had but six or eight months to live
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Fortunately a fri end of mine urged me to try t h e Fong Wan Herb s

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After having taken the herbs for about three months I wa s abl e to eat ,

almost anything without th e slightest distress I am a sale sman for .

the Fry V isible Pump Co and am on the ro ad most of the time f r e .

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quently eating each meal in a di fferent town Nevertheless I have not

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yet experienced any symptoms of y former complaint .

J S W O R TMAN . . .

Q Is t hat tru e ? A Yes s i r

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Q And in this you state that the physicians advised you to have
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your pers onal affairs adjusted a s they b elieved you had only s i x or ,

eight months t o live I s that correct A Yes

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don t need to give their names A At the A
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C R O SS E XAMINATION

Prosecuting Attorney : Q . Do you remember when you gave F ong

Wan that testimonial A No It was quite a while ago I c ould n ot
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ex a ctly s a y .

Q About how m any years ago A That I c ould not s a y It was

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over t hree years ago .

Q . M ore than three years ago ? A . Yes .

Q Where were you living then

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Q Did you write it out for him or did he write it out for you
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A I wrote it out
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A . I didn t write it my wi fe wr ote it out at
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my ins t igat ion .

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T H E H E A RT

CHIN ESE T HE O RI ES REG ARDING T HE HE AR T

The S ketch reproduced here is one of many S imilar sketc hes that p
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p d about thre e centuri es ago in a revised edi tion of Th e E

ea r e nc y l p
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dia of Herb al S cience published by the Chinese I mperi al C ollege in

Peking Chin a It shows how th e vari ous parts of the body are affec t ed
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by the di fferent organs and it also S hows the connection of the blood
vessels wi th the heart .

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 Although thousands of years have ela p sed sinc e the original of t h e
Chinese sketc h was made by eminent herb alists in China y et gr eat ,

numbers of suff erers from heart trouble in t h e United S tates a s well

as in the Orient are daily obta ining great benefit from this ancient
C hinese knowledge by using the Chinese herbal remedies .

T he heart which is red like

, cla s sified under the fire elet he s un , is
ment Wh en the five principal elem en t s are working wi th e qu a l b alan c e
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and power t h e heart is fre e from disease T h e two main causes of di s .

ease of the heart are inflammation and weakness of the heart .

If the blood of th e heart is infl amed it causes high b l ood pressure ,

and enlargement of the heart in which latter c a se t h e heart swells

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cracks and leaks Inflammation produce s pain gas p alpitation sore

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chest shortness of breath hardening of the arteries angina p ectori s

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swollen legs dropsy fits nervou sness headache fatigu e after slight
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exertion a pounding noise in the heart insanity and heart failure

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According to the Chinese theories insanity and fits belong to the ,

same class of ailments the only di fference b eing that one is m ore vio
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lent than the other Inflammation of the hear t and nerv es which run
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from it to the brain is the ca use in both cases The i n flammation con .

denses the moisture which is the reason why most of the people who
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have it foam at the mouth Inflammation of the heart sometimes ex .

tends to the small intestines and causes t hem to bleed This is the .

blood that appears in the urine .

Weakness and inflammation combined cause blood clots in the eyes .

S uch cases frequently baffle th e eye sp ecia list s Weakness of the h ear t .

s ometimes causes on e to be a fraid of the dark or to fear that someone

is plotting to kill him S uch sufferers cry out lament or have disturb
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ing dreams .

When the heart is weak it cause s low blood pressure paleness s wo l , ,

len legs drop sy etc A cas e of sudden fright a fl ect s the heart and r e
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quires immediate a ttention S light indigestion will cause gas and p al

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pi t a t i o n of the he a rt temp orarily but is insu ffi cien t caus e for alarm
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E ach herbalist has his own methods of compoun d ing herb s The .

herbs prepared for he a t trou ble by th e F ong Wan specialist cannot b e

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obtained elsewhere While the herbs in these c om poun d s

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harmless ; yet they are e ff ective .

The F ong Wan herbs take away the inflammation from the heart ,

after which the gas and pain disappear S ome varieties of herb s are .
put in to enrich the blood and eliminate gas When the i n flammation .

i s gone the heart returns to its norm al S ize and leakage is s t opped .

HOW T O CARE F O R T HE HE AR T IN NAT URE S WAY ’

Just as t h e s un i s the fire el ement of nature s o is th e heart the fire

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el ement of the human body Of all the elements the fire element i s th e
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m ost active A su dden shock h a s a more noticeable eff e ct upon th e

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h ea rt than upon any of the other organs When the blood the muscle
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of the valve of the h eart or the heart its elf is inflamed or is overtaxed
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b ecause of exertion or sudden fright the heart beats fast Pain leakage .
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or rush of bl o o d t o th e h ead may ensue Physi c ians have term e d the

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latter high blood pressure

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z i n es s
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sleeplessness difficult breathing paralytic stroke etc
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S T A R T L IN G S T A TI S T IC S
A cablegram to the press received
from S hanghai in May 1 9 26 stated , ,

that the discrepancy between the per

centage of insane in China and in the
United States was indeed great A l .

though the population of China a p

pr o xi ma t es the United
S tates has 20 insane pers ons to every
one in China .

A telegram to the press from Wash

i n g t on D C dated Dec 2 7 1 9 2 5 sta t
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ed th at t h e investigations of the De
p a r t men t of C ommerce had revealed
that in 1 9 24 twice as many persons in
the United S tates had died from ail
ments of t h e h ea r t as from all other
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Heart diseases combined .

A COMMON S OU RC E
The foregoing are sta tements of genuine facts The explanation may .

be found in the fact that thousands of years ago the Chinese arrived at
the c onclusion that insanity is caused by inflammation of the heart ,

which condition a ff ects the nerves lea di ng to the brain ; and that there
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paralytic strokes angina pectoris apoplexy dropsy sleeples sness i n
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sanity fits neuritis rheumatism of the h eart hemorrhage nosebleed

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etc S ome persons are born hot bl ooded while in others i n fl a mma
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tion of th e heart is caused by alc oholi c drinks over use of spices fried , ,

food hard work worry or anger

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O n an average more persons in America su ff er from heart dise ases

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than d o th e people of any other nation The people here strive for .

riches and have m ore law suits than do ot her p eoples Fong Wan .

wrote and published art icl es with regard to heart ailments 1 7 years
ago which was b efore any other herbalist or even the medical men of
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the United S t a t es G over n men t had noti c ed t hat so great a number of

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persons were dying of diseas es of th e heart .

OVer 3000 years ago the a ncient Chinese herbalists discovered that
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Foxglove R oots were good for the heart Thes e roots are very bitter . .

They are used to clear away t he p ois onous inflammation in the blood
around the heart When these roots are used according to Chines e
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methods they are always comp ounded with many other kinds of herbs
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to suit individu al requirements Digita lis and Di gi t alin are now u sed
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extensively in the Occident .

B oth Digitalis and Di gitalin are from Foxglove R oots They are so .

powerful that only licensed physicians are permitted by law to pres

cr i be them Now all over the world physicians are using these drugs
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for heart ailments .

Numerous people su fferi ng from various sorts of heart trouble have

been perm anently relieved by Fong Wan s harmless herbs S ome have ’
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taken but a few p ackages an d have stayed well for a long long time , ,

while in chronic and complicated cases it h as been necessary to take the

herbs for many weeks in order to obtai n full benefit The Fong Wan .

Herb C omp ound is di fferent from all others It is both mild and safe .

and is far b etter than drugs at any tim e .

GET S RID O F MANY AILMEN T S A T THE S AM E TIME

B Y U S IN G F ON G WAN HERB S
Oakland July ,
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To Whom It M ay Concern
For years I suff ered from high blood pressure p alpitation of the ,

heart dizzines s and hot flas h es Although I had tried many many
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things in a fruitless quest for relief I d e c ided to give the F ong Wan
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herbs a trial as a last resort .

I now feel as well a s t hough I had never been ill It is a pleasure .

for me to give this testimonial . M RS E CA N T E T . . .

NURSE REI O I C E S IN E FF ICACY O F T HE F ON G WAN

H ER B S F O R H EA R T T R OUB LES
O akland Calif April
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To the Fong Wan C o .

You saved my mother from the m ost dangerous of h eart ailments ,

aft er our physi c ian had given her up Our family rej oices over her r e
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cover y and we S hall al ways tr ust F ong Wan a s our healer no matter
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what complai nt or ailments we may have .

Although I have been a hospital nurs e for the past fourteen years ,

I have never seen anything to compare with th e mirac ulous relief a f

forded my mother by the Fong Wan H erbs for heart trouble and high
blood pressure .

After her terrible suff ering had been overcome I took the F ong ,

Wan Herbs myself for piles ( inflamm ation of the bowels ) hea dache , ,

and pain in my neck After the first three days I already felt better
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and now at the end of five weeks I feel like a new woman .

MAMI E L DAV I S . .

BABY S AVED F R OM HEA R T T R OUB LE

Martinez Calif Nov 4 1 9 2 5
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Th is is to certify that our baby Myrtle had been ailing for about
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two years during which time we had taken her to many physicians
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none of whom knew what was the matter with her .

M yrtle steadily gr ew worse Her heart beat rapidly and noisily

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she had but little blood and the pallor of her face was lik e the white
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nes s of a sheet of paper S he finally grew so weak t h at s h e could

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neither walk nor eat .

It s eemed as though there was no hope of saving her S ome doc .

tors said that i t might b e her teeth that caused t h e trouble However .
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her teeth had all come through but she wa s getting worse every day
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A friend recomm ended us to see F ong Wan It was found that o ur.
baby wa s really suffering from Heart Trouble S he has now taken .

the F ON G WAN H ER B S for 3 months and is in fine health .

A R THU R DU VA LL ,

M RS A R THU R DUV A LL .
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WA S REL I EVED O F H E A R T T R OUBLE AND HERSEL F

O F DIAB E T ES AND O T HER AIL MEN T S B Y
T HE F ON G WAN HER B S
Benicia Calif March
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After my baby granddaughter had been given up by our doctors ,

wh o not having been able to determine the actual cause of her com
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plaints had pronounced her condition hopeless S h e wa s taken to F ong

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Wan who gave her herbs for Heart Trouble S he wa s completely r e

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li eved and is now a h ealthy child .

Personally I have a world of confidenc e in Fong Wan and hi s

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Herbs Previ ous to consulting him I had been fruitlessly treated by

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medical doctors for Diabetes Dizziness and General Debility over a

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p eriod of years M y he alth however did not improve until I went to

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Fong Wan nearly a year ago All my ailments were overcom e by his
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mild Herbs and I am still enjoying splendid health .

( S igned ) MRS J E DU V A LL . . . .

T HE O R I ES REG A RDIN G G OI T ER HEL D B Y T HE CHINE SE 5000 .

YE ARS A G O VERS U S THE S O CA LLED DI S CO VERIES

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O F TW EN TIE T H C EN T U R Y S CIEN TI S T S
In the early dawn of their civilization the Chinese attributed G oiter ,

to the foll owing caus es :

( 1 ) To the L ungs : They believed that G oiter was due to the lungs
in pers ons who were either stout h ad low vitality drank to excess or
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were inactive They claim ed that women were especially subj ect to
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inflammation due t o the gathering of mucus either in the throat or

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in the glands of the throat that had become enlarged in the form of
G oiter and that such su ff erers might have a certain amount of cough
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ing of choking and of di ffi culty in breathing

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(2) To the L iver : Th ey believed that G oi t er was due to the liver

in pers ons who either became over excited or who were subject to anger
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a loud voice the glands of their neck s becam e swollen and that if the
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swelling continued a form of G oiter resulted

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(3) To the S tomac h : They believed t hat G oiter was due to the
stoma ch through indigestion whi ch c aused a sort of muscular lump
eith er inside or ou t side the throat the latter being vi sibl e There i s
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also a form of G oi t er in whi ch the lump moves up and down when the
su fferer either talks or swallows .

(4) T o the Heart They b elieved that G oiter was due to the hear t
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in pers ons i n whom the fire element either in the he art or in the
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v alves of the h eart causes heart enlargement ac companied by a

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fast wild palpita tion I n this s ort of action the heart extends and
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expands to the glands of the throat the ne c k and even t o th e inside, ,

of the ears The rep etition of this wi ld palpitation of th e heart h a s a

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tendency to enlarge the glands of the neck in t o Goiter which is a c ,

companied by the protruding of b oth eyes T h e G oiter serves a s a sort .

of safety valve for this wild action of the heart When G oiter is either .
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operated on or cut out through loss of this saf ety valve the eyes are
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forc ed outward gi ving a pop eyed appearance -

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( NO TE : Herbs are compounded ac c ordingly to meet individual ,

needs ) .

In this twentieth century medical scientis t s in all p arts of the

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world have bo th claimed and led people to believe that G oiter in any
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form is caused by the t hyroid glands In c ases where there is i n s uf .

fi ci en t thyroid secretion the sufferers are advised to tak e Thyroid

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Tablets While we believe that these tablets do some g ood in cases

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that come under the first classification given ab ove we a lso believe ,

that they do great harm in all others because the animal thyroid g i ves
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a certain amount of animal vita lity to the weakened human body We .

speak from experience having s een young women who were not su ff er
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ing from G oiter who were advised to take Thyroid T abl ets by medical
men These patients then began to su ffer from melancholia nervou s
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ness forgetfulness and sleeplessness T hey also had c ryi ng sp ells

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l a ck of mental ability itch ing of the Skin irregul ar monthlies and

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were unable to think clearly We have also heard of numerou s S imil a r

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complai nts .

The 2 0t h century scientists in various parts of the world use the

dumb animals in their experi ments They watch the reactions of these
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poor creatures and then jump at conclusions and pass the treatment on
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to human sufferers These scientists really do not know how much the
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dumb anim als have suffered under their s o called new discovery The
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Thyroid Treatment .
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RE C E N TP R ONOUNC EM EN T S WI T H REG AR D T O G OI T ER
Dr William J Kerr of the University of California Medical S ch l
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hasrecently made a statem ent to th e effect that G i ter is a symptom of o

general body trouble rather th a of the Thyroid G land only as is c om

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mon ly supposed Despite the fact that for many years Medical S ci en
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t i s t s have attri buted all cases of G oiter to the swelling of the T hyroid

G land Dr Kerr has found that G oiter may also b e due to affections of
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other org a ns of the b ody including th ose of the Heart the Lungs the
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Liver and the Kidneys Although this fact has but s o recently becom e
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known in Am erica the C hinese have had knowledge of it for thou

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sands of years and have treated the affected organs accordingly

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The testim ony printed herewith i s one with regard to a case of

G oiter due to an aff ection of the Heart Fong Wan h as als o relieved .

cases of G oiter caused by S tomach Trouble and by L iver Trouble .

T ES TIM ONY G I VE N BY M R 0 E F O S T ER IN the S o uth er n . . .

Divi s i on o f t h e UNIT E D S TAT ES DI STR IC T CO U R T for the

Northern Di s trict o f Cali f or nia .

The following excerpts are from th e transcript , V ol . 2, pages 1 08

1 1 2 March 4 1 9 32 :
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Q Mr Foster what is the condition of your health

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Q Were you under the care of physicians at one time for certain
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troubles ? A Y es just for a short time

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Q . Physicians in Alam eda C ounty - ? A . Yes , in Alameda County .

Q Did t hey diagnose your trouble and inform you of the troubles
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with which you were afflicted ? A Yes . .

Q Were there any physical evidences on th e exteri or of your body

.

that you c ould obs erve A Yes

? . .

Q . Just describe to the jury wh at that was . A . It was a goiter on

the right side of my neck .

Q . Do you know a goiter when you s ee it ?

A . Yes , I do .

Q Just proceed Mr Foster A It started from my heart s ome

.
, . . . ,

thing that caused pressure against my heart caused the goiter .

Q You have S poken of your heart What were the symptoms that
. .

came from your h eart ? A When it first start ed my heart wa s in .

pretty bad shap e I t would just beat a little bi t and then s ort of wait
.
,

and then b eat again We called the doct or and t h e do ctor said
.
,

A My heart then started beating awf ul fast and j ust pounded like
.

a triphamm er You co uld fee l it anywhere a n d know that my hea r t

.

was beating very fast I coul d not sleep or lie on my S ide b e c au se my

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heart was beating s o hard It kept up that way for quite a long time . .

F inally I got a little b etter and wa s able to get around and I thought
, ,

I would s ee what I coul d do and I went to a doctor who look ed me over , .

He wa s a heart and lung speciali st .

Q Di d the heart and lung specialist apply certain tests to your

.

heart ? A Yes Q The C ourt will prob ably n ot allow you to s a y

. . .

what he said to you but did he make a diagn osis of your trouble with
,

your heart A Yes h e did

? .
, .

Q You may state if you will whet h er or not t here were indi c a
.
, ,

tions that you yourself could observ e as to the c onditions of your

, ,

heart as to whether or not it wa s enlarged

,
?

Q In any event did th e do c tor m ake a diagn osis with respect to

.
,

your he art condition ? A Yes . .

Q . What did he rec ommend you to do A He recommended I ? .

come ba ck and have something done to my goiter .

Q At that ti me h ow large was the goiter

.
? A . I could not s ay .

I could feel it sort of pressing up like .

Q . Was it visible on the outside ? A . Yes , it wa s on this side .

Q . W a s it getting larger as time went on ? A . Oh , y es , it was

getting larger .

Q Wh at did he recommend you to do wi th resp e c t to the goiter

.
?

A He asked me to come back and s ee him and hav e s ome injection

. .

I don t know what it was becaus e I didn t go back

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Q . Did you g o to any other doctor after that before you went to
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F ong Wan s place A No I did not
’ ? .
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Q . What was yo ur condition at th e time you went t o the Fong

Wan H erb Company ? A I was in pretty bad sh ape ; in fact I felt

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,
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tha t there was not much chance .

Q You m ay go on Mr Foster A S o I thought I would go down

.
,
. . .

and s ee F ong Wan and s ee wha t he could do for me .

Q . Had you heard of him before ?

A . Yes .

Q . F or how long a time

A Ab out s i x months Di ff erent peo ? . .

ple told me ab out him .

Q Peopl e that had treated with him

.
? A Yes p eo p le that had .
,

treated wi t h him .

Q . And you went t o h im ? A . Yes .

Q . Di d he make up c ertain h erb s for you ? A . Yes , he did .

Q How long did you take them

.
? A . I took t hem ab out three
months .

Q After you c omm en c ed taking them did you noti c e any improve
.

ment A I did not t h e first we ek After that I began t o feel better

. . .

My heart was beating more even Gradually my condition all changed . .

When my hear t got better my goiter disappea r ed .

Q And you
. say you continued the treatment three months ? A .

Three m onths .

Q At the end of the three months wh at was your condition

.
? A .

Well most p eople th at knew m e before didn t know me

,
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Q . Have you ever had any recurr ence of the t rouble sin c e ? A .

Q How long ago wa s that Mr Foster

.
,
.
? A . That wa s in 1 9 28 .

I cann ot remember the exact date .

Q . You are a pe r fectly well man today , so far as you know ? A .

Q . No recurrence whatever of the disturbance in your h eart ? A .

Q . The goiter h as entirely disappeared ? A . Yes .

Q Di d you tak e any treatm ent whatever o t her than

.
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the F ong
‘

Wan herbs ? A No . .

Defense Attorney : Take the witness .

Prosecuting Attorn ey : No cross examination -

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 MR JOHN W HOCKER A CONT RAC T OR AND BUI LD ER
. . , .

E NDO RSES F ON G WAN HER B S

Oakland Cal i fo r nia ,
.

When I first cam e to Fong Wan I was tired weak and sleepless , .

M y hea r t beat fast a n d I could scarcely breathe I wa s s o dizzy that .

I wa s in continual fear of falling .

Although I tried doctors who used the X ray and who examined me -

on the table for hours at a time yet none could determine th e cause,

of my ailments Month af ter m onth I s ought relief but not a bit of

.
,

go od did I get .

When I started the F ong Wan Herbs they did me more g o od in two
days th a n I had gotten from doc tors in a year Al t hough I finished .

taking the herbs many m onths ago I am still in fine condition This , .

testim onial is promp t ed by gratitude and the ha ppiness experienced

in having obtained go od results through the agency of the F ong Wan
Herb S p e cialist . JOHN W H OOK E R . .

Q When did you begin to suffer

. w
ith your troubles ? A . You
mean h ow far pri or to the tim e I went to Fong Wan ?

Q Y ou can d escribe your c onditions then Mr Hocker A About

.
, , . . .

s om ething like nine years ago I was living up in Woo d land Yolo ,

County I had quite a bad side I could not raise my arm above my
.
,

head this way It would weaken right down My stomach would swell
. .

up some bit I was short of breath and all that I we n t to s ome doctors
, .

there
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l h e C ourt : Q Did you h ave a cough
.
? A Yes . .

Q S putum
.
? A I h ave had that a little all my life I coughed
. .

but very little .

Q Did you have any night sweats

.
? A Years ago I did but not .
,

l a tely When I was a young b oy I had night sweats for a l ong while
. .

Q Di d you have your lungs

. X rayed ? A Y es -
. .

Q . At what clini c? A I tried for insurance several times and

.

f a iled I had a hem orrh age and I spit quit e a quantity of blo o d in my
,

younger days .

Q . Did you have your lungs X rayed ? A Yes -

. .

Q Di d they make a report to you

. as to the diseas e with which you
were su fferi ng ? A Y es . .
 Q Di d the doctors describe to you the condition of your lungs
.
,

without saying what it wa s

The Court : Just answer ‘
Yes ’
or No‘
.
’
A . Y es .

Q Di d you.continue your trea t m ent with th ese doctors ? A They .

never gave me anything that I remember of at all ,

.

T he Court : Q Did you take what was called the rest cure
.
?
A .

No ,
s ir ,
I have never been abl e to .

Q . W ell finally did you go to Fong Wan s

, ,
’ ? A . I did yes , .

Q About . how long ago ? A Close to . s ix years ago . I think it

was a little less than s i x years ago .

Q . Di d you personally go and consult Fong Wan ? A . Yes .

Q . Did he compound certain herbs for you ?

A . Yes .

Q About how long

. di d you take them ? A . I took th em I think , ,

for around five m onths .

Q Will you just state to the jury in your own language what o c
.

'
curred as the result of your taking them ? A I beg a n g et t i n g better .

r ght away I never felt better in a ll my life I was more c ompetent

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to do work and could do more of it with less fatigue than I ever could
,

b efore in all my life c ounting in my young days and all M y S ide got
,
.

mu c h better In fa c t it got so tha t I took no noti c e of it at all I slept

.
, .

good ate good a n d I gained I c a nnot s a y t o o mu c h about them

, ,
“ .

T here is nothing else I can s a y i s better than th o s e herbs .

Q a s the trouble ever come back on you

. H A Once in a gr eat ? .

while I do have a littl e trouble wi th my S ide if I tak e a real ba d cold .

T his last winter—not this winter but last winter about a year ago , , ,

pos sibly a little over I was working up in S anta R osa and I caught
,

c old I we nt to a doctor up there a n d got s ome medi c ine He was a

. .

h omeopathic d oc tor It did not seem to do me any good much I came

‘

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on down here and went to another doctor here Th e reason I di d not .

go to F ong Wa n s then was be c ause I was ve r y short of m oney I got

’
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some medicine from this other doctor I to ok th e m edi c ine from both .

of these d octors without any result at all I then went to Fong Wan ,
.

and took a week s treatm ent from him and c le a red my side up p er
’

f ect ly goo d and I was as well a s ever again

, , .

Q You were not subpoenaed

. as a witness to come here were you ,

A No s i r
.
, .

Q . You came down on your o wn accord ? A . Yes , I volunteered .

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 C R O SS E XA MINATION
Prosecuting Att orn ey : Q . You say you cam e down here vo lun

t a r i ly ? A Yes . .

Q I s it n ot a fact that th e reas on why you h ave not made applic a

.

tion for insurance in the last couple of years is that you know you c an t ’

get an insurance policy on account of your health I that right

s ? A . .

Abs olutely it i s not right I h ave had agents request me to g et i n s ur

.

an c e I have just told you it would c os t me entirely t oo much to ca r ry

.

insurance now You know that . .

Q No I don t know it A C ertainly you kn ow it You know

’
. . . .
,

what rates a r e for different ages .

Q You are not su ff ering from tub er culosis now

.
, ar e you ? A . Do
I look like it ?

Q I want to know if you are s ufl er i n g from tuberculosis now A

.
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. .

D oct ors since I wa s sixteen or eighte en years of age h ave pronoun ced
m e a T B However with all of th at I h ave gain ed in flesh I e at goo d
. .
, , ,

and I weigh more as a rule and I rarely ever cough

, , .

Q . Are you w ork i ng now ? A . Yes .

Q You are taking things k ind of easy now and have been for the
.

last few years ? A I certainly would not if I had a j ob

. .

HE AR T T R OUBLE MARVEL OU SLY REL IEVED

S an Francisco Calif July 5 1 92 8 , .
, , .

To F ong Wan
Two years ago I su ffered from Heart Trouble and pain all over my
chest Although I tried everythi ng that I heard of I s ecured n o genu
.
,

ine relief until I came across the b ay to you I t is a pl easure t o testif y .

t hat the Fong Wan Herbs banished my pain and that there has been
no recurrence of my complaints during the past two years .

M RS M L O R D . . .

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 A LE TT ER F R OM A F O RMER PA T R ON
O akland C alifornia
, .

Mr F ong Wan
. .

Dear S ir :
You kn ow h ow I have c ome to you from time to time during t h e
past few years for books to give to fri ends or ac quaintances wh o
wi shed to investigate your methods of h erb treatm ent after they h a d ,

l ea rn ed of my wonde r ful e xperience in being c ured of Hardening of

t h e Arteries four years a g o by but two we eks of your treatm ent .

Although I have thus been instrumental in bringing a few sufferers

to you to receive relief I feel that I have not done all I might as
, ,

there are doubtless other persons wh o a r e suffering from Neuritis ,

Rheumatism Thickening of the Blood or from Hardening of the Ar

, ,

t er i es a s I did .

As I ha ve been free from that ailment ever since I S h all be glad ,

to answer either by letter or in person any inquiry you may receive

, ,

from individuals s o afflicted .

S incerely yours ,

M RS F M McK E E V E R
. . . .

( Original given many years ago ;

again verified Nov . 1 6,
 C H A PT E R V

T H E L UN GS A N D T H E T H RO A T

CHINESE THE O R I ES REG A RDIN G T HE L UN GS

S hin Nong classified the
lungs as belonging to the min
eral element Just as th e hear t
.

controls the blood c irculation ,

the lungs control the air c ir

culation of the human system .

If th e blood of the lungs is

in good c ondition and the,

pores of the body are kept

clean while at the same time
,

the lungs are free from i n

fl a mma t i on, impurities and ,

abno r mal temperature of f or

ei g n origin the lungs are
,

strong an d he a l thy .

Herbs of whit e color and of either pungent or insipid ta ste belong

to the mineral element Th e former cause the heat of th e body to ex
.

pand and to go down to the limbs and pass outward through the skin .

Th e activity of the lungs extends also t o the s ub organs and the i n

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t es t i n es.Th e herbs of insi pid tas t e free the lungs and intestines of
fever.

COL D S AND L A GRIPP E

Wh en one h a s a c old in any part or in the whole of the b ody the ,

passages of the pores are closed A s the internal h eat c annot then
.

escape it forces its way up to the head which begins to ache If this
, , .

heat ( fever ) reaches the lungs pneumonia may result When a cold
,
.

s ettles in any part of the body it stops the circul ati on b oth of the
,

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bl oo d a n d of the air in that part S tiff neck and .

follow T h e internal fever causes a dryness and

.

thr oat If the heat in the lungs interferes with the

. r t he

air there i s coughing

,
.

For these reasons a herb compound for a col d generally c ontains

,

more than a dozen di fferent kinds of herbs such as : Herb s to take away ,

the fever f rom the lungs ; herbs to open th e passages of the pores s o ,

that the lungs a n d pores may work again in unison ; herb s to s oothe t h e
air passages of the bronchial tubes ; herbs to pacify the blood of th e
liver ; herbs to carry away the feverish congestion s o that the he a d ,

will stop aching A h erb c ompound for a c old i s therefore much m ore
.

beneficial than any sort of drugs This is th e reason why Chinese

.

herbalists h ave been s o succes sful in relieving c ases of L a G ripp e and

Influenza .

EC ZE MA
CONN EC T ED WI T H T HE L UN GS
l
A certain c lass of skin disease i commo nl y kn own E cz ema B s as . e

c ause the pores of the skin work in unison with the l ungs germs and ,

impurities in the skin and pores affect the blood through the medium of ,

the lungs to a greater or less degree C onsequently herbs f or E czema

, .
,

must be s o compounded as to remove th e impurities from the blood ,

through the a ction of the lungs which wi ll drive out the impurities
,

through the pores In addition to this herb s a l ve or herb p owder is

.
,

generally applied externally H erbs are also b oiled for washing the
.

a ff e c t ed parts .

Wh en disease a ffects either the lower or the upper limbs h erbs for ,

c le a nsing the spleen must be added to the herbs in the compound f or

the lungs as the spleen controls the limbs Al t hough Ec z ema and
,
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other S kin diseases are disagreeable they are not dangerous , .

A S THMA DUE T O T H E L UN GS
When a chronic cold settl es in the lungs th ey b ec om e clogged wi t h ,

mucous congestion This condition is known as Asthma I f the case

. .

is of long standing the su ff erer s health is g radu ally impaired and it

,
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requires considerable tim e to restore it to norm al T he FO N G WAN .

’

C O has a splendid record for the ab solute and perm anent relief of
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Asthma c ases .

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 WHY ELECT R O MAG N ET IC T REA T MEN T S DO HA RM
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Neith er the lungs nor the constitution in general of the cough and
as thm a sufferer a r e a s strong as thos e of persons of average health ;
consequently an asthma su ffere r i s more liable to contract a c old
,
.

When a fresh cold s ets in there is always m ore or less inflammation and
,

fever which is scarcely detectable by placing a thermometer in the

m outh .

If the su ff erer uses an E lectro magnetic Appliance it will drive more-

heat ( fever ) into the lungs which in consequence will become more
, , ,

congested and clogged with mucus T h e suff erer then breathes with .

difficulty and becomes very weak Lo ss of appetite and a sallownes s .

and palenes s of the complexion which gi ve the appearance of approach

ing death follow ,
.

A number of persons who through t h e use of E l ectro M agnetic A p

,
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pli an ces have brought themselves into the afores aid c ondition have r e
,

p orted to t h e F ong Wan C o Although their E lec tro M agnetic A p

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pli a n ces have done them so mu c h h arm they have succeeded in regain ,

ing their health by taking the Fong Wan Herbs .

CA T ARR H PAR T LY DU E T O LUNGS

Catarr h originates in the blood When the l ungs send up fever to .

the head this fever condenses the moisture which forms big chunks
, ,

in the head These chunks of thick mucus drop into the mouth and
.

thr o at For this reason people look upon cata rrh as having its seat in
.

the head Herbs for c atarrh must be so compounded as to cleanse the

.

blood the lungs and the h ead L ong suffering from catarrh abates
, , .

one s energy poisons the entire system and causes ringing noises in
’
, ,

the ears or even deafness Many chronic su fferers from catarrh have
.

b een wonderfully relieved by the Fong Wan Herbs .

CHIN ESE T HE O RI ES REG ARDING T HR OAT DI SE A SES

Wh en equilibrium of p ower and balance is maintained in the work
ing of the five elements the hum a n system i s free from disease The
,
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throat is a narrow passage between the trunk of the b ody and the head .

In it are numerous small nerv es and glands whic h connect with the
intern al organs such as the lungs kidneys stomach liver and heart , , , , .

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his blood is s o thoroughly clean sed that there i s no conges t ion and his ,

p ores function freely In consequence h e rarely catch es cold

.
, .

Th e Chinese herbs for a cold are ben eficial to the entire system and ,

are very different from the treatments prescri bed by other schools of
healing in which alcoholic li qu or i s Often used T h e fever or i n fl a m
, .

mation in the system is thus augmented instead of being driven out .

Herbs for colds also tend to drive away Influenza germs just a s to ,

b acc o plants keep insects away from the garden and tobacco smoke ,

keep s away snakes .

A S a result of their experience in the epidemic of 1 9 1 8 many Ameri ,

cans now realize h ow speedy and lasting i s the benefit to be derived

from th e Herbal R emedies provided by Mo ther Nature .

S INU S T R OUB LE —I T S CAU SES AND S Y MP T OM S

According to Ch inese Theories S inus trouble
,
is attributable to th e
foll owing causes
1 . Th e nose is the cavity of t helungs I f a cold
. is c ontracted the ,

heat ( fever ) centers in the head an d lungs .

2 .The mouth is th e ca vity to the st om ach If a person either eats

.

t oo frequently or if he eats t o o mu ch spicy fried g reasy or ri c h food

, , ,

there wi ll be a certain amount of indigestion in the stomach and the ,

blood th ere will b ecome heate d Naturally a s t h e blood circulates and

.
,

the air p asses out and upward from t h e lungs and the stomach the ,

sinus is lia ble t o bec ome a ff ected .

If the sinus is painful and the mucus is thick yellowish brown and , ,

if dry discharges com e from the nose it indica tes that one has heated
,

blood in the lungs and perhaps more or less indi gestion It als o indi .

cates that there is too much of the fire element in the blood .

If the mu c us discharged through the nose i s clear thin and abun , ,

dant and if these dis ch arges are sometimes a c com p anied by p ain a
, ,

severe chronic cold has settled in the head and has c oncentrated in the
S inus When a person h a s chronic S i n lJ s trouble his h ealth i s often i m
'

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,

paired and there i s an unpleasant Odor about his no se or m outh The .

entire system i s sometimes poisoned and in severe cases of sinus trou

,

ble the nos e swells painfully

, .

Because of the Chinese method of healing with herbs many opera ,

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tions have been avoided There are two me t h ods of c ompounding herb s
.

for sinus trouble One is to u se herbs to purif y the blood of the stom
.

ach and lungs and to di spel the heat c ombined with herbs to improve
,

the digestion and to op en the passages or cavities of the sinus The .

other method i s to use herb s to clear out t h e c old and to restore the
blood strengt h s o that relief m ay be p ermanent If a pers on i s weak
,
.

and the S inus trouble of long standing a considerable length of time

,

may be required .

AN EXT R AO RDINA R Y CA SE O F EC ZEMA

Oakland Calif M ay
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4 , 1 9 31 .

F O N G WAN
‘

I want you to know how grateful I am for what your Herb s did for
me about four years ago when I h a d a very severe c as e of E czema .

Time has proven the eradication of the di sease to be t h orough for I

have not b een ill since .

The E czema began on one arm and continued to spread although I ,

went to several doc tors They sent me t o a specialist who gave me

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what is known a s auto serum treatment I was put on a very strict

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diet After seven weeks of this regime I was extremely weak and ner
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,

vous and the s kin disease had spread all over my body My arms r e .

sembled raw be ef steak and I h ad lost 1 8 p ounds The S pecialist finally

, .

advised that I go away to the country ; this was ob vi ously impossible .

We had heard that your Herb s were helping others but we feared ,

to try t hem for we had als o heard that the Chinese used their herb s to
promote dop e addiction among unsuspecting Americans Time has .

proven this to be absolutely untru e .

My husband finally brought me to your off ice and I b egan taking th e

Fong Wan Herb Tea Within a few weeks marked improvement was
.

evident in every way The skin on my body was entirely healed and
.

after four months there was new skin on my arms I had regained my .

weight and could again do all my own housework At the sam e time .

I had gotten ri d of painful Piles of long standing .

My husband used your Herb s for Kidney Trouble with good r e

s ult s Incidentally the Rheumatism with which he had been bothered
.
,

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 and on wa s entirely overcome H e j oins me in testimonial
o ff . .

We have great faith in the Fong Wan Herbs and we recommend

them to our friends .

V ery respe ct fully yours ,

KAT E M and J . . E CHUN

. .

B R ONCHI TI S A S THMA AND FEVER

. .

March 26t h , 1 9 30 .

A year ago my daughter Be rnice had intermittent F e v er for many

, ,

months S he was kept out of school and had to sta y in bed Although
. .

we had tried doctors and many reme dies Bernice obtained no relief ,

until She took the F ong Wan Herbs S he als o h a d Bronchitis and .

Asthma from both of which the herbs relieved her in no time

, .

M RS H DI E C KMAN
. . .

W E AK EN ED B Y INFL UE N ZA
S t ckt n C alifornia o o ,
.

About three years ago I was left very weak after having suffered
from S panish Influenza and I contracted a cough which settled on my ,

lungs Thi s cough persisted and kept gradually getting worse I tried
. .

every remedy rec omm ended to m e but nothing seemed t o relieve me

,
.

A year ago I ha d so s ev ere an attack of coughing that I was com

p elled t o quit work I had just about believed a relief impos sible when
.

frie n ds and relatives urged me to go to F ong Wan the H erb S pecialist

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,

I went F ong Wan diagnosed my case corr ectly I noticed an im prove

. .

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ment after the first cup of herb tea and after three or four weeks I felt
,

like a new pers on .

Today thanks to F ong Wan and his herbs I ca n b oast of a good

, ,

pair of lungs and a good heart . J J F I S KE . .

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( This testim onial was first given some years ago .

I t was verified November 3 ,

S AN F R ANCI S CO MAN RELIEVED IN OAKL AND

S an Francisco Cal i f M arch 8 1 9 2 6
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My S tomach and Bronchial Tubes tr oubled me co n s iderably for the

past two years When I tried to do anything I became chok ed up and
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nervous and for s ome time I had not be en abl e to work steadily
,
.

Although I had obtained no results from other treatments I acted ,

upon the recommendation that I try the F ong Wan Herbs I have taken .

the Herbs for only t wo weeks and I alre ady fee l like a di ff erent m an .

In my c ase the F ong Wan Herbs have proven to b e the bes t r emedy
’

AND R E W F OP P I A N I ‘

T ES TIM ONY G I VEN BY M RS L LON G i n t h e S outh er n Divisi on of

. .

the UNI TE D S TAT ES DI S T R I C T CO U R T f or t h e N ort h ern Di s trict

o f C al if o r n i a .

The following excerpts are from th e tra n s c ript V ol . 5, p ages 422

4 24 March 9 1 932
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Questi ons by attorney for defense . Answers by Mr s . L L ong

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S O far a s you know are you in perfect heal th at the present

“
Q .
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time ? A Yes . .

Q . Were you always that way ? A . No , s ir .

Q When did you first begin to su ff er with the

. physical ailment
that did af lict you
f ? A In 1 9 28 . .

Q . Did you consul t a regular physician A . Yes .

Q . Without giving her name—was it a lady physi c ian ? A . Yes .

Q . And a reputabl e member of the profession ? A . Yes .

Q . Did you continue with her for any gre at l ength of time ? A . A
y ear .

Q . At the end of that time had you been benefited ? A . No , sir .

Q What was your condition better or worse ? A

.
, . I t was worse ,

because I was losing m ore weight .

Q W hat were the symptoms with which you were su ff ering dur
.

ing that period of ti me ? A With night sweats afternoon fever

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chills loss of weight

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Q Did you have any cough ?
A . A cough .

Q Di d you go to a specialist in th e me d ical profes sion after that ?

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A Yes sir
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, .

Q . What was his specialty ? A . Tuberculosis .

Q . He was a regu lar specialist in that trouble was he ,

A . Yes ,

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 How l ong did you rem ain under his c are ? A I di d not go
Q . .

under his c are be c ause I could not aff ord to take the treatme n t
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Q Di d he dia g nose your tr ouble

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?
A He gave me an X ray .
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Q By the way did you submit t o any other tests and reactions
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?

A Yes when I went to the other do c tor I had a tub er cular test
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,

Q . And the result of that wa s th a t you went to a tube rc ular s pe

ci a li s t ? A . Yes .

Q . You say you c ould not aff ord to undertake the treatment ? A .

No , s ir , I c ould not .

Q . Then to whom did you g o for relief ? A . F ong Wan .

Q Did he come to you or did you t ake your case to him

. A I ,
?
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went to him .

m
Q On the reco m endation of others A Of my sister wh ohad
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? .
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gone to him .

Q Wha t was your condition at that time with regard to strength

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A . I wa s in bed .

Q How long had you been confined to bed

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? A . Three weeks be
fore I went to him .

Q you have fever during t hat t i m e

. Di d A Yes ?
. .

Q Were you able to walk about A No s i r not over a block

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? .
, , .

Q Were you weak ? A Y es

. . .

Q How much had you lost in weigh t ? A 23 p ounds ‘

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Q Then did you begin to take the herbs that were compounded
.

for you by Fong Wan ? A Yes . .

Q When did you first commence taking them

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? A October 1 5 . .

Q I n wh a t year A 1 9 30
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? . . .

Q How lo ng
. did you continue to ta ke the treatment ? A . Until
about April l s t 1 9 3 1 , .

Q That was s omething like six months

. A Y es ?
. .

Q Just state to the jury what occurred after you commenced to

. .

m
take these treat ents ?
A Well I started in and I would have t o be .
,

taken down in the car I was not able to walk only a block I was short
, ,

winded I had the aftern oon fever I had the night sweats S o aft er I
, , .

started taking them it was quite some time until I gained weight but I ,

gained strength Then I gained eighteen p ounds after going to him

.

for s i x months .

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 Q Wh at h a.s be c ome of the sym p toms that formerly a ffl i c t ed you ?

A I ha v e no more cough n o m ore aftern oo n f evers and I can walk

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, , ,

I think as far a s anybody else

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Q . Y ou do your own work ? A . I do my own work .

Q Have you
. any troubles or ills at al l from th at t rouble of whi c h
you are c ons c i ous ? A No s i r not at all ; my l ungs are all right
.
, , .

I have n o p ain .

Q And all. of the trou bles that formerly a ffl i c ted you in your l ungs
and chest the fever and otherwis e h ave disap p eared ? A Yes s i r
, ,
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, .

Defens e Attorn ey : T ake the W itness .

C R O SS E XAMINA T ION

Q Du ring this time t hat you were t a king these herbs were you
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on a diet ? A No s i r .
, .

Q . Were you c areful about your eating ? A . No , sir .

Q Di d you eat anything

. A I ate anything and everything I ? .

wanted to .

Q You ate well A Yes

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? . .

Q You ate full meals

. A Yes . .

Q Did you get lots of rest during this t i me A I t ook my after

. .

noo n rest He had m e take m oderate exercise outdoors

. .

Q . Di d you get that aftern oon rest every da y ? A . S omet imes .

Q . Mostly every day ? A . Yes , I t ried to .

Q . And you feel better now don t you ? A ,

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. I feel fine .

Q Did the defendant F ong Wan ever tell you that he would c ure
.
, ,

cancer ? A I didn t have cancer and I didn t a s k him

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Q Did he ever tell you th at he would cure your appendicitis

. A .

I didn t a s k him anything about it

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.

Q . You never had any appendicitis ? A . N0 .

Q Di d h e ever t ell you that he would cure epilepsy ? A N 0

. . .

Q You were never troubled with anything of that kind were you ?
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A No
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Defense Attorney : I object to tha t a s not proper cross examina -

tion This witness has not been afflicted with any of those things
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The Court : It is not proper cross examination -

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Prosecutin g Attorney : T hat i s all .

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 MA RVEL OUS REL IEF F R OM EC ZEMA
Albany Calif Jan
,
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. 2 , 1 93 6 .

T o Whom It May Concern

F or more than three years and a
half I suffered from E czema on my
,

face hands a r ms and body I went

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to twenty doctors and to the clinic s

of two univers ities for tr eatmen t
but gained no relief I was tol d .

that my trouble was Derm atitis

Herpetiformis Obtaining no r e .

lief I finally went to F ong Wan I

,
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bought some h erbs from him cook ,

ed them a t home and dr ank the

herb tea I soon experienced some
.

relief I continued to take the

.

herbs for three months and I now

feel fine My skin is all cleared up
. .

If I ever have any recurr ence of the

malady I shall certa inly take the
,

Fong Wan Herbs again Anyone .

interested in learning more with r e

gard to my condition may call on M arti n Oluf s e n
me and I shall b e glad to both verify these statements and give
tails . MA R TIN OL U F S E N .

REG AINED HEAL TH AFT ER L ON G S UF FERIN G

Oakland C alifo r nia ,
.

After havin g been operated on for a Tumor in my neck I had a ,

cough day and n ight After nine months the cut ma d e by the doc tor
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had not heale d E ach month I became weaker my breath grew short
.
, ,

and I could scarcely walk I thought that I would surely die . .

My brother urg ed me to try the Fong wan Herbs at 576 Tenth

S treet Despairin gly I b egan to drink them Now after two months
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I am entirely rid of all my former complaints and a m strong and well .

I thank G od for this wonderf ul Herb S pecialist Fong Wan who I , ,

believe has p rolonged my life .

J O E PINA .

( Original date 1 9 22 .

Again verified Apri l 2 1 ,

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tors thought I had consumption No treatment that I took did m e any
.

good.

My folks fin a lly urged that I try Fong Wan After but a few weeks
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of his treatment I wa s restored to my norm a l health and although t his

,

was m ore than a year ago I have not had a cough since I am strong
, .

now and h ave gained many p ounds . MA RY S OU Z A .

S INU S T R OUBLE . CA T A RR H AN D S N EEZIN G

O akland Calif Oct 7 1 9 2 9
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T o Whom It M ay Concern
For s i x months I suff ered from S inus Trouble Catarrh and S pells
,

of Violent S neezing which were both dis c oncerting and embarr a ssing
,
.

Alth ough for a time it s eemed that no permanent relief was ob t ain
able now after having taken the F ong Wan Herbs for but a short time
, ,

my troubles have all been overcome and I fe el that I have entirely

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recovered . W ESLE Y YOUN G .

 C HA PT E R VI

T H E LI VE R A N D G A LL BLA DD E R

CHINESE T HE O R I ES REG AR DIN G TH E L I VER

AN D G ALL B L ADDER

The sketch reproduced here is one

of m any similar sketches that a p
p ea r ed about three c e n turies ago in a
revised edition of the E ncyclopedia
o f Herb al S cien c e ,
published by the
Chinese I mperial College in Peking ,

China It shows how the various

.

nerv es in diff erent part s of the body

are a ffected by the gall bladder and
liver .

Although th ousands of years have

elapsed since the ori gin a l of th e a c
companying sketch was made by
eminent herbalists in China yet great
,

numbers of su fferers from liver and

gall bladder trouble in t he U S as . .

well as in the O ri ent are daily obtain

ing great benefit from this ancient
Chinese knowledge by using the Chi
nese herbal remedies .

B ecause the liquid in th e gall blad

der and the juices secreted by the
liver are greenish thus resembling
,

the vegetation element in c olor S hin ,

Nong concluded that the gall bladder and liver belonged to t h e v egeta
tion element and that herbs of green color and sour taste should b e used
as correctives for disorders of these organs Upon experimenting he
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discovered that herbs of this sort hav e power to c ontract the air in the
bl oo d and that their action assists the li v er an d gall bladder in func
,

t i on i n g .

The liver a c ts a s a re s erv oir t o hold the blood until it i s thrown b ack
into c irculation The secretions of the liver and gall bladder enter th e
.

inte stines and aid digestion T h e gall bladder i s a s ub organ to the liv er
.
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T he infl amed conditi on of the liver c auses inflammation and c on

gestion of the G all Duct ; and the Bile either ove r flows causing Yellow ,

Jaundice or solidifies into G allstones At intervals the Liver b e c omes .

greatly i nfl amed causing swelling in the entire right side of the tr unk
, ,

from the glands of the n ec k to the lower p art of the abdomen The A p .

p en di x then swells and Appendi c itis sets in When the stones are p a s s .

ing through they cause such inte n s e pain that the su ff erer freq uently
,

loses consci ousness A s a symptom of Gall and Liver T roubles the r e

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is generally more or less pain starting be neath the right rib and run ,

ning ar ound the right side up to the shoulder blades , .

If either the liver or gall bladder i s inflamed or is weak and i n

active pain enlarg ement gall stones biliousnes s sleeplessness ner
, , , , , ,

vou s n es s discoloration of the s kin and a ringing or buzzing noise in

,

the ears may follow S ometimes when the inflammation i s severe it

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cau ses running sores or even ulcers in the ears deafness infl am ed eyes , , ,

blindness hot fl a shes or headaches

, .

In t ense anger als o aff ects the liver Protracted s orrow causes the .

liver t o b e sluggish and the blood to become p oisoned T h i s condition .

is favorable to the formation of gr owths especially in the breast , .

Americans often laugh at the Chines e idea that the liver is p artly on .

the left side of t h e body a s well as on the right Through their studies , .

the Chinese have found th at the pulse of the circulation of the liver i s
determ ined by feeling the pulse in the left wri st instead of in the right , .
’

When through fright anger or other strong emotion the liver is

, ,

stimulated a bn or ma lly i t gets into a fiery condition The individual is

,
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then liable to be quick tempered to talk fast and loud or if in p ain to

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groan or cry in a loud voice An abnormally active liver fre quently de

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prives one of the us e of h i s voice entirely for a short pe r iod of time .

This is why certain p ersons often find it necessary to stop and rest for
a time b efore going on with a speech at a public meeting or contin ,

uing in a private d iscussion .

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 The presenc e of fever in the liver c ann ot be detected by th e th er
momet er used by th e m edi ca l pro
f es s i on but must be di s c overed in
,

other ways T he Chine se herb s for .

the liver act independently thro ugh

th e blood c irculation Genera lly it .
,

is not necess ary t o p hysi c th rough

the bowels Cleansing the liver by .

physic is an Occide n tal method .

When an adult or child is suff er

ing if he groans or c ries continu
,

o us ly with a loud steady voice

, , .

T h e Liver a n d G all Bla dd er there i s n o doub t that h e h a s i n

fl a mma t i on of the liver and adja c ent organs .

The liver is one of the five princ i pal organs the gall bladder being ,

one of i t s sub organs Pain in t h e right side th e region of the liver is

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, ,

generally caused by infl amm a tion of that organ or by the s ecretions of

the liver overfl owing into the g a ll bladder where they either b ecome
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bil e or s olidify into stones Physicians frequently cut out ei t her th e

.

gall bladder or the appendix They prefer not to cut out the main o r
.

gan the liver becau se that operation would be b oth dangerous and
, ,

diffi cult C onsequently the liver i s generally left un t o uch ed and many
.
,

pers ons whose gall bladders have been removed still suff er considerable
pain in the right side and lie in bed for years .

According to Chines e theories the liver c ontr ols the nerves When
,
.

there is rh eum atic nerv e trou ble a t t en t i on mus t b e given to the liver
°

, ,

and herbs must also be added to the c ompound to drive out the accu
mula t ed p oison .

HOW CHIN ESE HERB S A RE MARS HALED T O

COMBAT DI SEA SE
Chinese Herbs pro p erly compounded to c ombat dis ease may b e com
pared to an army organized to attack an enemy T h e Herbalist is the .

Commander ; his Knowled ge E xperience Intelligence and Astuteness

, , ,

are t h e S pies In order to detect an ailment the Herb alist must use
.
,

his eyes in studying th e ski n of the su fferer just a s th e A viator must ,

use his eyes in l ocating the enemy and in discovering his strong and
weak p oin ts .
 When an ar my is v ery strong a n d p owerful in order to defeat it , ,

th e attacking force must secure other nations as allies Li k ewise in .

,

overc oming s eri ous ailments it r equires t h e combi n ed powers of a

,

number of vari eties of herb s a ll worki ng together in harmonious a l

,

li a n ce to eradi c a t e the dis ease

,
.

Let u tak e a cas e of G all stones for example The inflamed condi
s -
, .

ti n of t h L iver causes i fl mmation and congesti on of the G all Du ct ;

o e n a

and t h e Bile either ove r flows cau sing Yellow J a un d i ce or soli d ifies into
, ,

G all stones At intervals the liver b ec omes gr e atly inflamed causing

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, ,

swelling in the entire right side of the trunk from the glands of the
neck to th e lower part of the abdomen T h e Appe ndix then swells and .

App endicitis sets in When the stones are p assin g through th ey cause
.
,

such intens e p ai n that the sufferer frequent ly loses c onsciousness A s .

a symptom of G all and Liver Tr oubles there i s generally more or less ,

p ain starting beneath the right rib and running around the right side ,

up to the shoulder bla de s .

In a condition of this s ort five or s ix kinds of herbs must be com

,

p ounded for t h e Liver and G all ; auxiliary herb s must b e added to

cleanse the blood a n d ri d it of the fire element ( i n flammation ) ; s ome
herbs must be put in to cause the air a n d the bl ood t o circulate proper
ly ; other varieties must be used to take away the swelling ; and still
other herbs must be added for the Nerves of the S houlder Blade How .

similar is t his process t o the maneuvers of an army which opens fire

with s eventeen inch guns to break d own th e defens e works of th e
-

enemy rushes forward its c avalry a s auxiliaries and follows up with

, ,

the infantry V ictory is thus assured !

.

Quite freq uently from G all stones who have won the v ic
, su fferers -

tory over them by taking the Fong Wan Herbs h a ve brought to th e ,

offi ce bottles of G all stones that have passed from them Up to the
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.

tim e of this writing not a singl e pers on who has take n the Fong Wan
Herbs for G a ll stones has either had to be operated on or has even
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suff ered again .

Most treatments for G all and Liver Trouble h ave a tendency to

physic the suff erer regardless of whether he is strong enough to stand
it
.
The Fong Wan Herbs work indepe ndently through the blood cir
culation instead of weakening the indi vidual s constitution ’
.

Many cases of L iver and G all Bladder Trouble have b een mistaken
for Appendicitis and the Appendix has been cut out thus leaving the
, ,

ailments of the G all and Liver untouched .

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 H ER BAL RE M EDI ES S UCC EED IN L IVER AND S T OMACH
T R OUBLE MR GREEN FI EL D T ES T IF I ES
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Oakland C alif Ma y
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, 22 , 1 930 .

For years I su ff ered from S tomach T rouble off and on R e c ently

15 , .

my ba ck began to hurt a n d I h a d severe headach es Notwithstanding

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the fact that about five years ago my wif e wa s relieved in a c ase of
Liver and S toma c h Trouble by ta ki ng the F ong Wan Herbs I s ought .

relief through O cc idental methods of h ealing Finally however di s .

, ,

covering that I wa s getting worse instead of b et ter I de ci ded to go to ,

F ong Wa n I am happy to s a y that I n ow feel a s though I had been

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m ade over new for his herbs have overc om e all my compa i n t s
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.

R R G RE E N F I EL D . . .

PI LES
O akl a nd C alifornia , .

For years I have had Piles in the advanced stages I found no relief .

in any treatment I was Operated on but this did me no good My h us

. .

band h a d been relieved of 1 37 boils by the F ong Wan Herbs so I h ad ,

faith in them I to ok the herbs for t en weeks at the end of whi ch

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time I was entirely well This was four month s a g o and I am still in
.

splendid condition . M RS E W H OOGS . . . .

( December 1 9 2 3 ) ,

YELL OW I AUNDIC E
Alam eda Calif June 1 4 1 9 32 , .
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I su ffered with severe pain in my stomach and could nei t her eat nor
drink without distress My skin and even the whites of my eyes turn ed
.

yellow My urine was as d a rk as black coff ee I wa s suffering from

. .

Yellow J a un d i ce I was compl etely r elieved by taking th e Fong Wan

.

Herbs . F R ANK MANAI .

L I VER G A LL B L ADD ER
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AND S T OMACH T R OUB LE REL I EVED
O akland Calif Nov
,
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, . 1 4 , 1 92 9 .

F ON G WAN C O .

Dear Mr F ong .

I am writing this letter to express my g ratitude for th e s plendid

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results and benefits I have received from th e use of the Chinese Herbs
prepared by you .

I had a complication of Liver G all Bladder and Stomach T rouble ,

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with s h arp stabbing pains in the lower right side of my Abdomen The
,
.

region of th e L iver was exceedingly s ore and tender ; s o mu c h s o t hat

even lo ose clothing became irritating and uncomfortable My stom a c h .

was also very sore t o t h e touch and felt as if there were a lump t h e
siz e of an egg in it After meals food which wa s very sour and burn ed
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the thro at was retu r ned to the m outh

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This condition steadily be came worse over a period of a year Dur .

ing this time I wa s tre ated by t wo doctors without any appr eciable
,

results B oth decided that an operation was necessary

. .

By good fortune I cam e into c ontact with a man whom you had
,

treated for an Ulcerated S toma ch and he strongly urged me to take ,

your treatment This I di d . .

R esults were notice able the very first week and now after , , s ix

weeks I am entirely free from the terrible stabbing pains and the
, ,

sorenes s over my Liver My digest ion i s good The old feeling of

. .

lassitude has c ompletely disappeared and I feel much brighter , .

I am most happy to strongly recommend the herbs .

Wishing you unbounded success and again thanking you for what ,

you have done for me I am , ,

V ery cordially yours ,

CY R I L MAW .

Y EA RS O F MI SER Y
Oakland C alif April 2 3 1 9 2 7 , .
, , .

My L iver and G all Bladder kept me in great mis ery for y ears A l .

though I tri ed d oct ors and as many remedies as I knew about I got ,

no better Finally a friend recommended me to Fong Wan After two

. .

months of the F ong Wan Herbs I had no complaints whatever , .

As this was three years ago I be lieve it t o be a fact that my relief

is permanent M oreover I have gained about thi r teen p ounds in
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weight B efore I to ok the herbs I was always underweight

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M PA R K S
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 C HA P T E R VI I

T H E KI D N E YS A N D BLA DD E R

CHIN ESE THE O RI ES REG A R DIN G KIDN EY S

About 300 years
ago th e sketch r e
,

produced here was

revi sed and pub
li s h ed in the E n
c y c l o p e d i a of
Herbal S cience by
the Chinese I m
perial C ollege in
Peking China It,
.

shows every point

a t which t h e
nerves are affect
ed by the kidney s
and their sub or -

gan th e bladder
,
.

Numerou s ills are

caused by the i m
proper function
ing of these or
gans In order to
.

reach the seat of

t h e s e dise a s es ,

one must have

both a knowledge
of herbal compounds and of the ancient Chinese theories of anatomy
with regard to these organs .

Although the original of the accompanying sketch was made by

eminent herbal ists in China thousands of years ago the herbalists of
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today ca n still learn from it However just a s there are di fferen c es
.
,

in intelligence s o are there di fferen ces in herbalists To eliminate doubt

,
.
,

people should consult F ong Wan a s c hol ar ly and reliable herbalist , .

In the begi n ning of Chinese c ivi lization there wa s an emperor ,

known as S hin N ong He not only classified the h erbs under five nat
.

ural elements acc ording to their col or a n d ta ste but he also classified
, ,

the five vital orga n s of the body un der the fi v e principal elements .

1 —Th e st omach is yellow like the earth .

2—The heart i s red like the s un .

3 —The kidneys are dark colored like th e ocean wa t er .

4 —The lungs are white like th e minerals .

5 —The se c retions of t h liver are greenish like vegetation

e .

E ach of these organs has relate d orga ns .

The kidneys are those org ans of the human system that resemble
the water in the o c ean T hey distribute n ourishment thr ough the b ody
.

by means of the nerves The nerves of t h e lower li mbs c ome through

.

th e kidneys a n d p ass up the back through t h e n eck and over the h ead
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, ,

and eyes All thes e nerves depend on the kidneys for th eir strength
.

and nourishment just like the earth depen ds on the water element of
,

the o cea n s f or i t s r a ins and moisture

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When the kidneys fail to function pro perly becau se of inflamm a tion ,

or by reas on of weakness th ey becom e th e source of numerous ail

,

ments In case of inflammation people sometimes have Bright s dis

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,
’

ease floating kidneys etc The tendency of inflammation ( the fire

, , .

elem ent ) is to caus e swelling especially of the lower limb s which f r e

, ,

quently develops into dropsy S ometimes inflammation of the kidneys

.

causes the lower limb s to cramp This i s acc ompanied by burning pain .

from the small of th e b ack down to the toes and is commonly known ,

a s R heumatism or Neuritis When it gets a strong and lasting gr ip

, .
,

th e su fferer is cri ppl ed for l i fe .

Inflammation of the kidneys also causes constipation because it ,

dri es up the moisture of the bl o o d circulation in the bowels I n i n fl a m .

mation of th e kidn eys or pr o static trouble the urine is dark colored

, , ,

and there is frequent v oiding of small quantities .

In c ases wh ere kidn eys are weak and i nactive they c ause d i z z i n ,

we a kness backa che headache sti ff ness and pain in t h e back of

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n eck which continues up into the nerves

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ing noises in the ear and even cros s eyes This condition is a ccomp a n
.

i ed by los s of vitality forgetfulness, ,

brain fa tigue poor concentration and

,

shortness of breath and frequent

voiding of large quantities of urine .

In a person who is consumptive or

in one who coughs fr equently for
other reasons the lungs b ecome dry
,

and feverish and the kidneys are

,

therefore liable to become inflamed .

When these organs do not fu n c tion

in unison a c ondi t i on sets in t h at i s
,

diffi cult to relieve The liv er stom

.
,

a ch and spleen become a ffected one

after the other the spleen being the

,

last to become dis ea sed When the .

The Ki dn ey spleen is affec t ed the su ff er er has

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diarrhoe a which cannot be relieved He h a s then but a week or two

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to live .

M O R A L : Drink F ON G W AN H ER B S and drive off the cough

before C onsumption fastens itself upon you .

The herbs for the restoration of the kidn eys to normal a r eof vari ous
kinds E ach compound for a cup of tea conta ins from 1 3 to 2 0 di fferent
.

kinds of herbs If the kidneys a r e infl amed t wo or three varieties of

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herbs are put in to b ri ng them plenty of good blood ; two or three kinds
to accumulate more moisture in the kidneys ; two or three kin d s to cau se
the m oisture or water to flush the kidneys ; one or two kinds to work
through the nerves to th e lower limb s and upper parts of the b o dy ;
one kind to work i n to the lungs from which th e kidneys gain part of
,

their strength and motive power ; one kind to puri fy and cleans e the
,

bladder and one kind to clean out t h e liver and c ool the blood
,
.

The number of packages of thes e herbs necessary to bring perm a

nent relief depends upon the severity of the ailment and length of time
it has persisted .

G enerally the herb compound must be changed as the condition of

,

the kidneys change .

When herbs are compounded for weakness of the kidneys very dif ,

f er en t herbs are given from those required for inflammation Many .

persons try to get relief by merely flushing the kidneys with water
without the addition of any curative elements The result i s often t h e .

overburdening of the kidneys and the wea k ening of the bladder Fur
, .

t h er m or e t h e dr inking of t oo much water c auses indigestion and s oon

, ,

er or later the health of th e individual is broken .

T HE CHAN GE O F L IFE IN MAN "

While most peopl e are familiar with the term Change of Life a s “

applied to woman few realize that man also undergoes a c hange of li fe

, .

For thou s ands of years t h e Chinese peo p le have be en ta ught that the
life of both sexes is divided into pe riods of time or cycles A woman s ,
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life is divided into cycles of 7 years T h e first cy c le i s that of early

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childhood ; at the c lose of the se c ond cy c le s h e is 1 4 years of age and , ,

has developed into young womanhood Wh en s h e has completed 7 .

cycles of 7 years each the average woman h a s come to th e change of

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life although s h e i s but 4 9 years of a g e

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With man each cy c le consists of 8 years instead of 7 years He de

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velo p s into young manh ood at th e age of 1 6 years after having c om ,

plet ed two cycles of 8 years each M o r e over he m u st compl ete 8 c ycles

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of 8 years duration before he comes to the change of life at which

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time he is therefore 64 years of a g e .

B ecaus e of this diff erence in the age at which men and women reach
the change of life we may infer that a man who is 1 5 years older than
,

his wi fe is actually of th e same age physiolo g ically and that thou gh ,

younger in y ears a wife who i s less than 1 5 years younger tha n her
,

h usb and is really the elder of th e two .

Du ring the period of their change of life mos t men su ffer because ,

of difficulties in th e functio n ing of the ki dneys and bladder a ccomp a n ,

i ed by more or less dizzines s of the head and pain in the back of the
neck etc This trouble may be traced to the loss of power by the kid
, .

neys due to the change of life in ma n Wh en from ab out 55 to 65 years

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of age many su ffering men c onsult their physicians regarding these ail
,

ments the physicians generally di agnose the trouble as swollen glands

,

or decide that it is the neck of the bladder that is causing the trouble .

Frequently the bladder i s op erat ed upon and left leaky as long as the
m an lives However the real s eat of the trouble is to b e found in the
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change of life which has lessened the power of th e kidn eys thu s weak
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en i n g the circulation of the blood and th e air pressure .

 NO EXCU SE F O R ACHIN G T EE T H
It is a great blessing to have good sound teeth it is a calamity not , ,

to have them F or thousan ds of years the Chin es e Theories have

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shown that the hair i s a p art of the bl ood and that the teeth are a part
of the bones Hence because the bones are controlled by th e kidneys
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th e teeth are also controlled by them .

If one s vital organs the heart the liver t h e intestines the gall
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bladder the s t omach the spleen th e kidneys and th e lungs are func
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t i on i n g properly and in unison and are free from inflammation there ,

i s no reason why he should have eith e r too t hache or decayed teeth .

From very ancient t i mes the Chines e Herbalists have been agreed in ,

attributing tooth troubles to the eight following c auses

1 . Pain in the upper incis ors is c aused by the fire element of the h eart .

2 . Pain in the u pper cuspids and bicuspids is c aus ed by the fire ele
ment of the stomach .

3 . Pain in the lower incisors i s caused by the fire element of the kid
neys .

4 . Pain in the lower cuspids and bicuspids is caused by the fire ele
m ent of the spleen .

5 . Pain in the upper left m olars is caused by the fire element of the
large intestines .

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Pa i n i n the upp er ri ght molars aused by the fire elements of the
o o o o

6 . is c

gall bladder .

7 . Pain i n th e lower left molars is caused by the fire element of the

lungs .

8 . Pain in the lower right molars is caused by the fire element of the
liver .

One who su ff ers from too thache should secure imm ediate relief from
the inflammation of the internal organs before d ec ay se t s in or the
gum s become ulce r ated Usually a p erson with a sore gum consults a
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,

medi cal m an and is advised by him to s ee a dentist and ei ther have his
teeth extracted or certa in drugs inj ec ted to deaden the nerves or the
roots of the teeth If the natural tee t h are extracted and fals e teeth
.

fitted th e food is thereaf ter either only partially ch ewed or n ot masti

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ca t ed at all Indigestion and failing health result

. .

A cas e in point i s th at of a man who suffered so severely with tooth

a che that he wa s unable to eat He there fore called upon a dentist to .
find out wheth er his teeth were decaying The dentist inf ormed him .

that all his teeth were in good c ondition and that th ere wa s no sign of
decay but that the gum around one tooth h a d grown up higher than the
,

tooth and was therefore bitten between the two te eth whenever the
, , ,

mouth was clos ed thus causing p ain

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The suff erer then called upon the herbalist wh o asked him h ow long ,

h e h ad su ffered with th e pain T he reply was : About a week

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N ow .
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the herbalist immediately realized that a s the su ff erer had had a gum in
his mouth ever since he wa s b orn which wa s over 35 years there was
, ,

no reason for it to sudden ly grow up in a week H e therefore pre ”

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pared a cup of te a to subdue th e fire ele ment in th e man s stoma ch ’

.

T he sufferer drank the t ea at 5 p m and the next m orning he found

. .

tha t th e swelling and s oreness h ad all gone out of h i s g um .

Many persons after e i ther having their teeth fil l ed or p l a tes made

,

by a good dentist still find their gums s ore and raw at times Then
,
.

they mistakenly blame the dentist becaus e they think that their fillings
were not properly put in or that their false teeth a r e not a good fit ,

wh en i n fact the real c ause of the rawn ess and soreness of their gums
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is traceabl e to internal disorders .

S U FF ERERS
WI T HO UT T EE T H
With the hope of gaining relief a p proximately 80 per c ent of p eo
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ple who are sick have their teeth extracted Unfortun a t ely however .
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their ills continu e Through out h i s long peri od of exp erience t h e F ong
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,

Wan Herbalist h a s found th at due t o the l ack of a fundamenta l kn owl

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edge of the human system a great many p eople have a c ted up on the
,

merciless advice that they have either part or all of their go o d teeth
extracted This h a s been done notwithstanding t h e fact th a t these p er
.

s ons were su ff ering from Neuritis R heumati sm H eada c h e or from

, , ,

some other nervous derangement th at h ad absolutely n o c onnec tion

with the t eeth but wa s caused by t h e im p ro pe r functioning of one or
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more of the internal organs of the b ody .

Not realizing that th eir pain was due to inflamm ation of and impur
ities in their blo od caused by this non fun c tioning these p eo p le have
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mistakenly placed too much faith in blo od tests whi ch by mi c ros c o p i c , ,

or other m eth ods show germs of di sease only but do not show bl ood
, ,

impurities poison or infl ammation E ven t h e heal t h of the teeth and

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gums depends upon the condition of the bloo d B ec ause persons with .

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artificial teeth cannot chew well they g et but a porti on of the value of
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th e foo d with whi ch t o nourish their bo dies Their health is generally

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rated as Third Cl ass and they have s oreness of th e gums which f r e

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quently c aus es them to go without their teeth It i s pitiful to s ee a .

grown person wi th a mouth like that of a t o othl ess inf a nt .

The F ong W a n Herbs have not only cleansed t h e systems of many

pe rs ons affli cted with various ills but they have also helped to erad
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i ca t e pyorrh ea and to heal diseased gums .

KIDN E Y T R OUB LE REL I EVED

Oakland C alif June ,
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1 9 , 1 9 29 .

S everal years ago I su ffered from Kidney Trouble and Rupture My

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c ondition was such that it seemed as though I might die at any mo

ment .

Miraculous as i t m ay appear F ong W an aff orded me permanent r e

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lief within a few weeks from the tim e that I began to drink his herbs .

T HO S N ADAM S . . .

A G ONI ZIN G PAIN S RELI EVED

S an Francisco Calif , .
, Dec 9 , 1 9 30
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To Wh om It May Concern
About a year ago I su ffered with pain in my back that ran down
into my legs I was in ag ony both when I moved and when I remained
.

still After I had tried s everal medical men I was taken to a hospital
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where I spent t hree weeks E very method of diagnosi s was res orted to
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but nothing was di sc overed regarding the cause of my p ain I was tak .

en home again and advised to h ave my teeth extracted notwithstanding ,

the fact that they were in go o d condition Hoping for relief I c on

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s ented My upper and lower fro nt teeth were tak en out but as the
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pain did n ot even subsi de,I refus ed to ha ve my other tee th removed .

Happily I was recommended t o take F ong Wan Herbs Although

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at first my improvem ent under the herbs wa s slow I r eflected up on the ,

long experience I had gone through without results elsewhere and , ,

therefore kept on drinking the herb tea I now fe el lik e mys elf again
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It seems almost unbelievable that while non e of the Occidental healers

who treated m e were able to a fford me relief I have obtained it by tak ,

i n g the Fong Wan Herbs .

( S i g ned ) MI SS L M S TO OP S . . .

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 One of our friends who h a d been benefited by the Fong Wan Herb
alist suggested that we try him He su pplied my s on with herbs to .

cook at home After h aving dru nk the tea for a little more than two
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months Harol d i s n ow in the finest condition Alth ough words c an

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not express our happiness we are glad to give this testim onial regard
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ing the a bility of th e Fong Wan Herbalist J OHN P H O D GE . . ,

Q John .P Hodge w a s your

. father ?
A Y es . .

Q How old w ere you when thi s trouble first a ffl icted you
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? A .

Thirt een or fourteen .

The Court : Don t state what the doc tor said but you may state
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what you did A I went to be d for a week and h a d just milk and
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toast and some medicine At the en d of the week there was n o rec ur
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rence of the blood In about two m onths it appeared again This time
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it wa s worse than it was b efore for the re a s on that it was thi c k er ,

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After about two weeks I suddenly began to los e a l ot of weight and

became weak T h rough a friend we he ard o f F ong Wan We went to
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him and he gave me herbs for nine weeks and at the end of the eighth ,

week it was cured but I t o ok it one week m ore to be sure

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Defense Attorney : Q Have you ever had any recurrence of the

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trouble since ? A No . .

Q When you went to the physician who treated you first did he
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diagnos e your trouble and tell you what it was ? A Yes . .

Q When you went to F ong Wan did he tell you what the trouble
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wa s ? A Yes . .

Q Did he tell you the s ame thing that the doc tor h ad t o l d you
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?

A N0
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Q You .are in p erfec t health at the present time are you ? A , .

Yes s i r
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Defe n s e Att o rn ey : T ake the witn ess .

C R O SS E XAM INA T ION

Prosecuting Attorney : Q This was when you w ere ab out thir .

teen years old ? A Thirteen or f ourtee n . .

Q H ow old
. are you now ? A Twenty s even .
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Q S o that
. w a s about fifteen years ago ?
A Y es . .

Q Do you rem
. em b er the time th at you went to F ong Wan ? A .

Yes .

Q . It is very clear in your mind ,

is it ?
A . Yes .

Q . Di d h e test your urine ? A . No .

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 Q . He di d not test your urine ? A . No .

Q you. tell him anythi

Di d ng ? A My father explained to him . .

Q In your. presence ? A Yes that the urine was bloody He .

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explained what it was .

Q After y o u had gone to the doc tor the first time they found
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blood in your urine h e had put you on a diet I s uppos e h e put you
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on a special diet did h e A H e put me on milk and toast

?
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Q And you continued your diet for a week and the blood d i s a p
.

e
p ar ed ? A I lay i n bed for a week
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Q And the bl ood disappeared

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? A Yes . .

Q Did you continue that diet afte r wards

. A No . .

Q Did you ever take that diet after that A I drank milk after
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that for quite a while to r ebuild my weight .

Q And did your weight return

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? A No . .

Q Di d you build up
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? A No . .

Q But you continued

. your milk diet ? A Yes . .

Q You c ontinu ed it for how l ong A I continued it right on I

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am still taking milk .

Q You are st ll on your milk diet now

. i ? A I am not on any .

diet I still dr ink milk

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Q And you .did th a t even while you were taking these herbs ? A .

No Yes. .

Q Which do you mean ? A I mean this at lun c h time I always

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drink milk .

Q What I mean is this whil e you W ere taking these herbs you
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were still on that same diet A I drink milk all the time
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Prosecuting Attorney : T hat is all .

RE DI RE CT E XAMINATION
Defense Attorney : Q You are not on any diet now are you Mr .
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Hodge ?
A No . .

RE C R O SS E XAM I NAT I ON
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Q Do you rememb er when your father wrote th at testimonial do

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you r ecall the time ? A Fairly well yes .

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Q It was a n umber of years after this trouble oc cu r red wasn t it ?

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A It was about three months after

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Q Th ree mont hs after it occurred

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? A I think so . .

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 T ES TIM O NY G I VE N BY M RS E K ENN E DY i n t h e S o uther n . .

Divi s i on o f t h e UNI T E D S TAT ES DI S T R I C T CO U RT f or t h e N or th

er n Di s tri ct of C ali f o rn i a .

T he f ollowi n g
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ex cer p t s are from th e trans c ript ,

V ol . 2, pages 97
1 08, M arch 4 , 1 9 32 :

Defense Attorney : Q Mr s Kennedy you are one of the patrons .

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of the Fon g Wan Compan y whos e letter ap p ears in t his b ook are ,

you not ? A Y es I am .
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Q . You are the sam e Mr s Kennedy ? A . . Yes , s ir .

Q When did you first b ec om e a p atron

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of Fong wa s herb s ? A .

I think it wa s i n 1 9 2 8 .

Q Pri or to that time had you been under the c are of any regular
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physi c ian ? A Dr A of t h e universi t y

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Q . And prior to that were you under the care of any other physi
ci a n A Dr D
. of V all ej o s ent me do wn to the univers it y
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Q . Under the care of Dr A A Yes . . .

Q . Di d Dr A subj ec t you to tests and diagnose y our troub l e

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?

A . Yes .

A . Di abetes .

Q Di d you go under treatm ent from Dr A A Yes

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Q Now don t get excited Mr s Kennedy becaus e this b arr age i s

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running on How long were you under Dr A s c ar e in t h e U

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hospital ? A I wa s two weeks in the h ospital

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Q D o you kn ow the remedies that he treated you with

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? A All .

he gave me wa s in s ulin and he wa s taking blood tests ,

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Q You m ay sta t e whether or n ot Dr A

. taught you the us e of .

the hyp odermic in using i n sulin ? A He showed me how to us e it .

before I l eft t h e h os p i tal

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Q And that wa s for treating yourself with insul i n also wa s it

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A Yes
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Q I s it or i s it not true that

. Dr . A taught you the meth od of
testing the sugar in your blood ?

A . He showed me about testing the s ug a r j n the urine .

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A . Y es .

Q . What event ually was th e result of your

, , us e of that insulin ?
A You mean wh at eff ec t did it h ave on me
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Q . Yes what ha ppened to you

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I was taking it three tim es a day and I wa s always pa ssing

A .
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out ; I would get spells and los e c onsc i ousness Then he redu c ed it t o .

twice a day and then onc e a day a n d then he t o ok me off it Then I

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wa s feeling fine Then I went down for an examinat ion and he said I
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would have to go back on it agai n .

Q In any event as a result of your going ba c k to Dr A

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, did .

you rec ommence the u s e of insuli n three times a day ? A No I didn t .

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I didn t tak e it at all

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Q Di d Dr A a d vi s e you t o u s e it ? A He wanted m e to us e it
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Q Then from that time on Mrs Kennedy did you or did you not
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abandon the use of insulin A I did? . .

Q . Did you comm ence to take another treatment from that time

Q They won t let you testify to what you told your husb and Did
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you finally go to the Fong Wan H an y ? A Y es S i r .

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Q Upon the recommendation

. else ?

A . Yes a fr iend of mine wh o used them

, .

Q Do you kn ow of your own knowledge that your friend had b een

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under the treatment of Fong Wan s herbs prior to that time A Yes ’
. .

And upon her recommendation you went to the F ong Wan Herb
Q .

C o A Yes
. . .

Q And did you commenc e to t ake th e tr eatment from the F ong

.

Wan Herb C ompa ny ? A I did right away .

, .

Q . How long did you take it A F or nine weeks ? . .

Q . What was the result of your treatment ? A I felt fine after .

that .

Q How soon
. did you commence to feel an improvement ? A . The
third cup of tea I took I could feel the M pr ovemen t
, .

Q What was the entire length cf treatment that you took

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? A .

Nine weeks .

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 Q What was th e effect u pon your syst em
. A I could feel alto ?
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gether different ; I felt like a new woman altogether .

Q Hav e you ever suffered with those troubles since ? A N ot

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sin c e .

Q Are
. you to d ay a well woman ? A I am . .

Q No aches or pains or troubles or disease ? A Not any

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Q Did you take anything else except the Fong Wan h erbs a c
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cording to his directions ? A That is all I t oo k . .

Q Have you since you commenced to take the F ong Wan herb s
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had tests made to determine the sugar content in your urine A I n

? .

th e urine y es
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Q How often have you had that done A Well not very often
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Q You are able to do it yourself are y ou not A Yes I can do

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it mys elf .

Q A s taught y ou by Dr A
. A Ye s . . .

Q And a s the result of thos e tests is there any sugar in your

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urine ? A Not a bit

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Q Did you under the directions of

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Dr . A take the sugar tests ,

yourself A I di d yes
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Q A n d how long after you commenced taking the F ong Wan

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herb s was it that the sugar content in the uri ne began to decrease ,

when did it disappear ?

Q You might describ e the m ethod t o t h e jury that Dr A

. taught .

you to det ermine the sugar content in your urine ? A Wh en I left .

the hospital he told me how to test out the uri ne and he showed me
just how to do it .

Q What did he tell you to do A He told m e to take a teasp oon

. .

ful of Benedict s solution and ten drops of water and put it in the tube
’

and boil it for s i x minutes and if it came out blue there was no sugar in
it ; if it cam e out green there were traces of sugar ; if it came out yel
low it was heavy with sugar .

Q While you were und er t h e treatments of Dr A

. and a s a .

result of these rea ctions what was the color aft er y our t reatment ?
, ,

A After I left th e hospital it came out c lear E very tim e I t es t ed i t

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mysel f it cam e out blue s o I knew there was no sugar in it

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Q . Are you under treatment by anybody at the present time ? A .

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 Q Are you p erfectly well now A F ine
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?
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Q Had y ou any return at all of these symptoms and trouble that

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distressed you and for which Dr A treated you ? A N ot a t hi ng

. . .

Q And the Fong Wan herbs did it

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?
A They did . .

Q You took nothing else except this entire c ourse of treatment ?

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A Not a thing only the herbs

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C R O SS E XAMINAT I ON
Prosecuting Att orney : Q You s a y that Dr A . had gi v en y ou .

that insulin treatment ? A Yes . .

Q
. How long did he give it to you at first ? A I was getting it .

three times a day .

Q At first you got it t ree times a day A Yes

. h ? . .

Q And then he reduc ed th em to two treatments a day ? A Yes

. . .

Q
. Then he reduced them to once a day ? A Yes . .

Q T hen wh at hap p en ed after that

.
?
A I wa s a l ways getting .

t h ese spells when I was p a s sing out and h e took m e off t h e insulin
, ,

Q Then what did you do after that You discon t inued th e i n sulin
.
,

did you ? A Yes I did

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Defense Attorney : You d on t c ontend that insul in ever c ured dia

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bet es do you
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Prose c uting Attorney : I don t know en ough about it to s a y I’

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wou l d h ave to a s k a doctor .

Defense Attorn ey : I t o n ly neutralizes the sugar c ontent Y ou c an .

tak e it a s long as you live and it would never cure you .

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DIAB E TES AND HEA R T T R OUBLE REL IEVED

V al l ej o C alifornia ,
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To Whom It M ay Conce r n
I suffered from Di abetes Heart Trouble an d Nerves for sometime
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I t seemed as though n o relief could be had anywhere Two months ago .

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h owever I began to drink the Fong Wan Herbs and I s oon realized
,

their healing p ower I am happy t o testify that my troubles h ave been

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entirely overcome and that I now feel like a new woman I am writ .

ing these few lines i n order that others so a flli ct ed may know where to
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find relief . M RS E MMA K E N N E DY . .

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 C H A PT E R VI I I

T H E N E RVE S

CHIN ESE T HE O RI ES REG A RDING R HEUMAT I S M

PA RALY S I S N E U R I T I S CONVULS ION S
. .

AND APOPLEXY
These ailments originate from similar causes and belong to the same
fam i ly of dis eases R heumatism i s the more c ommon of the five T h e
. .

Chines e c haracters for R heum atism are Fu ng S ep which mean

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Wind and Dampness The Chinese attribute this disease t o four
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ca u s es

1 To the air circulation in t h e b ody The Fung ( wind ) ci r cu

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lates in the body just as the air circulates in space I f the a i r circul a .

tion is impeded it becomes wind of certain velocity The wi nd caus es

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pain to move from one part of th e b ody to another .

2 To d
. n es s The dampness in the body resembles the damp
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ness or m oisture in the air I f the dampness i s hea vy it causes dull

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heavy pain i n the human b ody .

3 . T o infl ammation
Inflammation in the body is like the heat
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waves th at cause lightning storms etc on the earth I nflammation

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swells the tissues and causes pain .

4 To cold The cold or chilliness in the body resembles the c old or

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chill Hon in Chines e ) of the earth I t causes excruciatingly sharp

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shooting p ains especially in the hip s and legs

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In the case of a rheum atic s uff erer more than one and sometimes , ,

all four of these causes are operative to a greater or les s degree Nine .

t y per cent of t h e suff erers from rheumatism have kidney and bladder

troubles which weaken the nerves and the blood circulation Wind
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dampness inflammation an d cold are liable to a ffect the body b oth from
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intern al and external sources Unless one s blood circulation i s ir

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reparably deteri orated the Fong Wan Herbs will eradi cate the causes
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of Rheum atism .

Alth ough Rheumatism may come on either suddenly or gradually ,

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paralysis generally c omes on suddenly Paralysis may a ff ect but one .

side of the human body or one or m ore of th e limb s Paralysis is un .

accompanied by pain and the a ffected part be c omes s omewhat like a

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piece of rubber hose entirely devoid of feeling Attacks of paralysis

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are generally due to the i mproper functioning of the stom ach and
lungs together with an aff ection of the nerves Paralysis i s often c om
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bi n ed with Rheumatism .

Neuritis i s b oth painful and very common but i t i s not dangerous , .

A Convulsion is a sp ell of nervous attack While it causes severe p a in .

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it seldom c auses death The F ong Wan Co h a s relieved numerou s cases

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of N curitis and of Convulsions .

Ap oplexy is m ore dangerous than R heumatism Neuritis Paralysis ) , , ,

k

or Convulsi on A sudden and s evere attack of Ap op l exy c auses i n s t a n t

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death If the st ri cken one h a s loc kj aw and h i s fis t i s cl o sed tight

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there is hope for h i s recovery If his mouth i s wide open it sh ows that l
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his heart is failing If his eyes are closed h i s liver is failing If his l
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hands are open his sple en is failing I f h e v oids u r ine hi s kidney

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strength is gone S ometimes the fa c e of th e suff erer i s b l oo d red and

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the sweat pours out Any of these terrible symptoms sh ow that there
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I S no hope M any apoplectics who have survive d slight attacks have

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been left with a wryness of the mouth or have lost their voices or the ,

us e of one or more of their limbs .

E A RT HQ UAKES S IMI L A R T O N ERV OU S A TT ACK S

The globe up on which we live is made up of five principal elements ,

viz the mineral vegetation water fire and e arth elements The
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human body is als o compos ed of the five principal elem ents As it .

draws its sustenance from the earth e a ch human body resembles the ,

ea r th in miniature
Whenever t h e fire element under the earth s crust becomes too ’

strong or accumulates in a cert ain space or whenever the planets cause ,

intense heat on the earth which then begins to contract and expan d, ,

earthquakes are felt .

S imilarly in the human body if the fire element ( inflammation ) in

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the blood centers in one or more of th e organs or limbs it causes ner ,

vous attacks apoplexy paralytic strokes S t V itu s Dance neuritis

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rheumatism etc ,
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 I n the universities of v arious nat ions investigat ions into the c ause ,

of earth quak es have been conduc t ed f or many years and instruments ,

have b een dev ised and installed which are supposed to in di c ate when and
where the quakes will oc cur However s o far not a single st udent h a s
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been able to predict the coming of an ea r t h quake T he first intimation .

thes e savants h ave h ad of earthqu akes h as been th e ro cking of their

homes .

Physicians have similar experiences wi th su fferers under their care .

T hey may b e aw a re that the fire elem ent in the p erson s b l ood wi ll ’

c ause a great deal of trouble but they are n ot able t o tell when the
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stroke of p aralysis or the nervou s atta c k will o cc ur .

T ES TIM ONY G IVEN BY M RS C GRA P E N T I N i the S uth. . n o

ern Di vi s i on of the UN I T E D S TA TES DI S T R I CT CO U RT f the or

N o r th er n District of C ali f orn ia .

The following excerpts are from the tra n script ,

V ol . 4 , pg s . 29 1 - 2 9 3,
March 8 1 9 32 : ,

Defense Attorney : A s this “

i s in evidenc e yo ur H onor I will ask
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leave to read it at this time .

The C ourt : V ery well .

Defense Attorney ( reading )

Oakland Californ ia , .

F ON G WAN
Just ab out three years ago I had a stroke of paralysis in my left
arm It was pain ful day and ni ght Not only was I u nable to move
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my arm at all but I was unable to m ove any of my fingers F or years

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als o I suffered pain in my back and around my kidneys

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Your marvelous herbs have n o t only relieved my p ain but have ,

completely restored my arm to normal I shall be glad to g ive any

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earnest inquirer further details about my c as e .

M RS C . . E . GRA P E N T I N .

Q . I s that true ? A . Yes .

Q .
When were you first afflicted with this trouble ? A . 1 92 4 .

Q Will you kindly describe to the jury what o cc urred A I ? .

wa s t ak en in this left arm with a very very severe pain from the shoul
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der to the elbow ; it came on me very suddenly One night my arm wa s .

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pedia of Herbal S cience I t shows a kn ee swollen .

by arthritis or rheumatism whi c h c aused the leg

to be drawn off th e ground .

G IVEN UP A S INCUR AB LE
Oakl and Calif Oct ,
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, . 1 5, 1 934 .

To Whom It M ay
B eg 1 n n 1 n g in 1 9 2 8 I suff ered infl ammatory pains in my knee which
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was bad ly swollen M oreover I wa s in a highly nervous conditi on I

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was treated by one doctor for s i x months and by an other for three
months both of whom gave me up as incurable and inform ed m e th at
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I would be an invalid for the rest of my life I wa s s o discouraged that .

I felt like jumping int o the bay .

Finally a friend recommended Fong Wan I to ok the F ong Wan

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Herbs for slightly more than two months Not only did they a fford .

me relief but they s o cleansed my system that I have kept well for all
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these years I discontinued taking the h erbs in July 1 9 2 9 and have

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had no illness since I can take long walks and can g o on three mile
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hik es in the hills without any return of my former complaints .

M RS M HA R M ON . . .

SPENT O VER WI T H DOC T O RS AND G O T NO REL I EF

$ 3500
S o declared Mr R Lewis formerly prop i etor of a large j ewelry
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store at E leventh and Washington streets in the center of Oakland ,

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After drinking the Fong Wan Herb Tea h e was completely relieved .

HI S UN S O L ICIT E D T ES TIM ONIA L

M adera C al i fornia ,
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For several years I was troubled wi th nervou s attacks I visited .

th e most prominent physicians in both Oakland and S an Francisco

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without obtaining p erm anent results F inally when an operation on .
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my spine had been sugg ested I quit and be g an drinking the F ong Wan
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Chinese Herbs After seven weeks I f elt entirely w el l This wa s in

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S eptember 1 9 1 6 and up to the p resent time there has been no re cur

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rence of the attack s . R LE W I S . .

( M adera 1 933 )
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PA RA L YT IC S T R OK E Q UICK L Y REL I EVE D

Berkeley C a lif Aug,
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, . 2 0 , 1 9 27 .

T o Whom It M ay Concern
F or the benefit of other p eople an d a s a re c ommendati on for F ong
Wan I frankly say th a t t h e F ong Wan Herbs have re l iev ed my right
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arm which wa s paralyzed F or about t wo months I could n ot move

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th at arm at all Although I tried m edic a l d oc t ors and a Chiropra c t or

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my c ondition remained the same .

Acting upon th e advic e of a friend I tried the F ong Wan C hinese ,

Herbs Aft er the first four days I c ould raise my arm and at t h e end
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of two weeks my recovery was c omplete The Fong Wan Herbs are
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ni ce c lean and fragrant They are wonderf ully compounded and put
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up in neat packag es I coo k them at home For such m arv el ous and
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speedy relief I am g l ad to give this testim onial

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( S igned ) MRS J E HI LL . . . .

( Att ested ) M R J E HI LL
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S CIA T ICA O VERCOM E

S an Francisco Calif M arch 1 8 1 9 2 8 , , .

I su ffered from Rheumatic S ciatica and terrible pain in my right .

side I had to walk with crutches and I found no relief whatever in

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any of the treatments that I used .

I went to O akland to see F ong Wan and took his herbs for ON LY
TWO W EE K S at the end of which time I wa s com pletely reliev ed .

That was eight months ago but I still feel a s well as any man .

GE O RGE F K EEFE . .

OB T AIN S MA RVEL OU S RES U LT S F R OM F ON G WAN HER B S

C orning C alif Aug
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Fong Wan co Oakland Californ ia , ,

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G entlemen : I desire to state tha t I h a ve had no recurrence of the

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F acial Paralysis from which I suffered last April and from which I feel ,

certa in I should not h ave recovered without the herbs secured from ‘

you at that time .

M oreover I have als o been free from High Blood Pressure ever since
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I took the h erbs that you had previously sent me for t h at complaint I .

had not been aware th at I had High Bl o od Pressure until while climb ,

ing in th e mountains I felt a pronou n ced kn ocking in the ba c k of my

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head which became so severe that I had to s i t down and rest before I
,

could go on with the others .

I had my first exp erienc e with your Chinese Herbs s ome y ears ago
when my eyes were so badly inflamed that both daylight and electric
light caused pain in my eyes similar to needle pricks I went to an eye .

specialist who after treating me for a w eek frankly con fes sed th at
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he did not know the cause of the ailment Being unable to obtain .

relief from the treatments of either specialists or doctors I tried the ,

Chines e Herbs I drank them for five weeks before the malady was
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c ompletely overcome Thi s was some years ago but I have had no eye
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troubl e since .

I know that s ome people h ave an antipathy for Chinese Herbs be ,

c aus e they have an idea that snakes frogs and other animals are u sed ,

in the treatments Having dealt with a high class Chinese Herbalist I

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want to say that I have failed to find anything of that nature in t he

herbs that he has prepared for me They have been clean aromatic .
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and purely vegetable Neither have the herbs contained any n a r co t

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ics or drug habit producing substance s .

I am pleased to write this account of my experience I trust it may .

help pers ons wh o are suffering to overc ome any unwillingness to try
the Chinese Herbs The great benefits that I have received have con
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vi n ced m e of the merits of these treatments and I feel certain that

many who try them will also get good results and rej oice in h ealth
restore d .

With kindest regards I a m respectfully , , ,

H B N ORDS T ROM . . .

T ES T IM ONY G I VEN B Y M R R LE MI E UX in the S o uthe r n Di

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vi s i on of the UNIT E D S TAT ES DI S T R ICT CO U RT f or the N o rt h er n

Di s t r i ct of Ca lifo r nia .

The following excerpts are from the transcript V ol 4 p ages 377 ,

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382 March 8 1 932 :

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received ? A . No ,
she was wors e .

Q From the ho spital where

. she taken A T aken to her wa s ? .

h ome .

Q From that
. time on did you take up any other form of treatment ?

A From that time on the doctors who treated her in the hospital
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The C ourt : Q The question is did she take up any other form of
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tre atment A Yes

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Defense Attorn ey : Q Did s h e tak e up the treatment by Chinese .

herbs ? A Yes we went to the F ong Wan Herb C ompany

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Q How long did s he continu e to take the herbs that we r e com

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pounded for her ? A S he took them for about five months and then .
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s h e was able to get up out of her bed and was able to c ontinue on with ,

her househol d work and do the c o oking for myself etc Th en af ter ,
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about two months ti m e I was n ot satisfi ed with her condition and I

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went b ack to Fong W an for a period of about two months that is I , ,

mean s h e took the treatments for a peri od of about two months and ,

s h e has never h a d treatment since that time .

Q And so far as the condition

. not with regard to the eye I
don t mean but s o far as her con d ition with respect to the affliction
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s h e had had have th ose troubles bee n removed

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? A S he never com .

plains of any rheumatic trouble at all .

Q Does assist in the care of her own housework

. she ? A . Not at
present not since she becam e blind in that eye
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Q Up to the time that she had her troubles relieved and no longer
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suff ered for how many years ha d she b een su ffering with it s o far as
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you can recall ?

A S he had been su ffering with it a s I s a y from .
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about the time s h e was 4 5 years of age This last ailment of rh euma .

t i s m was about twelve years ago .

Q . S he had it c onstantly ? A . Yes .

Q .
And she had it no more ? A . S he never complains of it .

Q By th e way from the time s h e commenced to take the Chinese

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herbs comp ounded by the Fong Wan Company has s h e ever taken any ,

other kind of treatment ? A N 0 . .

Defense Attorney : Take the witness .

C R OSS E XAMINATION
Prosecuting Attorney : Q . How old did you sa y your mother is ?

A S he is past 76
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 Q H ow long ago was it that
. she took these herbs ? A . About
twelve years ago .

Q B efore s h e had taken t hese herbs s h e had been in a number of

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hospitals ? A Not in a number only in the P

. hospital and she , ,

had b een to the Hot S prings .

Q . S he had been in the hospita l how long ?

A . Close on to five
weeks .

Q Then she went to the springs A No s h e didn t go to the ’

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springs then S he went home and to bed

. . S he was b edridden at that
time .

Q What . di dshe do after that ? A . F or two months Fong Wan ,

the herbalist ,
wa s trea ting her

Q . You mean while she was in bed ? A . While sh e wa s in bed .

Q You s a y that she was in the ho s pital for ab out five weeks and
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she got good m edical treatment in the h ospital ? A T hat i s c orrect . .

Q And then she came home from the hospital a n d stayed in bed
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for about two months ; i s that right ? A S he didn t get up out of .

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her bed .

Q I mean she was home for about two months

. A As far as ? .

bed is c oncerned s h e was in and out of bed f or about five months

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Q . That is what I mean . S he was in t he hospital ab out five weeks ?

A . Y es .

Q And when s h e came from the hospital she was bedridden and
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had to go home and go to b ed ?

A Y es . .

Q And she stayed home and in bed for ab out two months
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? A .

S he didn t get out of bed for about two months

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e Du ring that tim e she was taking herb s ? A . Yes .

e And s he was resting at home and in bed ?

A . Yes .

e And she was g etting good food ?

A . Yes
e Did she have a nurse ? A . A practical nurse yes ,
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e You had a practical nurs e wi th her all the time A . Yes .

e And the nurse was giving her every thing she required ? A Yes
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Did she have any rubs or things like t t A No

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h ?
Q .
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a . .

Q How about her diet

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? A . S he didn t care for any food at all
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to speak of .

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 Q Di d s h e ea t very much A S he began to eat quit e cons ider
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able .

Q S.he was on a restri c ted diet for some time was h

s e ? A There , .

were certain things s h e wa s not able to take wi th th ese herb s .

Q And during the two mon t h s s h e wa s home s h e t oo k i t easy a n d

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did n ot Work at all ? A S he c ould n ot work s h e wa s bedridd en

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Q And that wa s twelve ye a rs ago ? A Yes

. . .

Q S ince that time your mo t her h a s not done any of her house
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work ? A S he has had som ebody t o do the work for her

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The C ourt : He h a s testifi ed to all that . You a r e simply repeating

h i s testimony It is not c ros s examination to repeat what a witnes s
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says on direct examination You must foll ow the t estim ony Y ou c an

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not waste our time that way .

Prose cuting Attorne y : Q How long h a s it been sin c e your m other

.

has been blind in one eye ? A S in c e June 1 931 .

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T he C ourt : Th at i s just repetition You have a h a bit of doing .

that and you must bre ak yourse lf of it .

Prosecuting Attorney : Th at i s all your Honor , .

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RHE UMA T IC PA R AL YT IC F O R YE A RS —NOW A

W ELL WOMAN
Oakland Ca l i f,
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F or years I su ffered s o from Rheumatic Paralysis tha t I was un

able t o leave my bed My hands and face were swollen and I had
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agonizing p ains all over My bladder and kidneys were in a terrible

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c ondition and I had pleurisy pains .

I had been treated by numerous d oc tors and had stayed in a h o s

pital for m an y month s but m y condition wa s n ot at all improved
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A .

friend urged me to try the F ong Wan H erbs We bought and cooked .

s ome of the herbs at home and my bladder and kidneys were relieved
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almost immedi ately

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I took the herbs for about four months and words cannot express
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my gratitude for my complete recovery I am als o h appy to s a y that .

although I have taken no herbs at all for a long time I st ill remain ,

well .
”
M RS G STA F F . . .

( Original given many y ears ago .

In 1 9 36 her friend reported her a s being well ) .

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T H E BLOO D

CHINESE T HE O RI ES REGA RDING T HE B L OOD

The blood i s the vi t al fluid that circulates through the a r teries and
veins of the huma n system By reason of the derangement of one or
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all of the vita l organs the blood becomes poisoned through infection
, ,

inflammation or contagion Impurities in the bl ood often c ause er up

, .

tions to appear on the skin in di fferent parts of th e body Mi c roscopic .

tests of the blood show various figures and signs of luetic i n fection and ,

the results of blood tests are often reported a s from one to thre e p lus
p ositive When this i s t h e case the su ff erer frequently becomes wor
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ried and downh earte d M any such have taken dozens of h yp odermic i n
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j ect i on s and have been under the treatmen t of medical men for years ,

yet their bl ood tests still show X s or one to three plus positive To
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ob t ain permanent relief is a hard proble m .

According to the Chinese theories there are two classes of su ff erers ,

from blood disorders for each of which a different method of treat

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ment should be empl oyed .

First if a person inf ected with poison ous inflammation has robu st
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health the treatment should be a compound of herbs to cool the blood

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thus eli minati n g the infl am mation , and of herbs to cleans e all th e inter
nal organs If erupt i ons occur in certain parts of the body some herbs
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should be put into the comp ound to reach those place s through the
vital organs Anyone who faithfully gives his b ody a chance to get
.

clean alway s succeeds .

S econd if a pers on has chronic luetic infection and is in a weakened

,

condition the compound should contain herbs to rebuild the entire s y s

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tem and insure the proper functioning of all vi t al organs Herbs .

should also be added to expel th e impurities through the air and bl ood
circulations especially to drive the impurities out through the pores
, ,

thus helping the lungs in their work It takes much longer to over .

come the trouble when the sufferer is i n a chronic weaken ed condition , ,

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than when he i s strong M any pe r s ons seek to drive out the infection
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by taking repeated doses of physi c but the result i s on l y t o weak en t h e

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blood circulation and to p ermit the infecti on to become m ore deeply

rooted .

The FON G WAN 0 0 some time a g o h ad a c ase of a ma n who had

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suffered from inf ection of the blood for 1 4 y ears Twe lve bl ood tests .

h ad bee n taken at diff erent times H e h a d also be en given seven big.

hyp odermic inj ect ions ( 60 6 ) an d fif t y four smal l shots ( 606 ) but h e -

had g otten n o reli ef He had sores in his mouth and throat and on
.

different part s of h i s body His hair c ame out by h a n df uls After

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having taken th e F ong Wan Herb s for nine months h e is c ompletely ,

well and is like a new m an .

Hundreds of cases of blood dis orders have been p ermanently r e

li eved by t h e Fong Wan Herbs The following testimonial i s one of
.

the latest given to F ong Wan :

T R AVELED T HOU S AND S O F MILES F O R REL I EF

F or some time prior to the case against F ong Wan brought by th e ,

postal insp ector Mr C orcoran resided in New York I n N ovember

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1 9 2 9 he wrote for a week s supply of herb s for prostate gland tro u

ble
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from which he obtained wonderful relief He then sent for more herbs .
,

but by that t i me the postal authorities had placed a restriction on the

,

mail of the Fong Wan Herb Co mpany Mr C orcoran s letter was . .

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therefore returned to him marked Fraudul ent “

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R ealizing how marvelous had be en the relief already obtained

through the use of the Fong W a n herbs Mr Corcoran tele g raphed f o r ,
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more They were sent to him by express As he continued to i m

. .

prove Mr Corcoran decided to come to Oakland to see Fong Wan and

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take his herbs He has now used the herbs for nearly three m onths
. .

His letter given voluntarily in h i s own handwri t ing and reprinted here
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speaks for itself .

To Whom It M ay Concern
This i s a t rue statement that on March 1 1 932 I G eorge C orcoran , , , ,

broke out with a V en er ea l Di s ea s e known as syphilis or blood di sease

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Then after havin g tri ed various treatmen t s for months my blood test
, ,

on Nove mb er 3 1 9 32 came back 3 plus and a test on December 1

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1 9 32 cam e back 4 plus

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I t hen decided to come to Oakland Calif and take Fong Wan s , .

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herbs I started with the herb s on December 1 0 1 932 and after hav
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ing taken them for about 1 2 weeks steady my blood test c am e b ack ,

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Negative on M arch 3 1 9 33 ,
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I honestly believe that regardless of what the disea s e may be ,

there is no b ett er or qui cker method of restoration to health t han

by taking th e F ong Wan herbs I shall c h eerfully recommend them
.

t o anyone in ill health regardles s of what the disease may be

, .

GE O RGE W C O R C O R AN. .

H ER B S A RE T HE B ES T S P RI N G T O N I C

During the winter people have eaten more and richer food and have
been less active In consequence their blood h a s become laden with
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,

impurities According to the Chine se almana c the real spring season

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,

sets in about Febru ary 5 Just as the plants lie dormant and abs orb
.

quantities of n our n i s h men t in the winter and begin to put forth leaves
and buds in the s pring s o in the springtime does the human system
,

throw off accumulated impurities in the way of cold sores itching skin , ,

pimples and other eruptions .

d Calif April
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1 3 , 1 930 .

To Whom It M ay Concern
For many years I suffered from a on my nose and fa ce A l .

though I p ersistently tried everything I could h ear of I obtained no ,

lasting results until I went t o Fong Wan for his herbs I am happy to .

say that they afforded me complete relief M oreover I believe that the
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,

E czema h a s b een permanently as well as completely overcome as it is ,

now more t h en a year since I took the herbs and that annoying ailment ,

has not reappeared . L OUI S LO MBA R DI '

CHINESE T HE O R I ES REG ARDIN G D R OP S Y

Because we draw our sustenance from Nature if there is anything ,

wrong with our b o dies we must look for relief to Nature s way of heal ’

ing If any of the five vital organs ; viz t h e heart the liver the
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spleen lungs and kidneys fail to fun ction properly a dropsical c on

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dition may ensue .

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 F IVE DOC T O RS G A VE ME UP : F ONG WAN T EA
S AVED M Y L I F E
Oakland Califo r nia ,
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I su ffered from Dropsy in the t r unk of my body and in my limbs ,

which were so badly swollen that I could neither eat drink sleep nor , , ,

breathe with comfort I had pains all over and had been in bed f or
.

m onths Five different doctors gave me up and s aid that I could live
.

only a few days My entire family was in despair and they decided to
.

try the F ON G WAN CHIN E S E H ER B T E A which made me e n tirely ,

well in three weeks I am now working every day I am so thankful

. .

to the F ON G WAN H ER B S P E CIA L I S T that I shall be glad to make

it known that my life has be en s aved through his wonderful skill .

M I CH E L T O G OM ES S O U Z A '

( A g ain verified 1 930 )

A RE V A RICO SE VEIN S
INCU R ABLE ?
COMM ON SE N SE AND CU RATIVE H ER B S VERS U S R UBB ER
S T OCKIN GS . CHIN E SE TH E O R I ES WITH REGA R D TO THI S
PA R TICU LA R C OMP LAINT :

For thousands of years the Chinese have believed that the veins
,

of the lower limbs p ass over t h e regi on of the kidn eys and th at the ,

kidneys have power to control th e circulation of the blood in the lower

limbs When a p erson either walks too much or has to stand lon g
.

hours at his work the blood bec omes inflamed In such cas es a cer
,
.
,

tain amount of infl ammatory poison from either the kidneys or the
bladder naturally enlarges in t h e veins and forces into them poi s on
which congests i nt o lumps .

In many cases neither blood nor urine te s ts show this B oth Chem
,
.

i s t s and Medical S cientists after having spent a few years in school

, ,

someti mes act as though they know everyt hing under the s un It does .

not occur to them that the kidneys and their sub organ the bladder -
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may not be functi onin g at full strength They do not know how much.

pois on is retained in these organs and s ent through the blood stream .

The blood of all sufferers from varicose v eins i s red black and blue , .

Many such su fferers are advised to wear Rubb er S tockings To wear .

stockings for varicose veins is similar to attempting to relieve either

,

catarrh or sinus trouble by bl ocking up the nose S ometimes su ff er . .

ers from varicos e veins are advised t o d r i n k lots of wat er in order

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to flu sh the kidneys However water of itself is n o t a curative
.
, , ,

agency Consequently persons who drink qu antities of water in seek

.
,

ing re lief frequently get wors e .

Although m edical scientists believe that the brain controls all th e

nerves yet they never attempt to do anything to the brain in order
,

to relieve varicose veins They als o believe that paral ytic stroke is
.

caused by a blood clot on the brain so far they have not attempted to
,

remove the blood clot in order to afford the su ff erer even temporary
relief .

O akland C alif October ,

.
, 2 8, 1 9 33 .

To Wh om It M ay C oncern
I s ufl er ed for 1 5 ye ars with varicose veins and large lumps in
’
,

leg And the veins in my leg and thigh p ained me terribly

. .

After having taken F ong Wan herbs for three months my leg be
came normal . J O SE P H E R WIN -
.

V A R ICO SE VE IN S AND POO R B L OOD CIR CU L A T ION

October 28, 1 9 34 .

After having suff ered for a number of years from poor blo od cir
culation and varicos e veins I had a general b reakdown Acting
,
.

upon the advice of a friend I went to s ee Fong Wan After taking the
,
.

F ong Wan Herbs for about a month I felt considerabl e im provement

,
.

Having found that the F ong Wan Herb s are the be st for my ailments ,

I take pl easure in recommending them highly .

L OUI SE L INDB L OM .

T H E E FF EC T S O F ANIMA L B L OOD ON T HE HUMAN SY S T EM

In t h e dawn of c ivilization herbalists compounded four kinds of roots
of plants to be used as blood builders by the pe o ple in general while ,

deer horn was used by the wealthy At present however numerous

.
, ,

varieties of herbs are compounded to purify the blood and to eradicate

the p oisons from the bl ood and the nerves Wh en the bl o od is thu s .

cleansed pain gradually subsides Any person wh o doubts that won

, .

d er f ul results are derived from Chinese herbs may wr ite the Depart
ment of Agriculture of the University of Californ ia at Berkeley The .

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profess ors and the Chinese students there will not only t ell t h e i n '

qui r er something about the valu e of the he r bs but also how well ,

versed i s our herbalist in thousands of herbal varieties .

Du ring our business c areer in Oakland many people have come to ,

us who h ave :
1 . Drunk S teer Blood or Calf Blood ;
2 . Had transfusion of blood from other persons ;
3 . Had injections of Iron ;
4 E ten Calves Liver
a
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5 Had inje ctions of C alves ’

Liver Blood .

These are Occidental meth ods of increasing the blood supply but to ,

our knowledge n on e of them have even 5 % of the effi ciency and value
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of our herbal r emedies for that pt fr po s e .

The following resul t s are attributable to th e Occidental meth ods

listed above
1 .E ven though the scientists may not be able to dete c t any germs
whatever under their microscopes yet t here are pois onous subs t an c es
,

in the S teer Blood a n d C lf Blood that inflame the large intestines and
a

c ause soren s s of the rectum Moreover persons who have drunk

e .
,

much Calf s Blood generally have dull pain in the back of the neck
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and at the b a s e of the spine due to the p ois on G rowths and tumors
,
.

are frequent i n persons wh o drink Calf Blood for any l ength of time
'

E ven uneducated Chinese warn their friends not to drink or eat any
animal blood ( cooked ) very often Why then should su fferers in O eci
.
, ,

dental countries be advis ed to drink blood in quantity at regular inter

vals when it is actually poisoning their systems
2 . In c a se of illness not due to los s of bl oo d the transfusion of ,

blood from another per s on i s harmful rather than b eneficial because ,

when a person is very ill his air c irculation i s impeded and the blood
transfused does not function Not only therefore i s the su ff erer not
.
, ,

benefited bu t the h ealth of the person wh o h as given h i s bl ood may

,

be a ff ec ted even to the ext ent of an untimely death .

3 . The inj ection of Iron often i n fl a mes the blood and caus es nerv
o us n es s. To feel the pulse of a pe rs on into whom I ron h a s been inject
ed gives one a se n sation similar to t h a t of touching a l iv e wire The . .

nerves of the p atient vibrate and jump and Headaches are fre quent , .

4 . T o eat Calv es L iver to make blood i s about the same a s to eat

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 T HE B ES T EY E GL A S SES A RE O F CHIN ESE O RI G IN
For m any centuries the Chinese have worn eye gl a s ses not only to ,

improve their vision but also to restore their eyes to normalcy Be

, .

fore m anufacturing eye glasses the Chinese studied Nature and b a sed
,

their ideas on her five pri ncipal elements vi z the mineral v egetation , , ,

water fire and earth elements

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.

The b e
st Chinese eye glasses are made of natural water crystal -

r o ck in stead of being manufactured from artificial glass This wate r

, .

c rystal rock i s obtainable either in high mountain streams or in places

wher e the s un s eldom shines It is always as cold as snow When it is
. .

made into eye glasses it has a tendency to draw the heat from the
eyes When a pers on uses h i s eyes st eadily for any length of tim e the
.

eye muscles are weakened and the eyes sometimes b ecome inflamed a s ,

well as very tired The cry stals being so cold and belonging to the
.
,

water element counteract the heat the fire element in the eyes and
,
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keep them c ool .

In additi on to benefiting the ey es by using r oc k crystals for eye

glasses the Chinese us e tortois e shell eye glass rims The tortoise
, .

spends most of its life in deep water It is dark in c ol or Both its . .

nature and color b elong to the water element Th e water crystal rock .
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and the tortoise shell rim s therefore harmonize and constitute a com
plet e outfit for protection and benefit of the eyes .

These crystal eye glass es with tortois e shell rims are worn chiefly
by Chinese offi cials and scholars Only recently has the Chines e idea
.

for making eye glasses been adopted by other nations However these .
,

nations make extensive us e of i n flammable celluloid ( composed chiefly

of s oluble gu ncotton and camphor ) and arti ficial glass in imitation of
the color and appearance of th e Chinese glasses Not only does this .

imitation fail to give the benefit of the genuine cry stal and tortoise
shell r i m eye glasses but it perhaps a c counts for the fact that eye
,

glas ses have to b e changed or refitted s o frequently in Occidental

countries Pers ons wh o wear eye glasses are seldom able to diff er
.

en t i a t e b etween g ood a n d poor glass worn in front of their eyes,The .

writer of this article prefers to care for hi s eyes by taking properly

compounded herbs .

In addition to the rock c r ystal which is Nature s element there are

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herbs for t h e ey es which have helped many people when th e eye spe
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cialis t s have failed .

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 CH I N E S E
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MET H O DS F O R RELI EF O F C R O S S E Y ES
The ne r ves of the muscles of the eyes are similar to those of the
muscles of the legs and arms The nerv es of the eye muscles may be .

affected by poisonou s inflammation of the blood that passes through

th em from certain internal organs of the human sys te m T he nerves .

thus aff ected draw the eyes to one side t hus causing Cross E yes just
“
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a s the nerves of the arms and legs cau se them to becom e crooked and
deformed .

If herbs can be compounded to strengthen and c leanse the internal

organs and purify the blood through the nerves t here i s no reason why ,

the ne r ves should not straighten out again M edi c al scienc e re sorts to .

exercises ; the wearing of glasses stereosc opic pictu r es and t o opera , ,

tions The following testimonials have been selected from among

.

many given by persons who have been relieved of Cross E yes by

“ ”

taking the Fong Wan Herbs .

EYE T R OUB LES

C R O SS EY ES S T R AI G H T EN ED
O akland Calif ornia
,
.

For months I was cross eyed and I s a w everything double Natur

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ally I could do no work During th ose awful months I went to nine

, .

different doctors but none of them helped me in the least One E ye

,
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S pecialist suggested that I wear eye glasses but I didn t relish the idea ,
’
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The climax cam e when the doctors at the University Clinic gave me a
hypodermic which made me s o swollen and sore that I could neither
walk nor sit down I desp a ired of retaining my sight
. .

F ortunately one who had been my f ellowwor ker urged me to try

,

the Fong Wan Herb S pecialist Without mu c h h 0 pe I went to him .

for consultation He showed m e a testim onial of Mr I C R owland

. . . .
,

of R ichmond C alif whose case was alm o st ident ica l to mi ne I took

,
.
,
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the herbs on ly f our weeks and my eyes h ave b een in good condition
ever since .

Almost unbelievable isn t it It is a matter of wonder and surp r ise

,
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to m e th at the F ong Wan S pecialist was thus able to straighten my

'

eyes when modern scientifi c do ctors and E ye S pe c ialists had failed H i s .

success in my case and that of Mr R owl and proves that what he c an .

do for me he c an als o do for oth ers . I stand ready t o certify to th e
fac t s contained in this testimonial . J B PINTA R . . .

( First given years ago and

again v erified 1 9 29 )

A S T R ANGE CA SE : C R O SS EY ES DU E T O
B L OOD P O I S O N I N G
Oakland C al i fornia , .

F or about eight months I was confined to the h ouse and part of th e

time t o my bed wi t h an exceedingly strange malady My fa ce and the .

upper p arts of my b ody wer e fearfully swollen my eyes b eing p art ially ,

clos ed Whenever I went out into the air my fa c e and ha nds b urn ed
.
,

a s though they were on fire M y skin itched s o that I wanted to scratch

.

and tear at myself c ontinuously Als o I had C ros s E ye s because of

.

Blo od Poisoning .

I treated with s everal physicians who termed my tro uble Bl ood ,

Poisoning None s eemed to understand the case a n d s ome were even

.
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fra n k en ough to s ay th at de ath alone coul d give me relief S ix weeks .

ago I rea d of t h e ren owned Fong Wan Herb S pecialist I immediate ly .

sent to him and began to drink the herb tea I cooked my own herb s .

at home Now all the infl amm ation and swelling are gone E ve r y
. .

thi n g is normal again and I am in pe rfect condition .

M RS CHA RLE S P WI LL IAM S

. . .

( F i rst given ye a rs ag o and

again verified F eb .
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1 9 32 )

HE MO RR HA GE O F L ON G S T ANDING
"
NO T HIN G T O WO RR Y ABOUT "

B erkeley C alif Jan

,
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, . 29, 1 92 6 .

I had a H en i or r h a g e f r om a Tumo r off and on for several months .

Alth ough I tried many physicians none could do me any good wi thout
,

res ort to t h e knife La st summer my c ondi tion bec ame s o serious that
.

I lay in bed for three m onths We did n ot give up hope h owev er and
.
, ,

my husba nd went t o s ee Fong Wan That eminent herbalist to wh om . ,

s o many go when a ll others fail t old my husba n d that there was noth
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 I OW E M Y L I F E T O F ONG WAN
Oakl and Calif,
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January 31 1 9 35 ,
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To Wh om It May Concern :
For years I su ff ered from
,

Hemorrhages and f om a r

Tumor which felt as though

it was about the size of a
cocoanut .I had vomiting
sp ells heaviness and c ramps .

I su ff ered untold agonies and

had to stay in bed I was .

tol d that no medicine could

help me and that my only
h ope was in an ope ration as
my condition was s o compli
ca t ed
. I am happy to s a y ,

however that after I h ad

,

taken t h e Fong Wan C hinese

Herbs for s ome time the ,
J osefa Padilla
Tum or gradually disappeared
and all my c omplaints vanished I feel that I really owe my life to
.

F ong Wan I thank him a thousand times for what he has done for m e
.
.

JO SE FA PADI LL A .

Ida M eltzer testifies that the above is true .

 C H A PT E R X
MI SC E LLA N E O US A FFE C T I ON S

CH I N E S E H E RBA L RE ME D I E S H A VE
H I S T O RY OF 5000 YE A RS
Throughout Chinese history many reno wned herbalists hav e held,

resp onsible p o sitions Am ong them have been emperors viceroys

.
, ,

governors and other magistrates Innumerabl e volumes have been com.

piled by these herbalists S ome of th ese work s c ontain from t hree to

.

four million words In c onsequence the Chinese methods of healing

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,

are am ong the most b eneficial and the gre atest things on earth .

CHIN ESE HER B S R ANK WI T H R OMAN LAW S

In the dawn of Chines e civilization there reigned an em peror known ,

as S hin Nong Through his extensive kn owledge of botany and the

.

wisdom given him by G od he b ased the Fundamental Th eories of Heal

,

ing on the Five Principal E lements of Nature : viz : the mineral veg e .
,

tion water fire and earth Dur ing the tho usands of years that have
, , .

el aps ed since the reign of S hin Nong numerous volumes have been ,

written by fam ous herbalists century aft er c entury upon the us e of

, ,

herbs .

A great forward stri d e wa s made in 1 735 when the Chinese E m

per or Kang Lung in the fourth year of h i s reign summoned the most
, , ,

renowned herbalists of his time numbering 370 to the Imperial C ol , ,

lege at Pek ing Not only did these learned m en s et forth th e metho d s
.

of treating the sick intern a lly but they a ls o made drawings of the
,

entire human body to illustra t e the vari ous external diseases specified ,

in separate books for men women and children and gave fo r mul a e
, ,

for their relief .

The volumes compiled by these herbalis t s are k nown a s G olden

“

Text Books of Healing Their content s are based entirely on t h e

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theories of the E mp eror S hin Nong Just a s the laws of modern na .

tions are bas ed u p on R oman L aws so di d this learned body of herbal ,

i s t s find it im p ossible to improve upon the Fu ndam ental Theori es of

He a ling s et forth by their ancient emperor T oday th e Chine s e c om .
,

p ound their herb s i n accor d an ce with th e ancient theories just a s

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Occidental lawyers practic e l aw based upqn Roman principles U p t o

w
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the present time neither he rbalis ts nor la yers h ave been abl e to i m
,

p rove up on the fundam ental t h eor 1 es Th ere are individual herbalists

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just a s there are individual lawyers who are able to a c complish much ,

a n d gain re co g nition while others in the same rofes s ion are unable
, p
to earn a living .

The prin c iples and m ethods of Roman L a w h av e b een adopted by

many nations L ik ewis e, C hinese h erb s are not o n l y extensively u sed
.

in other pa r ts of Asia but have als o b een introduced on a smal l scale

,

into m ost of th e countries of the world One takes no chances in u sing .

C hin ese Herbs Th ey are backe d by the expe r ien ce of the ag es Hav
. .

ing been used by billions of hum an beings with beneficial e ff ects f or

approximately 500 0 years Chinese Her bs have long since p assed the
,

experimental stage and th eir various properties and eff e cts a r e d efin
,

i t ely known.

FL OOD S F URNIS H P R OO F !
T HA T ANCI EN T CHIN ESE ENG IN EERIN G BA N KS WI TH
HER BAL S CI ENC E A S B EIN G T HE B ES T O F
T HE IR KIND ON E ARTH
Approximately years age an ancient C h ines e E mperor named
Hsia Yu ruled China ; H e wa s not only one of the most ca pa ble men
'

in China but his engineering work wa s of s o high a grade that no

,

engineer in any coun t r y h a s ever paralleled him When t h e Yell ow

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R iver fl ooded Cen t r a l Ch i n a it became a veritable o c ean T h e E m peror

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Hsia Yu p ersonally supervised the division of the fl ood into nine

rivers and s o di r ect ed their cours es th at they emptied through Tients i n
into t h e Yellow S ea There a fter for 1 300 yea rs the people enjoyed
.
, ,

freedom from flood s S ince tha t time h owever perhap s due to chang
.
, ,

es i n the river bed China has suffered from numerous floods N either
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,
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the emperors nor the governm ent have succeeded in c oping with this
di ffi c ult problem Believing that her native engineers were infe ri or
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China empl oyed Ameri c an and E urop ean engineers a s advisors S he .

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 eru pt ion o c curs on the earth Therefore when a cancer i s formed
ca n i c .
,

anywhere in the body there must be something wrong with one or

,

more of the vital organs .

Acc ording to th e Chinese definition the difference between a tumor ,

and a cancer is that the former i s a growth l oc ated inside th e body ,

which cannot be seen from the outside while a cancer is a growth that ,

forms benea th the skin and devel ops above the skin i t s size being an ,

inch or more in diame t er .

When a cancer form s in a neck gland it ha s originated from the ,

blood of the liver Breast cancer in women is due to poison in the

.

spleen whi ch affects the milk gl a nds because women a r e liable to ,

periods of sadness worry a n d melancholy Cancer of the privates may

,
.

be traced to the improper functioning of the bladder and kidneys C an .

ker sores and bo i ls in the mouth a r e due to impure blood in th e st omach

'

becau se the mouth is the outer cavity of the stomach .

T he air and the bl oo d circulations cause soren es s t o be exp osed in

the mouth and a ls o by a red sore nose by boil s on t h e nose or by hem
, ,

or r h oi d s because the nose i s the cavity of th e lungs I f t h e bloo d or

,
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the air in the lungs i s impure or if there is t oo much fire ( i n fl a mma

,

t i on ) these m ala d ies of the nose are caused .

Wh en hemorrhoids or s ores or noi ses a r e lo c at ed in t h e ears they

, , ,

are due to improper fun c tioning or to impure blood in t h e liver and

kidneys because according t o Chinese theories the ears are the cav
, , ,

ities of the liver and kidneys Inflammation of the rectum piles or .

,

fistulas are du e to the larg e i ntestines and th e lungs a s th e large ,

intestines are t h e s ub organs to the lungs When eruptions or itches

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appear on the skin on t h e upp er part of the body blood purifiers a r e ,

necessary for the lungs which control th e pores of the body C ertain
,
.

cancers may b e easily overcom e before they spread and eat into the
tissues However there is n o help if they are allowed to go until the
.
,

tissues are consumed for a fireman cannot save a house that is already
,

burned to the ground .

CHIN ESE ME THOD S O F P REVE NTION AND HEA LIN G

When a cancer begi n s it commenc es t O s well to have pain and
,
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fever and to form lumps At this stage according to Chinese theori es

, .
,

if the herbs are compo unded to cleanse th e blood of the vital organs ,

and external applications are made the cancer will generall ydisappear ,
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In a case however where cancer h a s not bee n completely eradicated
, ,

before b eing formed herbs must be com pounded to cause t h e blood

,

circulation t o force the poison to coll ect at the spot W here external
treatments can draw it to a head and help it to ripen and to break out
, , .

The Chinese do not believe as do the Ameri cans in th e possibility of

, ,

discovering some one thing such as serum radium X Ray or applica

, , ,
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,

tion of ele c tricity to cure all kinds of cancer regardless of location , ,

whether on the he ad the rectum or the mouth Numerous c ancers

, ,
.
,

where X Rays electricity or radium have been used have been baked
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, , ,

into h ard chu nks of poisoned flesh T he cancer keeps right on grow .

ing underneath this big chunk of fl e s h and the condition is a thousand ,

times harder to relieve .

Scientists are continually making new inventions and discoveries ,

but the members of the medical profession in n opart of the world have
discovered a nything to cure cancer They have become afraid of it and
.

have had a law p assed forbidding anyone to advertise a cancer cure .

S ome of the large dailies even refuse to print the word can c er in th eir
sheets Thus is knowledge of how to gain relief in case of cancer
.
,

kept away from the people .

Although for fifty centuries China has had numerou s books which
have taught the peopl e how to c ope with vari ous ailmen t s in c luding ,

cancer still in th e case of the latter further rese arch wa s n ec essary

, , , .

About three hundred years ago a kind hearted E mperor summoned

,
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the herb alists from all over the c ountry to a great conference Among .

them were several hundred who h ad p as sed the Imperial E xaminations

with the first and second degrees As a result of the c onference an d
.

the diligence of these s cholarly herbalists a great work of twenty ,

volumes was compiled to b e us ed as text b oo k s on th e healing of dis

ease by the government and people This work gives c lear i n structions
.

regarding all kinds of cases but it takes an intelligent experi enced

, ,

h erb alist with an extensive knowledge in th e dispensi ng of herbs to

,

se c ure results a s the system of each indi vidual suff erer diff ers in
,

strength and ea ch cas e has its own c omplications .

BO T H ELE C TR IC R AY S AND S UN BA T H S DANGER OU S !

The secret of th e Chinese methods of healing is th e bringing of the
elements of th e human body to function properly and evenly F or .

example just as we begin to su ffer when th e weather is too hot or too

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cold we also su ffer when any part
, of the b ody i s overheated .

R ecently several persons h ave rep orted to F ong Wan that certa i n
,

parts of their bodies were inflam ed and terribly p oi soned by S un B ath s

and E lectric Rays B ec ause pe ople do not understa nd th a t p ortions
.

of t h eir systems are inflamed intern lly they turn on the E lectri c Ra ys
a ,

wit h resu lts similar to t h ose of p ouring oil into a fir e .

E lectric R ays an d S un B a t hs may be benefici a l t o some persons

while they are injuri ous to others B ecause the F ong Wan H erbs are
.

c ompounded for eac h individu al need they bring abo ut wonder ful ,

results .

No p er s on can exp ec t t o f org e a si n gle knif e that wil l be go od for

chopping w ood for us e in th e bu t c her sho p for sha ving the beard and
, , ,

for household u ses in general .

This is also an an cient sk etc h fr om the En

cycloped i a of Herbal S cience . I t repre s ents the

location of br ea s t lumps or form ation of c an
fi y

cers in th e bre a st glands .

RE S ULT S O BTA I N ED F R OM F ONG W A N H ER B S

O a kland , Californi a , August 1 6, 1 9 35 .

To Whom It M ay Concern
In 1 930 I wa s tr oubl ed with pain ful lumps in my breast F ortun
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ately I learned of the Fong Wan Herb s and began to t ak e the Herb Tea .

Af ter a Wh i le t h e lump s dis app eared e ntirely t h a nk s to the Herbs

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A lth oug h st h i s wa s five years a g o I have not been t r oubled since

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 Q After that on t h e advice of anyone did you take the herbs of
.
, ,

the Fong Wan Company ? A I went down to s ee F ong Wan and s ee

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what he c ould do for me .

Q . Did he compound herbs for you ?

A . Yes .

Q You have never had an operation for the removal of that

.

growth have you A No I never had an operation

,
? .
, .

Q And you never t ook any other remedy for th e relief of it other
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tha n the F ong Wan herbs ? A That is all . .

Q . And you are in perfect health today ? A . I b elieve I am .

Q Di d the p ost
. inspectors call on you recently A Yes
o fli ce
? . .

Q And ask you whether or not the statements c ontained in c er

.

tain advertisements w er e true or not ? A Yes ,

. .

Q And you inf or med them that the y were ? A I did

. . .

Q You were not subpoen a ed to com e here were you

.
? A No I ,
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,

wa s not .

Q You cam e a s a matter of gratitude to F ong Wan ? A Yes

. . .

C R O SS E XAMINATION
Q Did
. you give to F ong Wan a statement of your c a se ? A Y es .
,

I gave him a testimonial .

Q D d you g ive th at to Fong Wan

.i ? A Yes . .

A Yes I went to h i s ofli ce

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Q Y ou went t o his office did you

.
?
,
.
,

especially and told him that I would be glad to gi ve him a testimonial .

Q You s a y y ou went esp ecially to h i s o ffice to tell him that did

.
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you ? A I did y es .
,

Q H o w long af ter you had taken the herbs was it th at you went
.

to his office to tell him tha t A I had taken the h erb s for that tum or
.

ou s condition about seven or eight years ago and it was ab out three ,

years ago that I gave him the testim onial .

Q Wha t pr ompte d you t o g o d own to h i s ofli ce ab out four y ea rs

.

after you had taken this herb treatment to giv e hi m the testimonial ?
A Bec a use I received s o much help from h i m and I sent s o many
.
,

others t o him that were helped that in apprec iation of wh at he did I

thought I would g i ve h i m the testimoni al
‘

Q You just did i t out of the goodness of your heart di d y ou ? A

.
, .

Yes just to show how much I appr ec iated what he h ad done for me
, .

Q And it was not prompted by him

. A No . .

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 Attorney for defendant
Q And what you said in that testimonial was the truth was it
.
?
,

A Yes it was
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.
”

T UMO R BANI S H ED
Oakland C alif S ept 1 2 1 9 29 , .
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.

S even years have elapsed since I was told by a physician t hat I had
a tum or that could n o t be removed without a c apit al operation A l .

t hough I suff ered intens ely and was very nerv ous I decided to avoid ,

the knife if I po ssibly could S o I took up th e F ong Wan Herb treat

.

ment instead I wa s completely relieved and I have had no return

.
,

sympto ms I have also recommended numerous friends v ariously a f

.
,

fl i ct ed to go to F ong Wan
, All have obtained good results
. .

M RS C A B R OWN . . . .

G I VE N UP A T HO SPI T AL A S HOP EL ESS

O akland C alif N ovember 2 8 1 933 , .
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.

E arly in January 1 9 32 I was bedridden for t h e first time in my

, ,

life Never ha ving b een s eriously ill before I c ould not understand
.
,

why I was no longer able to perform my household duties I grew .

weaker day by day and suffered from bleeding a s well as fr om p ain .

Our family physician pronounced me pregn a nt L ater however he .

, ,

said that I had a Tum or and must be operated up on imme diately .

My husband and I concluded that I should go to a d oc t or whom

we believed to be an eminent surgi cal spe cialist H e advised an i m .

media t e operation for Tumor I went to the hospital fully resign ed I

. .

lay in bed in the hospital for a bout a month while they built up my
vitality took X Ra ys an d had a sp ecial i st ex ami n e m e
,
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,
.

They finally ope r ated on me and then s ent me back to my room in

th e hospital as hopeless I s a y OP ER AT E D but all they really did
“
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,
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was t o cut me op en and s ew m e up On lea r ning from th e doctor .

h im s elf that nothing could be done for m e my hu sband went to Fong

, ,

Wan and descri bed the case to h i m in full Herbs were prepared for .

me and my husband brought them to t h e h ospital .

Within two w eeks I wa s able to drive home with h i m and I have

, ,

not had a sick day since even though I have taken n o herbs sin ce
,

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April 1 5 1 933 The d oc tors had told my h us ba n d t h a t while I might
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be able to leave th e h o spital I woul d be an invalid for the rest of my

,

life a n d would hav e to have a nurs e T hey miscal cu l at ed , h owever

.
,

for from the very day that I arrived home fro m the hos p ital I ha ve ,

done the housework for a family of four .

F or all thi s h e ling and return of strengt h I h av e

a th ank F ong , to
Wan I might add that my husb and want ed me t o go to him in the
.

first pl ace Th i s s tatement i s given v oluntarily t o F ong Wan in gra t e

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f ul a ckn owl edgment of what he h a s don e for me .

MRS . E DWA R D D . OW ENS .

WI S DOM RIDICU LED AND COND EMN ED B Y I G NO R AN CE

The Chines S cience of Therapeutics is b ased on th e principal for
e

m t i v elem ents of Nature I t takes a p erson of int elligence who is

a e .

educat ed in Chines literature to lea n the u se of e a ch of the thous

e r

ands of herbs and to master the met h od s of determining t h e caus e of

hum an ailm en t s In order to a c quaint hi mself with the bro a d knowl
.

ed ge of healing handed down th rough the ag es h e must delve into ,

the volumes of the ancient autho r s In ord er to learn h ow t o properly

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c ompound herbs so that one will neither confli ct with nor c ounteract
another he must m emoriz e th ousands of formul a s
, .

Whil e yet in hi s teens and before h e h a d any ide a that he would

ever devote his life to herbal studies F ong Wan ridiculed th e Chinese ,

Herb alists As at th at time Fong Wan ha d abs olutely no kn owl edge

.

of the prope rties of h erbs he thought that t h e Herbali st s were foo lish
,

t o m ak e believe that their h erbs could help sick peo ple H e made fun .

of them and frequ en tly pulled th eir qu eu es .

La ter however he began to mak a seri ous study of t h herbs

, ,
.
e e .

F or ten years he devoted hi ms elf to it learning m o re and more and ,

continually discovering that there was much more to be l earned He .

then realized with regret h ow ignorant he had b een and how f o olish it
was to criticiz e th e wise .

S ince the year 1 9 1 5 he has relieved thou sa nd s of suff erers He h . as

enjoyed the p rivilege of restoring to h ealth numbers of men and women

whose case s had been given up as hopel es s Man y tim es howev er he .
, ,

has been haled into court by the S p ecial Agents of t h e Me di cos ; h i s

com p any s mail h a s be en restrict ed ; hi s herbs have b een condemn ed a s
’

being without cur a t iv eg qua li t i es and worthless ; h i s method of healin g

hearing Its only effect wa s to c ause me awful pain and bleed ing
. .

T hen my nos e b ecame stopped up and my suff ering was wors e than
b efore
.

At last I s a w a F ong Wan Herb T ea Advertisement I wen t to .

their wonderful Herb Spe cialist and now after s i x weeks am entirely , , ,

well in every way T hi s l et t er of r e c ommendation i s prompte d by

.

gratitude . A S AND R AD E . . .

E N T I RE F AMI L Y RELI ES UPON F ONG WAN

R i chmond C alif M ay 2 8
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1 927

We first mad e the acquaintance of Fong W a n in the early S pring

of 1 9 1 6 whe n he was located at E ighth and Clay S tre ets My husb and
,
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wa s very deaf He had an annoying noise in his ears and his head wa s
.
,

stuffe d with C atarrh Pri or to this ti m e he had s ought relief contin

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u ou s ly but in vain
, .

B eing a deputy sheri ff h e wa s naturally very anxious to have h i s

,

h earing rest o red H e h ad b een to the U n iversity Clinic where the

.
,

physicians had tried to relieve his ear trouble by ins erting an i n s t r u

ment into his no se However h i s suff eri ng h a d b een only increas ed
.
,

thereby as the instrument c aused terribl e blee ding and sorenes s T he

, .

blood clots stopped up the n asal cavity thus impeding the fun ctioning ,

of t h e nose as well a s of the ears A s a result my hu s band c ould .

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neith er smell nor hear .

We chanced to g o to Oakland and there consulted F ong Wan who , ,

s aid that the deafness wa s due to th e kidneys M y husband began .

drinking the herb tea and in but six week s tim e his heari n g wa s r e
,
’

stored and his C atar rh gone Years later he wa s again treated by .

,

Fong Wan for an i n fection in his hand whi ch caused B oils and for a ,

pain in his leg due to infl am ed nerves .

S ome years af ter that my children also took treatment for Catarrh
, ,

and I took the herbs for Dizziness High Bloo d Pres sure N er vous n es s , ,

a n d Hot Flashes All the members of our family one after another
.
, ,

have been relieved by the F ong Wan Herbs in every ailment that has .

c om e t o us .

We have known Fong Wan for a ll these years and have s een him
from th e very beginning of his career in O akland He has gone through .

many kinds of trouble but h e has valiantly breasted them all wi t h out
,

any real harm Today Fong Wan is the most successful and prosp er
.
,
o us herbalist in the B ay R egion We c onfidently rely upon him a s our
.

h ealer in whate v er kind of su ff ering m ay c om e t o us .

MA R I A S AN D R A DE . .

A CHINESE L AD Y WHO T R I ED MANY DOC T O RS BUT

OB T AIN ED NO RELI EF I S COMP LE T EL Y RES T O RED
B Y D R INKING T HE F ON G WAN HER B S : HER
UN S O L ICI T ED T ES T IMONIAL F O LL OW S
S F ran cis c o C a l if ornia an , .

F ong Wan C o .

G entle men : I am writing this out of gratitude t o F ong Wan F or .

many years I suff ere d with a R inging in my R ight E ar Ab out a year .

ag o my left ear als o began to ring Both ears bec am e s o ba d that I

.

could hardly hear my b aby cry .

Although I am still but a young woman I h a d treated every where ,

with m any doctors None of them were abl e to do me any good My

. .

peopl e told m e that my ears had t oo mu ch a i r in them I h a d b een

.
.

troubled with them ever s i nce I wa s a little girl .

I wa s very anxiou s t o go t o O akland to s ee F ong Wan ; but be ,

c aus e my baby was very young I wa s n ot able t o g o until this s p ring

, .

Now I am entirely well and a healthy woma n .

( 1 92 7) MRS K A M Y O KE C HON G . .

T ES TIM ONY G I VE N BY MRS J M EA D i n the So uth er n Di vi si on

. .

of the UNIT E D S TAT ES DI S T R I CT C OU RT f or t he No rth ern Di s

tri et of C a li f o rni a .

The following ex cerpts are from t h e trans cript V ol 3 p ag es 2 39 , .

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248 March 7 1 9 32
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Defens e Attorney : Q Mr s Mead were y ou a c ustomer of the

. .
,

Fong Wan Herb Co mpany A Yes

? . .

Q Di d you ta ke their herbs ? A Yes

. . .

Q About
. how long ago ? A I t h as been between four a n d five
.

years ago .

Q For what purp os e did you take them

.
? A F or redu ci n g .

weight .

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 Q :
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Was y u w
ei g ht ac c o mpa nied by any physical di str es s of any
l
o ra
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kind A Well i n m
? .
y w erk I s ta nd,
on my feet
(
and I just s i mply h ad ,

to o much w eight on them and it aff ec t ed my feet and it wa s hard f or

me to get around .

Q Di d it affect your ankles ? A Yes

. . .

Q A swelling of the ankles A Yes

. . .

Q . And about what wa s your weight A Wh en I started ta king

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the herbs I weighed around 1 70 .

Q And was that causin g you di stress A Yes

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?
. .

Q F or h ow lo n g did you tak e t h e F ong Wan herb s in order to a t

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tempt to co r rect that situation A Between five and s i x weeks . .

Q Wh at was the result

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?

A I r ed uced eighteen pounds

. .

Q Has your flesh remained stati onary at th at

. p oint ever si n c e ?

A Yes I vary from two to four p oun d s

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, .

Q What
. was the result on your general health ? A . Oh I have
,

had wond erful health ever since .

Q A ben efit to you were they

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,
?
A . Yes , they were a wonderful
ben efit to me .

D efense Attorney : That is all .

C R O SS E XAM INATION
Prosecuting Attorney : Q How much do you weigh now M adam .
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A Between 1 50 and 1 54 I have not weigh ed rec ently I s t ay around

. . .

that weight .

Q The last t im e you weighed yours elf you weighed about 1 54 ?

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A N o 1 52
.
, .

Q Did Fong Wan the defendant in this action c ome to y ou and

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, ,

ask you about this ? Have you sp oken to him lately ? A No . .

Q When wa s the last time you s a w the defendant F ong Wan or

.
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some representative of hi s o ffi ce ? A I don t just understa nd what .

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you mean .

Q Do you know Fong Wan when you s ee h i m A Yes

.
? . .

Q . D o you s ee him h ere in court ? A Yes . .

Q . When w as the last tim e t hat yo u s a w th e defen da nt himse lf ?

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A B efore Chri s tmas

. .
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Q . H ow l o ng ago did you take these herb s from him ? A Be .

:

tween f our a n d five years .

Q . Between four and five years ago ? A Y es . .

would be lost very slowly I decided t o try the herbs a s my a bdom en
.

wa s burden ed with exc es s fat and my stomach wa s bloated After .

h aving completed a four weeks treatment I weigh ed 1 8 pounds l ess

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, .

Before I began to take t h e h erbs I told my friends of my new pl a n ,

for reducing but none of them would believe it would b e possibl e for
the herbs to relieve me of my exce s s upholstery .

Now I a m happy and grateful not o n ly for flesh reduced. but al s o

for ha ving been relieved of that tired drowsy fe eling which made work ,

a burden I am feeling stronger all over a n d I work from 9 a m until

. . .

5 p m without being tired

. . . J E A N M E AD .

Q Just out of a clear thin s ky wi thout any prompting or request

.
,

by anybody you wrote it in this way You us ed just the words that are
,
.

in that book right there is that ri ght ? A Yes

, . .

Q E xactly th o s e words
. A Yes . .

Q .you rec eive

Di d any com p e nsation for it ? A No . .

Q And that l etter was uns olicited from you by anyb ody ; nobody
.

ever asked you to writ e t hat l etter or send it to the defendant A No

? . .

Prosec uting Attorn ey : That is all .

RE DI RE CT E XAMINATION
Defe n s e Attorney : Q Mrs Mead this let t er was written ab out
. .
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how many years ago A Between four and five . .

Q P rior to going to t h e F ong Wan Her b Company had you b een

.

i n conferenc e with other people that had gone to him A I beg par .

don what is th a t ?
,

Q T h e questi on is before going to the Fong Wan Herb Company

.
, ,

had you talked with oth ers who had used the herbs A Y es . .

Q M ore than one person

.
?
A Yes . .

Q S everal ? A Yes
”
. . .

THE HUMAN T ON G UE INDICA T ES IN T ER NA L CONDI T ION S

I n gi vin g in struction in Chines e Methods of Healing a teach er , re

quired his Chinese students to rec ite the following :

1 The ti pof t h etongue indic a t es the c ondition of th e heart
. .

2 The center of t h e tongue indicates the condition of th e stomach

.

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 3 . The edges of the tongu e indica t e the c ondition of th e liver and
gall .

4
. The sub lingual ar ea ( floor of th e mouth ) indicates the condition
-

of the kidneys .

V ario us intern al disorders are indicated when any p art of t he tongue

is dry white yellowish inflamed or s ore Nothi ng can b e ascertained
, , , ,
.

by merely looking to see whether the tongu e i s c oated or not H erb al .

i s t s com po und h erbs according to the ancient formulas to o vercome

, ,

the complaints of each indivi dual .

In Occidental c ountries many suff erers have had t h eir tongu es r e

m oved and have died after a short tim e Others have had their t on gu es
, .

treated with radium In s ome c as es th e tongue has b ecome s o har

.
,

d en ed that it was immovable thus ma king speech impos sibl e , .

S A VED FR OM OP ER AT ION ON HER T ON GU E

O akland C alif M arch ,
.
, 2 5, 1 9 2 9 .

I suff ered s o severely from a S ore on my Tongue that I c ould scarce ~

ly eat or speak with out intens e pain M oreover my eyes were badly ‘

.
,

inflamed and my h ealth in general was poor I tri ed several d oc t ors . .

Most of them deci d ed that relief could b e obtained only through an

op eration on my tongue .

Fortunately I was rec o mmended to try Fong Wan I took the

,
.

herbs h e comp ounded for m e and I a m n ow n ot only rid of that sore

on my tongue but my eyes are better and I feel like a n ew person
,

through out .

If it had not b een for Fong Wan s skill I should have b een in a ter ’
,

rible fix Perh ap s I should have lost my ton gu e and possibly my life

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, ,

also It is needless to say that I am sincerely grat eful

. .

LE NA C ANDE RS ON . .

T ERR I F IC PAIN T HA T BA FF LED MOD ER N S CIEN T I S T S

RELI EVED B Y F ON G WAN HER B S
O akland Calif Jan 2 1 1 9 29 ,
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,
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F or six month s I suffered day and night from terrific p ain in my

,
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hands and arms I was in the hospital for several weeks and I tried all
.

kind s of E lectri c treatm ents X Ra ys and adjustments t o say nothing

,
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of nine doctors S till I suff ered agoni es and s ecured no reli ef One
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healer said on e thing and the next said anoth er I became s o t ired of .

them and s o disc ourag ed with th ei r futil e atte mpts t o help me that I
dec ided t o give th em all up and t r y t h e F ong Wan H erbs .

I took the herb s fai t hfu lly for five weeks c ooking t hem at h ome
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, .

F rom th e first , I n oted a slow but steady improvement The p ains l eft .

m e gradually and even th ough five m o nths have n ow ela p sed s i n c e I

,

discon t inu ed the treatm ent m arvelous t h oug h it s eems th e pa i ns have

, ,

not r eturned ( S igned ) M RS L M CR OW LE Y

. . . .

CARRI ED T O T HE F ONG WAN O FF IC E

Oakland C alif O c t 1 1 1 92 7 ,
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, .
, .

For ye ars I su ffered from Heada c he Rundown Hea l th and Bl eedi ng

, , ,

Pile I tri ed in vain t o get relief from v arious heal ers I w s o ill
s . . as

that I had t o be carr i ed into the Fong W n offi c e Aft er I h a d taken a .

the Fong Wan Herbs for ab out two m onths all my troubl es had been ,

overc ome .

This was ab out four yea r s ago but I still rem ain well I h ave en ,
. .

j oyed th e very best of health ever since .

M RS L E JO NE S . . . .

AN I N I URED BACK
Oakland Calif J a n 1 92 6 , .
, . .

I had a severe S prai n in my back from which I suff ered f or fully four
years It was torture to move around I wa s tre ated by d octors and
. .

Chiropractors for months at a stretc h but neither their drug s nor th eir ,

adjustm ents a ff orded me any relief .

A r elative of min e wh o had been relieved of long suffering from

nervous breakd own rec ommended that I try the F ong Wan H erbs .

After five wee ks of his treatm ent my p ain wa s gone and I h ave been , ,

well ever sinc e As this wa s two years ago I b eliev e th e reli ef to b e

.
,

permanent I am givi ng this testim onial in gratitude

. .

CHA S F MA LLE Y . . .

D R G L ME AD RET IRED PHY S ICIAN AND CHI R OP R AC T O R

. . . , .

F IND S F ON G WAN A MO S T COMP ET EN T HERBA LI S T

HI S S TAT E M E NT R EA DS
O akland Cal if July 1 8 1 9 2 7 ,
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In connecti on with my experience of over twen t y year s in t h e p r e c

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time the wound h a s refused to h eal although I hav e tried everything
,

that I thought might help it N ow however I rej oice to s a y that

.
, ,

aft er having take n t h e F ong Wan H erbs for but s ix w eek s t h e w ound
has healed and my n os e i s well again Naturally I feel grea t ly i n .

d ebted t o F ong Wan MRS LU E LLA P R E S AU

. . . .

CHR ONIC CA SE O F SO RE LEG

O akland Cal i f O c t 28 1 9 33 ,
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,
.
, .

F or abou t ten years I was troubled with a badly swoll en l eg and a

s ore on th e same I had u ndergone s ev eral diff e r ent treatm ents and
.

had alm o st given up h op e of ever being cured .

Having b een advised to s ee F ong W an I did s o and c omm en ced t o , ,

take h i s herbs They gave m e alm ost immediate relief and I wa s

.
,

finally cured .

It is five years sinc e I stopped ta k ing the F ong Wan herbs but my
l eg has not troubl ed m e sin c e I t i s now in fine condition
. .

I cannot say too much for the herbs I rec eived from F ong Wan .

GE O P R I S I N G . . .

S UMM ER I LLS
Healing by the ol dest methods the Chines e as sociated the five p rin
,

ci p a l elements of Nature wi t h the seasons of th e y ear E a ch of t h e .

four s ea s ons belo n g to one of t h e four principal elements viz : th e v eg , .

etati on fire mineral and water elem ents S pring b elongs to the y ege
,
.

tati en element ; su m
,

mer to the fire element ; autumn to the mineral

element a n d winter to the water element
,
.

E ach year during the summer the fire element ( th at is th e h eat or ,

fever el em ent ) caus es the bl o od t o b ec om e warm and expand The

,
.

pores of the skin open more freely during th e sum m er than at any
other s eason and the pois ons of va ri ous disea s es b egi n t o multi ply
, .

Therefore ecz ema poison oak hop pois on rashes and inflamm ation
, , , ,

in the different organs of th e hum an body increase a n d spread more

during summ er than at any oth er tim e .

All of these c omplaint s can be eradicated by the Fong Wan Herbs .

Herbs are not only u sed interna lly to thorough l y cleanse t h e entire s y s
tem but in some cas es herbs in powdered form are applied externally
, .

It is advis a ble that diseases such as th ose menti oned above be relieved
before t h ey h a ve tim e to spread .

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 POI S ON OAK
B erk eley California , .

In the summ er of 1 9 2 2 while I wa s at tendin g t h e seven day C o nf er

,
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ence o f the Pre s b yt erian Young P eople a t S an A ns elm o in the midst of ,

my enj oym ent I c ont racted a very s evere ca s e of Po ison O ak My

,
.

friends fairly whitewashed m e with soda and I tried other remedies

without any p erceivable eff ect as the Poison O ak c ontinued t o s p read
,
.

T h e pus dripp ed s o copiously from one of my f orearm s t hat on e of the

C onference lead ers went to a private hom e and begged an old sheet
wi th which to bandage me My face and neck were s o b ad that I tri ed
.

to isolate myself fr om my compan ions for fear t h at they might c at c h it .

I retu r ned in to r ment t o Berkeley with my face swollen almost

beyond recognitio n and one o f my eyes nearly cl osed Wh en I entered .

th e house my m other wh o has great faith in t h e F ON G WAN H ER B

, ,

A L I S T lost no tim e in pho ning him and describing my condition He

,
.

s ent me a package of white powder by S pecial Delivery I wa s n t par .

’

tial to Chines e Herb s myse lf for I hate d the smell of t hem wh en th ey

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were c oo king and I lik ed their tast e less but a s this w a s an odorl es s ,

white powder which neither burned not discolored th e skin and whi c h
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required onl y to be mixed with a little water into a thin paste I wa s ,

willing to give it a trial .

Within an hour after the first application the pus had c eas ed to ,

drip and th e terrible burning and itc hing were almost g one Four a ppli .

cations had b een made before bedtime and the i n flammation was a l ,

ready beginni n g to sub side My sleep was undisturbed and when I got
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up the n ext m orni n g I scarc ely recognized myself in th e glass a s the ,

s welling in my face wa s gon e b oth eyes were op en wide and th e

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erupti on had begun to dry Within twenty four h ours after the first
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application it had practically disappear ed Three days later when I .

went to church with my s kin sm ooth and natural my fr iends who h ad ,

come home W i th me c ould hardly believe their eyes Th ey insisted upon .

knowing what had wrought the magic .

My own prejudice against Chines e Her bs had been completely o v er

come and in M arch 1 9 2 3 wh en I came d own with a b ad case of F lu
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accompanied by high fever and bloo dy urine I dran k the herbs with out ,

protest and was back at College within a week .

I n th e spr i ng of 1 9 24 my mother h eard that a y oung girl friend out

at Danville had planned to come to Berkeley on a certain day to buy
her E aste r hat but had been prevented b ecau se s h e wa s suff ering s o
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with Pois on O ak that sh e could scarcely s ee one eye bei n g ent irely ,

closed As I had not used all of the p owd er my moth er promp t ly

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maile d what was left to G ladys Th ree days later our bell ra ng and in
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c ame G ladys looking like a picture in her new E aster hat and brim
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ming over with gratitude for the wonderful rem edy Before I w en t t o .

S an Anselm o in 1 9 2 4 I g ot s ome more of th e p owder I didn t con

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tract Poison Oa k this time but two othe r boys did I gave them some
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of th e p owder and after but two or three appli c ations their Pois on Oak
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not only ceased to spread but dr i ed up and disap peared

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In closing I wan t to s a y that alth ough FON G WAN h a s an en y i

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able fundam ental knowle d ge of the properties and uses of Chin ese
Herbal R emedies he do es not rely entirely upon wh at h e already knows
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but continues t o study and thin k H e ac com plishes s o many big things .

that he d oesn t con si der the dr yi ng up of a c a se of Pois on Oa k w orthy

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of mention but I do Therefore I am gi ving this unsolicited testimonial

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CH E S T ER LAWRE NC E .

( V erified 1 9 32 )

T ES TIM ONY G I VE N BY M RS J CA LLA HAN i n t h e S o uthern . .

Di vision o f t he UNIT E D S TAT ES DI S TR ICT CO U R T f o r t he N or th

ern District of Cali f o r nia .

The foll owing excerpts are from the transcript , V ol . 4, pages 300
306 M arch 8 1 9 32 :
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Defens e Attorney : Q W ill you kindly state to the jury your

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first connec tion wi t h F ong Wan a n d just wh a t you applied t o him for
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and what happened Just stat e it in your own word

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A I su ff ered .

very badly with my thighs They had been infe c ted in a hospita l The
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agony wa s very great I went to him to get s om et hin g to alleviate the

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agony not to help me b ecaus e no t hing can be done p er manently for

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me He alleviated the agony to a marke d: ex tent

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Q T hat was with resp ect to the inf ection on your thigh
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Yes .

Q After tha t pe riod of tim e did y ou ha ve occasi on to ap p ly to

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hi m for reli ef again ? A Yes . .

Q In what year wa s that M s Call ahan A That was a ppr o xi

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ma tely the 4 t h or 5t h of last November 1 9 31 It was just this last , .

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Prosecuting Attorn ey : Q Your case was a wfully bad wasn t it .
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A V ery
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Q And there was almost n o hope for your re c overy you th ought
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from what the doctor told you ? A Th at wa s my impression . .

Q The doctor
. seemed t o indicate to you —I mean this osteo p ath
that if you didn t do som ething right away about it you would die ?
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A That was not th e osteopath

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Q Well the other d octor A Y es he indi c ated it wa s a terrific

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cas e .

Q And in an hour after you too k those herb s you were a p erfect
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woman A N o I was not a perfect woman

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Q But you didn t have any m ore pain

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have any pain but I was relieved and I went to sleep

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Q Didn t you feel altogeth er relieved one h our af ter you to ok

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th ose herbs ? A I c an t say I did in one hour .

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Q But you said that a few minutes ago didn t you A I wa s

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relieved ; I didn t say however I was greatly relieved You can t g et

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over such agony as that in an hour .

Q You are quite a n ervous pers on aren t you

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Q The type
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is all mental work .

Q You are not the calmest person in the world are you
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don t think mental work gives you a calm phlegmatic temperament

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Q You are rather a high str u ng woman aren t you ? A No I -

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Q The osteopath that came first why didn t you call up a recog
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n i z ed physician and surgeon instead of sending for an osteopath ? A .

He was all three .

Q He was all th ree in one A Yes he was all three in one

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S P EED Y REL I EF F R OM T ERRIB LE S U FF ERIN G BY

F ON G WAN HERB S
B erkeley Calif June , .
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To Wh om It M ay C oncern
While working in the copper mines at E ly Nev I twice contracted ,
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Flu The ph y s i ca n s at the h ospital call ed the second atta ck Intestinal

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Influenza P was very w eak c ould not eat and had pain thr oughout
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my inte s tines As the physicia n s al so s aid that I ha d Ap p endicitis I
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had my appendix removed but my c ondition was not improved I was

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then advised to go to a lower altitude ;2s o I c ame to my brother s plac e ’

in B erkeley .

However a s s oon a s I arrived in Berkeley inte n s e p ain shot through

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my intestin es and I felt that I might dr op dead Neith er my kidn eys .

n or my bowels functioned prop erly l axatives h a ving no effec t My ,

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bro t her urged that I go to s ee F on g Wa n right away I was brou g ht -

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to his office I c ould scar cely take a step wi thout excruciating pa in The
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tea from the first package of herb s cooked for m e aff orded instant relief .

Now after thr ee we eks of the herbs I feel able to return t o N eva d a
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I am pers onally ac quainted with several folks in Neva da who have

been helped by the F ong Wan: Herbs .

P J H E AN E Y . . .

The followi ng letter wa s received by Mr P J Heaney of McGi ll . . .

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Nevada wh o having secured relief from terrible agony by taking the

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F ong Wan Herbs s ent som e t o a friend in Irela nd

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Newry June l s t 1 9 32 Cor r og s, , ,

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Dear Pat : Just a few short lines t o thank you very mu c h for t h e
Chinese Herbs which I received a n d took accordin g to the direction s ,

and am pleased to s a y th at for th ese last three weeks I ve nev er felt ’

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the pain I have t h e pain now for over 1 4 m onths and tri ed thr ee
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doctors and also went under a course of treatm ent with the ultra violet -

ray and all was n o us e After taking the fifth dos e of your medicine
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th e p ain b ec ame less frequent and now as alr ea dy stated I haven t, , ,

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felt it for almost three weeks .

I will always feel very thankful to you for your thoughtfulness and
kindness and o n ly hop e that I will have the p leasure soon again
of see ing you and going out for a shot again over the mountains hills ,

and glens as we often di d befor e

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I ve tried the Newry doctors but it wa s all in vain
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The violet ray it wa s no use and woul dn t stop the pain ;

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Th e Ch i n a ma n you s ee wa s grand I do not know his name

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His herbs they did work well and put away the pain .
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I ve got no more to tell

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from h ome Again thanking you for your g reat kindness and assuri ng
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you I will never forget it I remain your old friend , , ,

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 CO LLEGE S TUD EN T EN DO RSES F ONG WAN HERB S
Berkeley C alif April 6 1 93 2 , .
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T o Wh om I t Ma y Con c er n :
I n January 1 930 I caught a severe , ,

cold wh i ch s ettled i n my chest a n d ma d e j

the entire t h or a ci c;a r ea a s s or e a s a bo il

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I fail ed to obt a i n r eli ef els ewhere in the

medical line F our m onth s la t er this
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sorenes s spr ead t o all part s of my body .

I t fel t a s i f every bone of my b ody was

being cru shed From then o n for a year.

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a h alf I s uff ered dai l y to r ture , .

T here was not a s p ot on my b od y that

was not s o r e My t horax shoulders ribs
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and back were s o sore th at even to take

S ta nley R Maas
a breath above the ordi n ary would c ause
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the most excruciating pain ; my legs felt as th ough th ey were made of

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clay and ached all th e tim e ; my throat was s o sore I could scarc ely
ta lk ; every to oth in my head wa s sore and ached all the time ; my
tongue felt like a pie c e of r aw b eefsteak ; my eyes felt a s t h oug h t h ey
were f ull of lemon juic e ; my fac e b urned all the tim e ; even t h e insi de
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of my n os e felt raw and inflamed ; my face turn ed a grayish green ; -

my elbows were s o sore and stiff t h a t I could scarcely move t hem ; my

h ands and fingers b ec ame s o sore t hat I co uld sc arc ely hold a pen ; my
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b ack felt as though it we r e about r eady to break in two ; my arm s felt

like rags an d ached from my shoulder blades to my fi n ger tips .

E very hour of every day for over a year and a h alf n o matt er what ,

I did no matt er where I went my entire b ody was wra cked with sting
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ing burning itchin g sickening pa ins that would shoot from my toes
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c lear up into my t h r oat and mouth Wh en t h e weather wa s hot I f elt .

as if I were burning up a n d when it wa s c old I felt as if a current of

el ectricity we r e running through me Th e nerves all over my bo dy
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would c ontra ct a n d I f elt as if I were being drawn up into a knot

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Many and many a time I writhed and cried with p ain

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During a ll this ti m e I had fif te en di ff erent m edi c al exami n ations

but not one of them coul d diagnos e my ca s e or relieve my misery T hen .

I h eard of F ong Wan It t ook t hi s w onderful man just abou t three

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seco n d s to tell my c as e and I noti ced i mwovemen t upon drinkin g my

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first cup of h erb t ea All th ose fires in my b od y h ave b een quen ched ;
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a ll impuriti es salts and acids hav e been dri ven out ; my blo o d h a s b een
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E N T RA P ME N T L E T T E RS

Th e public may b e in t erest d in reading a few specim ens

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mer o u s entrapment letters sent to F ong Wan by th e Pos t al I n spec tor

under assumed names Th ese sam e letters were part of the evi dence
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offered by t h e prosecution in the trial against F ong Wan in th e S outh

ern Division of the United S tates District C ourt for the Northern Di s
tri ot of C alifornia Ma r ch 1 9 32 The prosecution o ffered 1 6 di ff er en t
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sets of letters am ong which the following were included :

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From pages 2 7 4 1 transcript V ol I Mar c h 3 1 932 dated S e p tem

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ber 5 1 9 2 9 reads as foll ows :

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Carl A Miles .

I n the V al e of the S henandoah

G rottoe s V irgi nia ,

F ong Wan Herb Co .

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576 Tenth S treet ,

Oakland Ca l i f
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G entlemen :
I saw your advertisement ab out stomach ulcers and I am troubled ,

with my stomach about an hour or s o after I eat food when I h ave a w ,

ful pains in my stom ach ,s o that I a m not able to do anyt hi ng I hav e .

been to th e d octor and h e says I h a ve ul c er of the stomach and th at the

ulcer is where the stomach empties into the intestines and th at th e fo od
cannot get out of the stomach because of t h e ulcer H e s ays the .

ulcer has healed s om e a n d has formed scar tissue around th e opening

and that th e pain is du e to th e fact that the food can not get out of '

the stomach into th e intestines and that there are probably other
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ulcers down there .

According to Mr Mi t chell of E l C errito you cured him of ulc ers of

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the stomach Pleas e have your doc tors go over my cas e and let me
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know if you can cure me .

Yours ,

( signed ) C A MI LE S . . .

( Th e above letterh ead wa s printed ) .

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 R eply dated S epte mber 1 0, 1 9 29 , reads as follows
Mr Carl A Miles
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In the V ale of the S henandoah ,

G rottoes V irginia
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D ear M r Mil es
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Our herbs are compounded to meet indiv idual needs Our herb s .

sp ecially c omp ounded have relieved many inst an c e s of s t oma ch u lc ers .

S hould y ou desire complete inform ation about healing by herb s es p ec ,

i a lly in regard to stom ach troubles you may send us 1 3c in p os t age , ,

and we will m ail you free of charge a c opy of our H erb L ore This ‘
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contains explanations of the theories regarding st omach ailment s and ,

numerou s testim onial s from relieved su ff erers .

T h e p rice of our herbs i s ten dollars p er week in advan c e for a

week s supply of h erbs one packag e t o be cooked daily in a c cordan c e

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with directions an d t h e tea drunk ea ch day All pa ckages are mai l ed

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postpaid and insured The money may be s ent either by c heck or by

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money order .

Out of town pat rons who cannot com e to the office write in detai l
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the f a cts duration of ailment physical c ondi t ion etc and k eep i n
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tou c h with the herbalist with weekl y letters .

Y our s truly ,

F ON G W A N
F W H Co /J
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S econd s et of letters same sta t ionery

b ef ore
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O ct ob er 8 1 9 29 , .

Gentlemen : Y our letter of th e l 0t h ultimo duly to hand In c lose d .

find 1 3c for Herb Lo re ‘

Will you kindl y t ell m e t h e name of the
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herbs whi c h you us e in your treatment and a l s o wheth er the t reatm ent ,

will cure th e troubl e des c ribed in my p revi ous l et ter Than king you .
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I am ,

R espe ctf u l ly ,

C A MILE S . . .

Oct ober 1 2 , 1 929 .

De ar Mr Miles .

We are in receip t of your lett er r eques t i ng a c op y of H er b L o r e ‘

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and we have mailed you a c o p y under s ep ara t e co v er .

We regret t hat we are not able to c om ply with your re quest f or the
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 names of herbs used a s all our herbs a r e ca t alogued und er Ch i n es e
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names If you will l o ok at the picture of our herb room in t he front of

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the bo ok you will realiz e th at w e c a rry a comp lete stock of herb s I t

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i s in this room that the herbalist oversees the preparation of a ll herb s

to be sent out Herbs are compounded t o mee t in di vidual n eeds and
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about 20 vari eties go into e ach p ackage dependi ng of c ours e on t h e ,

ailm ent .

Your s truly ,

FON G WAN

Third s et of letters ( same s tationery as before ) .

Nov ember 9 , 1 929 .

G entl emen I have rec eived your letters of S ept 1 9 and O c t 1 2

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19 2 9 a nd also c opy of H erb Lore The testimoni a ls abo ut stomach

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t ro uble lead me t o c onclud e t h at y ou c an c ure all kinds L ike I wrote .

you I am bot hered ab out a n hour or s o a f t er I ea t food when I have ,

grea t pain s in my s t om ach T h e doc tor s ays I have ul c er of the s t om .

a ch and that t h e ul c er i s where the stom ach empti es in t o t h e intes

tine s and t hat t h e fo od c annot g et out of th e stom a c h b ec aus e of t h e
ulcer, be c aus e the ul c er h a s h ealed some and had f ormed scar tissue
around t h eop en ing an d that the p ain i s c aus ed from the fa c t t hat the
food c annot get out of th e stomach in t o the intestines He says th ere .

may b e other ulcers down there .

I am enclos ing $ 1 0 for y ou to send your tre atment if it will cure ,

this c ondition Of c ours e i f it w on t c ure me plea se return t h e money

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Y ours ,

C A M I LE S
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November 1 3, 1 9 2 9 .

Dear Mr Miles : We are in rec eipt of your letter of th e 9 t h and

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also your money or d er f or A s s t at ed befo r e herb s c an be comf

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p ound ed t o me et y our p articular needs but we wo uld lik e to hav e y ou

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under s t and that a week s s upply b f herbs will not be s uffi cient t o re l i eve
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y our a ilm eh t n f fi ome in d ividuals r es pond quicker than oth er s diff erent
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individuals vary in the length of tim e th a t t h ey have t o tak e t h e h erb s .

I t may t ak e s ever a l week s a n d it ma y take t wo or thr ee m onths de

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p ending on t h e rapi dit y With wh i ch y our syst e m resp onds t o t h e h erbs '

i t W e r eg r et thi s d el a
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y but since y ou are s o far a w ay we wan t t o be

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the ten d ollars .

R esp ec tfully ,

C A MI LE S . . .

January 1 1 1 9 30 , .

Dear Mr Mil es : You will take these herbs acc ordi ng to the en
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closed directions and pl ease write h ow you feel after ta king the h erbs
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s o th e Fong Wan Herbalist can keep in touch with your condition and
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compound your h erbs accordingly .

Yours truly ,

F ON G WAN

S ixth s et of letters —plai n stationery used .

G rott oes Va , .
, Dec ember 2 4 , 1 9 30 .

F ong Poy ,

578 l 0t h S tre et ,

Oakland Ca l , .

S ir : S om e whi l e ago I bought herbs from F ong Wan and n ow t h e ,

ad s ays writ e to you an d I want to get some m ore How much sh ould
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I s end for the second supply ?

Yours ,

C A M I LE S . . .

Mr C A Miles
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G rott o es V irginia
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D ea r S ir
A new campaign against Chines e Herbalists of California has r e
cen t ly been started pr ob ably due to the efforts of enemies
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Th e result .

has been th at the p os tal authorities have i s sue d fraud orders against
the mail of th e leading herba lists and h erb com p anies .

It is claimed that th e herb compani es have bee n us ing the mails to

defraud a s t h e herb s have n o r emedial va lue The fa ct that test tub es
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chemical tests micro scopic tests etc do not show anyt hing with r e
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gard to t h e value of herbs seems t o s ome people suffi c ient evi den c e to
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c ondemn the herbs as worthl ess They do not realiz e t h ere is a p os si

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bi li t y that h er bs c a nnot be thus analyzed and that the herb s work

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thr ough t h e human system .

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feel that the herbs have helped you and you would like more herbs y ou , ,

m ay send s omeone to get th em for you .

Yours truly ,

F ON G P OY
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From pages 63 64 V ol I transcript M arch 3 1 932

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Dated Augu st 2 8 1 9 29 —reads as follows :

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G ents : R ead your advertisement and am sending for the book ,

which you say is distributed gratis What I want i s a treatment to .

straighten crossed eyes or a cure for strabismus Plea se advise

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Y ours ,

CA R O L IN E A R NO LD .

R eply dated August 30 1 9 2 9 reads as foll ws

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Our b ookl et Herb Lore is distributed gratis but we ask tha t thos e
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wishing their b ooklet mailed to them furnish u s with the p os t age If , .

you will send us 1 3c in postage we sh all b e glad to mail you a c o py ,

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Our herb s are c omp ounded to meet individual n eeds an d the price
i s ten dollars p er week in advance On e package is to be c ooked daily .

according to directions a n d the tea drunk each day All p ackages are
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m ailed p o stpaid and insured S hould you desire th at our herbalist .

c ompound herbs for y ou you sh ould writ e in detail t h e facts of y our

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ailment how long you have been a ffl ict ed etc

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Yours truly ,

F ON G WAN

R eply dated S eptember reads as follows 1 7, 1 9 2 9 ,

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Yours of Aug 3ot h received an d in c lo sed find 1 30 for Herb L ore I
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do not have any facts t o give regardi ng the trouble strabismu s except
that I have h ad it pra ctically since a child Please let m e know if you .

can cure the trouble Y ours ,

CA R O L IN E A R NO LD .

From page 65 transcript V ol I M arch 3 1 932

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E xhibit in evidence Numbe r 1 1 .

Dated O ct 2 2 1 9 2 9 reads as follows

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I read your advertisement in the Italian newspaper of S an Fran
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c isco Th erefore enclosed you will find thirte en cents in stamps for
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your book which I beg you to se n d m e a s soon a s possible M y case is .

one of convergent strabismus I am forty years old and I wa s born .

with this condition of the eyes I beg you t o let me kn ow if you c a n .

c ure m e with your herbs Thanking you and awaiting a p rom p t rep l y
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LU I G I VE N T U R IN I .
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R eply dated Oct

, . 2 8, 1 9 2 9 , reads as foll ows
Our herbs are compounded to meet in di vidual ne eds and the price ,

is ten dollars per week in advance for a week s supply of 7 packages ’

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one t o b e cooked daily according to direc tions and the tea drunk e a c h ,

day All p ackages are mailed p ostp aid and insured

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The h erbalist has never had an instance similar to yo urs Th ose i n .

sta nces of strabis mu s that h e h a s relieved have all been a c quired after
birth an d not since birth as yours i s The herbs no doubt will help
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you but he cannot s a y whether your condition can be completely r e

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li eved or not .

Your s truly ,

F ON G WAN
Herb L ore was rec eived on N ov 2 5 1 929 .
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That concludes the correspondence in this case .

F rom pages 70 72 trans c ript V ol I Mar ch

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R eads as follows
August 30 , 1 9 29 .

I had heard of your herb treatment and am suff ering fr om drop sy , ,

where the fl esh pits and l egs are all swelled up . T ee t h a r e g etting
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black and lips are swollen What I want to know i s whether y ou hav e
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a tre atm ent to cure th e trouble ?

Y ours ,

M G MA S T E RS Box 2 0 1 G rot t oes Va

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R eply dated S ept . 3, 1 9 29 , r eads as follows

Our herbs c ompounded to meet indi vidual ne eds have su cc essfully
relieved m any instances of dropsy In your case t h e Fong Wan herb .
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alist can not ascertain whether the herbs will bring permanent relief ,

b ecaus e being s o far away he will not b e able to s ee you I t all depends
, .

on the s everity of your c ondition whether t h e herbs will gi v e p erma ,

nent relief At any rate the herbs will undoubtedly aid you
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R eply dated November
, reads as foll ows 5, 1 9 2 9 ,
“
We are in receipt of your letter describing more fully your co mfi
tion and also the money order
, .

We are retu r ning your money order for ten dollars becaus e the ,

F ong Wan herbali s t thinks that it would b e very di ffi cult for him to
comp ound h erbs for you without seeing you We regret that we can .

not be of service .

Yours truly ,

F ON G WAN

CHINESE F O RMU L A S S T ILL U SED

T ES TIM ONY G I VE N BY JO HN E GA RDN ER i t h S outher . n e n

Di vi i o f the UNIT E D S TAT E S DI S T R I CT CO U R T f or t h e N rt h

s n o o

ern Di s t r i ct of Cali f or nia .

The following exc erpts are from the transcript ,

V ol . 5, pages 39 9
4 03 M arch 9 1 9 32
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Defense Attorney : Q D octor G ardner ar e you a student of the

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Chines e language ? A All my life Next year I will b e 70. . .

Q Wh ere were you b orn

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? A I wa s b o rn in C hina of Ameri c an .
,

Q H ave you occupi ed a chair in the Chinese language in an y edu

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ca t i on a l institution ? A I have in connecti on wi th the Univers ity of

.

C alifo r ni a I have taught the Chinese language

,
.

Q F or how many years have you been familiar with the C hinese
.

tongue ? A I have handled the Chinese language all my life from

.
,

th e time I began to speak .

Q And are you familiar with its literature A Yes

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?
. .

Q Have you made a transcript of thes e formulas of h erb s whi ch

.

has been identified by the witness who h as just p rec eded y ou have y ou ,

made a translation ? A I did . .

Q D o ctor I a sked you whether or not in response to my request

.
, , ,

you made o pposite th e names of these herbs in Chines e if you put down ,

their descri ptive equi v alents in L atin in order to conform to th e botani

cal uses A Yes I compared th e Chinese nam es with the names in
.
,

Dr S t ewart s book and attached the L atin equivalents of th e Chinese

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, .

Q Are you familiar with a s et of volumes known as the Chinese

.

E ncyclop edia of M edicine and Materia Medica publish ed under the a u ,

i
t h or y t of the Chines e G overnment ? A I am . .

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 Q Do es that volum e c o n t a i n a s tatem en t o f the purpo se t o which
.

each one of these herbs is a pplic a ble in t h e treatm ent o f d iseases ?

Pros ecuting Attorney : Obj e cted to as im ma ter i al i r r eleven t and , ,

inc o m p etent and c a lling for the opinion and c onc lusion o f the witness
, ,

and calling f o r hea rsay matters .

T h e Court : Obj ec tion o verru l ed .

A :I h ave l o oked care fully o ver ma n y pa ges of tha t work a n d I can

.

s ay th a t diseas es a r e m entioned a n d h er bs f o r th o s e d i s e as es given .

Defens e Attorney : Q L et m e c all your a t t en ti on to th e third .

‘

column h er e f or a m om ent B efore calling yo u r at t ent i on to that let

i .
,

me a sk you this : From what p arti cula r v olum e wa s thi s th ird column
taken h ea d ed Curative pr opert y ? From what Chin es e treatis e wa s
,
‘ ’ ‘

that t aken ?
A I t is call ed Yee T s u n g Gum Gham . e .

Q . Which in E ngli h is what

s .
? A . G l d en T ext B ok of M edical
o -
o

Terms .

Q . P ubli s hed by the a uthority of whom A The Imp erial a u ? .

t h o ri t y i n t h e y ear 1 739
, .

Q Opp o s i t e each on e of thes e he r bs t h e nam e of which is given

.
,

in C hines e a n d op pos i te its L a ti n e quivalent t o i ndicate its botanical

connection h ave you set forth from t h e C hin es e M ateri a M edica to
,

which y ou hav e j ust referred t h e s tatemen t with regard to its curative

pro pert ies ? A Yes . .

Q And do es this statem ent contain a c omple t e and a true t r a n s la

. :

tion from that v olum e of those statements ? A Yes This is made . .

by me .

Q . Both p a ges D o ctor ? A Yes ,

. .

Q The) first c o lumn as I und erstand it contains the name of the

.
, ,

herb in Chines e with its E nglish equivalent taken fro m the book i d en t i
, ,

fi ed b y the witness pr ec e ding y o u ? A Yes . .

Q And the s econd c olum n i t s e quival ent in L at in to indi c ate its

.
,
.

bota ny ? A Yes . .

Q And i n t h e t h i r d i t s curativ e property as indicated a n d tak en

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from the Chines e Materia Medica ? A Th at i s c o rr e ct . .

Defens e Att o rney : I o ffer this in evi d ence .

The C ou rt : Q Is the pa p er that th e defense attorney holds in h i s

.

h a nd to which h e h a s just r ef err ed a tra n s latio n of the p aper you hold

,
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,

i n your ha nd an d which is Defendant s E X h IJbI t A ?

A Yes a trans ’
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, ,

lati on .

Q And no thing more

. A N o nothing more .
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 Defense Attorney : Q That is you m ean the first column of thi s
.
,

is t h e literal tra n sl a ti o n ? A Yes . .

The Court : Is th a t in E nglish ?

Defense Attorne y : Y es you r Honor both in E nglish and Chinese , , .

The C ourt : This pap er is m o re tha n the transl at i on isn t it ?

,
’

Defense Attorn ey : T h e first col umn is a com pl ete translation of

th es e d o cumen ts ; t h e s ec ond he h a s te s tified is the L atin equival ent in
.

botany Th e third is taken from t he E n cyclop edi a I will offer them

. .
.
.

separately if your Ho n or pl eas e I offer first the compl ete translation

,
.

of ?th e document identified by t h e wit n e ss and which this witnes s n ow

holds i n his ha nd .

Th e Court : Q You s ay this Chinese medi cal book to which you

.

refer i s the informati o n co n ta ined in Co lumn 3 a n d th a t th at was ,

taken from t h e certain Ch inese M ater a Medica ; i s tha t a standar d b o ok

i

in Chi n a ? A Yes yo ur Hon o r It is as much a standard b oo k on

.
, .

h erbs as W ebster s Di ctionary is on the E nglish l angu age in thi s

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count ry and in E ngl a nd It i s a standard work . .

T h e C ourt :
Wh at I have in mind is this defe n s e a ttorney It th ere ,
.

any evi denc e in th i s c as e t o s h ow that t h e defendant here l o oked to

‘

that b ook for the i n formati on in c o lumn 3

Def ens e Attorn ey : To be fran k with your Honor there is the t esti ,

mony of Miss Jue that h e consulted the Materi a Med ica and h e con
.

s ult ed other b ook s I am not insistent on it at all if your Honor pl eas e

.
,
.

rosecuting Att o rn ey :
P M ay I as k a question on that just before
you o ffer it ?
The C ourt : Yes .

ros ecuting Attorn ey : Q

P . Doctor you have examined the first
,
.

column have y o u
,
? A Yes . .

Q And th at first c olumn is exac tly t h e E nglish

. of wh at th a t is in
Chines e t hat y ou h a ve in y our ha nd ? A Yes . .

Q . W o rd f or w o rd ? A . W o rd for word .

Q It is just a transl ation

. A Just a tran slation ? . .

Prosecuting At torney : I h ave no objec tion to th at . If you j us t

tear that off I have no o bjec tion to it .

Defense Attorney : And s econdly your Honor I offer the s econd , ,

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column containing its equivalent in Latin to indicate i t s botan i cal ,

sign ifican ce .

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F ON G WAN
 C H A P T E R XI I

T H E H E RBA L I S T A N D H I S S U GG E S T I ON S
RE G A RD I N G D RI NKI N G A N D E A T I N G

T H E F ON G WAN H ER BA LI S T
Fong Wan who is now mi ddle aged has long been r ec og n ized a s
, ,

the most successful herbalist in th e Western Hemisphere Thousands .

of p ersons on the Pacific Coast give him credit for th eir restoration to
he alth He is perhap s the most widely recomm ended Chinese herbalist
.

in the United S tates In fact approxim ately ninety five p er c ent of

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thos e who come to him for h ealing do s o upon t h e rec omm endation of
former patrons He works from early in the m orn ing until long after
.

d ark and although he has many assistants he gives his p ersonal atten
, ,

tion to every ca s e In addition to being a learn ed Chines e scholar with

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an extensive knowledge of Chinese Materi a Medi ca Fong Wan b oth ,

re ads and speaks E nglish with great facility He is straightforward .

and courteou s in his business dealings He combines up to date meth .

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ods with those of the ancients thus assuring the quickest pos s ibl e r e
,

lief and he supplies his patrons with fresh herbs of first quality at
,

m oderate prices Pers onally Fong Wan is a man of excellent health

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remarkable vigor and energy Never for even a day h a s he b een k ept
, .

from his work by illness H i s main purpos e in life is to relieve su ff er

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ing and to that end h e devotes hims elf almost exclusively He neither
,
.

smokes drinks plays cards nor takes a hand in any gambling or l ot

, , ,

t er y game He keeps himself 1 00 p er cent efficient When confronted

. .

wi th an especially di ffi cult or unusual case h e pores over the an c ient ,

books far into the night He loves his profession and gives hims elf to
.

it unstintingly .

The foundation of Fong Wan s remarka ble succes s was laid years ’

ago when while yet a s chool boy he lived and worked with his uncle
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Dr Wan otherwise kno wn as Wan S ee Mon Dr Wan was one of

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those wh o successfully passed the old Imperial Chinese literary exa mi

nations of t h e first degree of M edicine L ater he pass ed other exa mi .
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nat ions by which he gained the first and se c ond military degrees C on .

sequently h i s official stan di ng wa s higher than that of any other Chi

,

nese h erbalist in America Dr Wan came t o the United S tates a s a

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m emb er of the diplomatic c orp s of th e second Chinese minister t o

Washingt on After the expiration of h i s official c ommission he c on
.
,

du cted a herb business at 1 1 33 S tockton S treet S an F rancisco at whi ch , ,

pla c e Fong Wan resided and stu died with him for several years T h e .

es t ablishment was totally destroyed by th e fire th at fo ll owed th e S a n

F rancisco earthquake in 1 90 6 Dr Wan did not again s et up in busi
. .

ness but accepted the appointment of Chinese C onsul at New York

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F ong Wan continued his study of E nglish in California for some tim e
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and then went back to China Upon hi s return to the Uni t ed S tates
.
,

h e established the F ong and L ee Herb Cc at 20 9 F ourth S treet S anta .

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R osa with which c oncern he was a ss oc iated for five years S eeking a
,
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wider fi eld he founded the F ong Wan C o in Oakland in 1 9 1 5

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. .

At th e time that Fong Wan cam e t o Oakland none of the Chines e ,

Herbalists were doing much business Many had b een driven out of .

town by th e i n t er ef er en ce of the M edical Board while others owing t o , ,

their inability to relieve an appreci a ble percentage of th e sufferers wh o

cam e t o them had been unable to gain the confidence of the public
, .

With Fong Wan it was di fferent He wa s successful f rom the begin .

ning That success attracted numerous herbali sts to O akland who

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s ought in vain to imitate his m eth o ds S ince 1 9 1 8 more than 1 4 n ew .

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h erbalists have opened establishments in O akl and ; 80 p er cent of the m

have failed to make good and have left town Before F ong Wan began .

to s erve the p eopl e of O akland there were very few Chinese herb com
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p a n i es in that city but at the pres ent time although S an F rancisco i s

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three times as large as Oakland it has but half as many Chinese herb ,

a li s t s .

Th er e is no Chinese herbalist in S an Francisc o wh ose succes s has

b een so outstanding as that of F ong Wan Consequently herbalists .
,
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h ave not been attracted to S an Francisco as b eing a plac e where t h e

people have received g reat benefits from the use of Chinese herbs .

Du ring the past 2 0 years Fong Wan h a s given personal attention t o

!

ab out suff erers m an y of whom have come to him n ot o n ly fro m

, ,

S an Francisco but from distant cities and towns Thr oughout t hi s

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p eriod with the exception of a brief business trip to China Fong W an

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h a s bee n on hand day af t er day year after year He is the company s ’

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,

s ole herbalist and no person is ever substituted for him and represented
a s Fong Wan All su fferers are therefore assured of the opp ortunit y
.

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Wan finds th at a p erson s trouble is such that it can not be rea c hed by
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the herbs h e frankly s ays so ,

2 .F ong Wan i s a student ; h e h a s original ideas He pursues n o .

hit and miss policy in the dispensing of herbs Although his wide
”
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and varied experience makes it p ossible for him to decide immedi ately
in most cases what herbs are best suited to the needs of h i s patron yet , ,

in unusual cases h e burns the midni ght oil an d delves deep int o the
,

writings of the Ancient Chines e S ages Thu s fortified he m akes a ppli .

,

cation to th e cas e in hand .

3 . Fong Wan ha s a good c ommand of the E nglish language thu s ,

obviating th e ne c essity of an i n t er p et er F ong Wan believes th at a .

Chinese lik e any other foreigner of intelligence is capable of acquirin g

, ,

a vocabulary of at l east words of lea r ning the eight parts of ,

speech and of expressing his thoughts both orally and in writing in

, ,

pla in E ng lish He doubts whether a Chinese who after h aving lived

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, ,

in Americ a a number of years is still unable to speak E nglish has s uf , ,

fi ci en t intelligence to prop erly administer the herbal rem edies .

4 .The Fong Wan Company imp orts its herbs di rect from China ,

th u s making it possible for i t s herbalist to dispense first quality f resh ,

herbs of a wi de variety as well a s to fu r nish i t s p atrons wi th t h e

, ,

more expensive kinds of herb s for the s a m e money that they woul d
p ay for inferior and less e ff ective ones elsewhere I n addition to t h e .

herbs in t h e drawers in the h erb roo m the company generally h a s from ,

45 to 65 large cases in the basem ent .

S om e of the more intimate s crets of th e suc c ess of the F ong e Wa n

Herbalist may be gleaned from a conversation he held with an Ameri
can friend duri n g the course of which he casu a lly remarked that h e
,

would retire at the age of sixty

“
R etire at sixty ! Wh at s the great idea ’
queried hi s friend in s ur

prise .

“
S imply this Being a comp etent herbalist is c omparable to bein g
.

a successful busines s or professi onal ma n in other lines It requires ‘

.

vitality energy and power of conc entration A herb specialist under

, , .

goes great mental strain as he work s on the individual case At sixty

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t h e faculties are much less acute than when one is in the prime of life ,

and the p ower of c oncentrati on is greatly abated F utherm ore an .

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older man is less susceptible to new ideas and later meth ods I have .

met many herbalists of long exp erience who in th eir old age la ckedi , , ,

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judgment and were therefore helples s in th e face of emergen c y They .

found it im p ossibl e to m eet t h e exigencies of strange and un us ua l

ailments because they were c ap able of doing only the things t hat they
,

h ad been a ccustomed t o do ; to plod along in well worn ruts O c ca -

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s i o n a lly aged herbalist s become childish and act in a mysteri ous way
,

as though they posses s some occult power by means of which they are
able t o ch arm away p ain .

“
I shall retire before I reach that stage I d o not feel it would be .

honest f or me because of my reputation to continue in my profes si on

, ,

after I shall h ave reached an ag e when I am n o l onger 1 0 0 p er c ent

effi cient It would be wronging my patrons to carry on my business at
.

their expense and to waste their time and money Wh en th e time .

c om es that my s ervices are of doubtful v alue it wil l be my bounden ,

duty to resign the field t o younger and keener men .

”

K eener in what way ?” inquired the interes t ed listener .

Keener in four ways , wa s th e ready res p onse .

“
T here are f our
methods of examina tion .

“
F irst through listening to
, the su fferer s voi c e ’
. T his ne c essit a t es
keen ears .

S econd through judging from the expression of the face and eyes
,

as well as by the c ondition of the skin . This necessitates keen eyes .

Third through ability to ask p ertinent questions

,
. This n eces s i

tates keen judgm ent .

F ourth through feeling the pulse This necessitat es keep p erc ep

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tion in addition to thorough knowl edge and great power of c on een

t r a t i on .

While F ong Wan has experienced t h e j oys t hat accompany real s uc

cess especially when one s profession is that of all evi ating su ff ering
,
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yet he has n ot been free fro m trouble and anxiety Although the herbs
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that he sells ar e legally imported from China and duties paid on them
to the Uni ted S tates G overnment an d despite the fa c t that most of ,

his patrons take their herbs home to cook the M edical Board h a s f r e ,

quently interr upted hi s business by cau sing h i s arrest O n thes e oc .

casio n s Fong Wan h a s always demanded trial by jury

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At a trial on M arch 1 2 1 9 1 8 th e jury was deeply interes t ed in the

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testimony before t h e c ourt of Mr R Lewis a well known O akl and . .

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jeweler to the eff ect that having been troubled with nerv ous attacks
, ,

for years he had spent over , with doctors and that finally when , ,

a n operation on h i s spine was suggested he had quit them and h ad , ,

taken the F ong Wan Herbs which had restored him to health in seven
weeks Fong Wan was speedily acquitte d
. .

Again on M ay 8 1 9 1 9 when Fong Wan was on trial in Police C ourt

, ,

No 2 his p a trons rallied to h i s aid It was publicly declared that th e

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F ong Wan Herb Tea had relieved stom a ch trouble kidney and bladder ,

c omplaints and dropsy Never before had there b een such an array of
, .

witnesses in a local court for any treatment The jurors were greatly .

interested and the herbalist wa s again acquitted .

During the years that have elaps ed sinc e that trial stool pigeons ,

have been repeatedly parked outside of the Fong Wan office and F ong
‘

Wan has be en haled into court many many times by the agents of b oth ,

the M edical and the Pharm acy B oards In no case has any charge been .

sustained against him .

Despite t hese hindrances and interrupti ons F ong Wan h a s attained ,

unprecedented success a s a herbalist H i s remar kable judgment and .

business ability have received reco g nition on b ot h sides of the Pacifi c ,

and some years a g e h e was made a m ember of one of the oldest and
largest companies in Hong Kong China , that exports to foreign lands ,
.

The reconstructive ability of F ong Wan has also be en evinc ed in

other lines Twenty one years ago b efore establ i shi ng th e Fong Wan
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C ompan y in Oakland Fong Wan ,

the educati on , the herbal
knowledge the intelligence the ,
th e honesty of the her ,

ba li s t s herb sp ec ialist s and herb doctors then doing business in O ak

, ,

land Actuated by c onfidence i n h i s own ability to bec om e the leading

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herbalist in that city he moved to Oakland from S anta R osa E ven

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at that time h e fore s aw that O a kland was destined to be c ome the

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Chicago of the West .

He found a roomy old hous e at E ighth and Clay streets wh ich for
many years had been occupied by a Chinese Herb Company that had
ch anged hands many ti mes but never for the better He paid the ow ,
n .

ers of the old c ompany $ 75 for the g oo d will of the trade and op ened
up afresh with an entirely new stock and new methods .

Because of his success in relieving the thous ands of su ff erers who

came to him at that location Fong Wan s herb business s oon outgrew ,
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its quarters He is now t he b est known herbalist in America

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ists . The term s King and Palac e may be aptly combined A l
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though the King lives i n h i s Palace yet he does not occupy it solely ,

for his own enj oyment He works hard every day and the Palac e i s
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devo t ed to the relief of su ffe ri ng .

F ONG WAN S HO R O SCOP E '

As h as already been intimated F ong Wan s path has been a rugged ,

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one B ecause many O ccidentals take an interest in horoscop es and the

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prediction of sages Fong Wan i s including thos e regarding his life

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in this treatise .

Fong Wan s succes s has brought him over

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American and
Chines e friends and also a small number of jealous enemies H i s suc
, .

ces s was pre d icted by Chines e philos ophers and other wise men of
China as well as by his horoscope
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.

He has known year by year and almost month by month what good
fortune was t o be his and what una voidable troubles he would have to
contend wi th In 1 9 2 5 which acc ordi ng to his h oroscope was to be
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the year most full of troubles Fong Wan had t o fa ce a slander suit a
, ,

number of medical cases and the Anti Herb Bill All told th ere were
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about seven law suits that year .

When the lawyers who represente d his accusers in th e slander suit

, ,

attacked him he kept on smiling and even made faces at them and
, ,

joked with them He was able to take things in this way b ec ause he
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knew through the predictions that h e woul d win in th e long run He .

was always right and di d not go wrong He advised his lawyers to .

prol ong the trial to five or six weeks s o tha t his enemies would h ave ,

heavy court expens es to pay in the end One of his l awyers remark ed .

that he had never before had a client with such wonderful fighting
spirit .

Fong Wan looked upon h i s enemies a s the frosts the s n ows and , ,

the storms which so mercilessly attack and beat against a tall pine
t ree He kn ew however that after the peri od of hardship had passed
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, , ,

he would be the richer in experience and would profit by his har dships ,

just as does the pine tree when the cold snows m elt and give i t n our .

i s h men t .

The foll owing are translations of Chinese poems written by Chinese ,

Philosophers who gave the wonderful characterization of Fong Wan

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 I . FO UN DATION
With th e increas e of wealth and rise in rank ; steeper and more dan
g er o u s precipices loom before one .

Whenever treasure and fortune be s ought there are hardships and ,

difficulties .

To show respect to the Heavenly ( Imperial ) Court while on the ,

way meeting a cow or encountering a dog he shows kindness .

L ike a deer on the bank of the stream he return s h om e robed in ,

riches honor and glory

, .

II . B R OTH E R HOO D
Now it is autumn . Thr ee geese fly in the wide sky .

The lones om e and s a d cr y of one of the three makes Chu and Han ,

( the people of the whole of China ) to shudder .

R ivers and mount ains exten d over myriads of miles and no one can
se e where they end .

Calmly and quietly following the edge of an exp anse of cloud he , re

turn s home .

III . A CT ION
Peace and happiness were so earnestly sought even as if his i n ,

t es t i n es sh ould b e broken into inch lengths b ec ause of the e ff ort and

struggl e .

R ecollection of his past life in later years causes his wide collar to
b e wet with tears .

Yet friendly and good news may be found in the direction of the
northwest .

However it need not to be pres sed hard for and painfully sought
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.

( Note z— I t will come of itself ) .

IV . MA R RIA GE
M ale and female M andarin Ducks in the days that are warm make
happy mates .

Unexp ec t ed storm s and violent winds will n ot permit their happi

ness to last lon g .

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 H er on wi ll come in later da ys d enjoy a hap p y l if e together
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an .

Under the shade of the willow in a d ee p and qui et p l a c e sw eet , ci n

namon flowers emit fragran c e .

Because a ci n namon tree m et rain in the flower season tw o ,

pe aches
were left unrip ened half green and ha lf yellow
, .

N our i s h ed and cultivated thank s be offered for great p o t enti al and

,

enduring p ower .

N ow happy smiles c ome full of j oy . Plum fl owers later be c ome

more and m ore fragr ant .

VI . RET I RE M EN T
In old age like th e Wate r
, Ra il ,
his later life is all destined and
cannot be changed .

Whenever the water is blu e an d the mountains are green he s eeks ,

h i s old friends .

With a lonely monkey and a crane isolated and aloof he enjoys life , ,

listening to the songs of the fi sherman .

No t e : These s i x stanzas come under the heading “

A G OO D
HOR SE D R AW S A WA G ON LOAD E D WITH S A LT .

Note : This p oem is full of figu res of spe ech Th e nam es of plants .
,

fruits and ani mals are used not literally but figuratively with symb olic ,

meanings Although in some places the thought appears to b e dis

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connected if one studies it from a literary sta ndpoin t and s earches out
,

the hidden meanings it is b oth conn ected and c ompl et e F or instance

,
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under the head V Children the first line speaks of the Cin n amon tr ee
.
, ,

and in the second line peaches are mentioned whil e in the fourth li ne , ,

plum flowers are spoken of The cinnamon branch i s the M other . .

Cinnamon like the laurel in the Occident refers to a woman of high

virtue honor and chastity The peach in Chinese mythol ogy i s r e
, .

garded as a fruit which gives one everl asting life The referen c e here .

is to the two children which though left motherles s whi le young will
,

nevertheles s perpetuate the family Th e plum is the fl ower wit h um .

usual fragrance I t usually blo oms in early spri n g before th e snow

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and frost are gone The meaning here is that the ha lf orphans be
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 TH E GREE N PIN E T REE IN S NOWY WINTE R WE AT H E R
, ,

A tall pine tree towers above all others and habitually endures snow
and frost .

He like the pine tree has sound principles and a superior heart
, , ,
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which always remains unchanged just as the pi n e t r ee always remains

green .

Two geese fl ew up into th e high clouds and disappeared .

An outline of a flower on a bran c h may b e more c learly distin

g ui s h ed with the shining of the moon .

The a ffe ction of his p a rents is onl y for him . His welfare even
enters into their midnight dreams .

B ones and flesh ( brothers ) are like ice in the water in th e same
well .

His ship has encountered and p assed over stormy waves and , h as
at last reached calm and quiet wat ers .

sails filled with wind triumphantly as c end th e way to the I m

I ts , ,

peri al C apital .

EX P L AN AT I ON
Kwai Kuo T s z a great Chinese phi los opher who lived i n th e sixth
,

century B C wrote the two foregoing p oems In thes e p oems a p er

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s on is described who has character sound principles a superi o r h eart , , ,

and is kind and truthful He would not criticize the acts of other p er
.

sons thereby bringing upon himself the enmity of others He always

, .

show s respe ct t o pers ons with W hom he associ a tes No matter what .

circumstances he has to face he i s never frightene d or fearful of the ,

ou t come He h as dignity and p ower which h e kn ows how to u se

. .

However kindness and generosity shown by hi m on many occ asions

,

produce feelings of enmity and jeal ousy in other p eople H i s di gnity .

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power f earlessness and kindness have their sourc e in his heart and
,

intestines whic h are full of warmth a n d energy The phrenology of

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this perso n reveals brilliancy and cleverness wealth and nobl eness , ,

unlimited genius and a bility and continuous luck throughout his long ,

life He steadily approaches the rank of nobility ( Herb King of the

.

Pacific Coast ) He accumulates wealth and always thinks out practical

.

working plans He has abundant fo o d which he cann o t consume He

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has vitality and will therefore live to a good old age . E verythi ng is
accomplished with great suc c ess .

E XP LANATION MAD E BY C OMM EN TATO R

The life of F ong Wan a gre at scholar wi t h t h e p ower to he al i s
, ,

pre di cted in thes e two p oems In the first poem entitled A G o o d

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Horse Draws a Wagon L oaded With S al t it i s explained that F ong ,

”

Wan after pa ssing through great diffi c ul t i es and hardships attains

, ,

marv elous success and like s alt will b e of great use in the world
, , , .

I n the secon d entitled T h e G reen Pi ne T ree in S nowy

p oem ,
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Winter Weather it i s predicted that F ong Wan will overc ome and
,

destroy all obstacles and dangers of every descri p tion He l ike the .
,

pine tree wi ll su ff er from the weight of th e snow but will grow

, ,

stronger and spread more luxuriously He will ha v e wealth luck and .

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a fa mily He W ill have mansions and a prosperous busine ss

. .

All this was destined to be and did not come by chance F ong Wan .
,

a medical scholar had a n elder and a younger brother m aking three

, ,

in all but Fong Wan alone was destined to b ecome di stinguished and
,

to obtain the highest point of development At pres ent h e has s i x .

sons The first two already are b eing educated in both Chinese and
.

E nglish In the future they will b e well prepared to succeed t o their

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father s business However h e has l ost t wo wives But now h e surely

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enjoys a very wise and intelligent wife and h i s home life will be ,

always happy and harm onious However from tim e to time he wil l .
,

have controversies and troublesome disputes wi th outside pers ons Th i s .

als o was preordained F inally th e clouds will op en and the moon

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appear It will shine W ith great brilliancy and F ong Wan will g et a
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glorious name .

QUOTATI ON S
We can find great tru th in the s ayings of an an c ient s c hol a r
Wealth and nobility always h ave their seat in heaven T hey always .

wait to be best o wed upon p ersons who are kind and generous S uch .

persons will be blest with both of them .

”

P ECULIA R DRINKIN G HABI T S

People of different nation a liti es h ave diverse ideas ab out drinking .

The Chinese people generally drink hot tea in all kinds of weather .

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When a friend calls it is customa r y for h i s host to serve him with a
,

cup of hot tea whether he needs the tea or not The people in Ch ina .

seldom drink cold water They allay thirst by drinking either hot water
.

or hot weak tea .

Here in America many persons have the habit of drinking water

, ,

not because they are t hirsty or bec ause their sys t ems n eed the water ,

but b ecause through hearing a lecture reading an advertisement or , ,

conversing with a friend they have b ecome imbued with the idea th at
,

the more water they dri n k the heal t hier they will be S ome pe r s ons .

co nscientiously drink a gallon or m ore a d a y and then wonder why

they are sick By drinking too much water these p ersons in their
.
,

zealous pursuit of health have overburdened th eir ki d neys and bladder

,

and have brought about indigestion and stomach trouble .

In their drinking habits animals are wi ser than men ,

You may .
“

lead a horse to water but you cannot mak e hi m drink

,
He i s gu ided .
”

by his natural instincts a s to wh at his system needs H uman b eing s .

should be careful not to flood their kidneys wi th water as this causes ,

the blood to get h ot and rush to the head In s ome instances it i s con .

t r i but o r y to high blood pressure When a p erson is not thirsty it is

.
,

not n ecessary for him to pour col d water into h i s stomach just for the
s ake of drinking E ight Cups a Day
“
.
”

If one has a temporary cold and fever has eaten salty food has , ,

worked hard and perspire d freely or has talked t oo much thus over , ,

heating the liver it i s ne c es s ary for him to d rink a cup of water to

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quench his immediate thirst H owever one wh o is continually dry and

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,

thirsty must seek perm anent relief by taking treatment Those who .

seek to get well by merely drinking cold water which in itself has no ,

curative p ower will in time injure on e or more of their internal

, , ,

organs .

F ong Wan drink s no liquor of any kind and but seldom drinks ,

co ffee tea cocoa milk or even water What he does drink is go od

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.

s oup at every meal ; soup th at is wholes ome and delicio us .

Amo ng his fav orite soups are : Chines e 1i root with duck ; turtle
soup ; Chinese waterm elon boiled with duck and mushrooms ; s i x herbal
comp ounds with p ork ; Chinese dried oysters in lily root s ou p ; edible
bird nest with chicken ; and g in s eng roo t with squab While rather .

expensive these soups are very nourishing B esides benefiting and

,
.

building up a ll p art s of the human system they also have curative ,

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su r pl us t o their neighbors who being delighted with the new dish
, , ,

learned the sisters process and pass ed it on to others Thus the

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kn owledge spread and the sprouts were eventu ally off ered for sale ,

fresh every day in the m a rkets

, .

At the present time in all parts of t h e world wherever Ch ines e liv e

, ,

Bean S prout Chop S uey and B ean S prout Chow Y oke are enj oyed by
p ersons of all nationalities Besides being a m ost digestible food bean
.
,

sprouts are very nourishing When skilfully prep ared nearly every
.
,

one finds this wholes ome foo d inviting .

R esidents of the B ay Cities may verify thes e statements with regard

to the food value and palat ability of b ean sprouts by ordering them at
the New S hanghai Cafe 4 2 5 Tenth S treet Oakland a beautiful sani
, , , ,

tary eating place where Bean S prout Chop S uey and Bean S prout Chow
,

Yoke are co oked with p eanut oil ( no substitute being use d ) by a fi r s t

class Chinese cook wh o was selected by the Fong Wan Herbalist
, .

LE TT UCE
While lettuce belongs to the vegetation element yet each kind of ,

vegetable has its own taste color and particul ar eff ect up on t h e sys
, ,

tem In China the study of ve g eta bles and pl ants di ffers wi dely from
.
,

the Occidental chemical analysis In Am erica we often hear p eople .

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say that everyone shoul d eat lettuce be c aus e it contains a high p er

centage of iron which is ve r y benefi c ial to the human b o dy
,
.

The Chinese analysis of th e c omposition of any ve g etable i s b a s ed

s olely up on t h e five princip al elements of Nature For instance the .
,

c olors of lettuce are green and whi te I t s taste i s slightly s our and it .

contains considerable water Its sour taste has a tendency to contract

.

the air passing through the liver and gall bladder I t s color resembles .

that of bile the secretion of the liver Therefore b oth the sour ta ste
, .
,

and green color of lettuce indicat e that it belongs to the liver and gall
bladder which also belong to the vegetation element
, .

The white color in lettuce is s i mu a r to the color of the lungs and the
l arge intestines T his white color belongs to the mineral element The
. .

lungs and their s ub organ the l arge intestines also bel ong to the min
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eral element Consequently the whit eportion of lettuce h a s a strong

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i nfluenc eu p on the lu n gs a n d th e large i n testin es Its wa tery fluid .

naturally g o es throu gh t h e kidneys and th eir s ub org a n the bla dder ,

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, .

W hen l ett c e
-
taken cold a n d raw it que nche s t h e h e a t the fire
u is “

, ,

element of the human syst em Therefore peo pl e who are c old -blooded
, .
, ,

or have low bloo d p ressure or wh o la ck blood h ea t in th e s tomach or

,

other o rgan s s houl d not eat raw l ettuce very oft en It sh ould be
, .

co oked with a s mall slice of ging er to equa liz e i t s eff ects

, .

Wh en l ett uc e i s eaten by h ot b loo d ed pe ople it c l eans es the over -

,

h ea t ed bl o od o f the fire element in the stom ach th e lungs and the large
l
, ,

intestines L ettuc e t a ken on an empty stoma ch s om etim es a cts as a

.

physic I f pe ople ea t l ettu ce t oo frequ ently their inte s tine s a r e li a bl e

.
,

to b ec ome fill ed with h a rmful ger ms Dysen t ery a n d C o litis m ay res ult . .

W H T ER CHES TNU T S
In S outh China wa t er ch estnuts grow i n t h e w a ter just a s do t h e
! ,

water lilies T h e eh es t n ut s are eaten r a w as a fruit an d also used in

.

co oki n g T he pee l i s d ark br own whi le t h e i nside i s sn owy white

. .

Water chestnu t s are bri ttle sweet i n taste and rea dily d i ge s tible Th e
, , .

Chines e ex p ort them to a ll part s of the world where Ch ine se Ch op S uey

i s coo ked .

In Ameri c a frui t gr ows a n d ripens u n d er the heat of t h e sun It

,
.

thus a b sorbs much h eat ( t h e fire elem ent ) and h a s a c e r tain p ercent
age o f a cidi ty M any p ersons who eat co n s ide r a ble fr uit s uff er with
.

an an n o yi ng f eeling h avi ng a g ra ting s ensation or a r e trouble d with

,
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,
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ulc ers of th e s to mac h .

W ate r chestnuts are free fro m a cidity an d hav e a tendency to rid .

the b loo d o f fever In m aki ng a b everag e for chil d r e n tha t ha v e high

.
«

fever th e Chinese m e sh t h e che stnuts a n d b oil th em in water wi th a

,

sm all quantity o f s u gar In prep ari ng a di sh f or t he table the Chi nes e

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,

slice them and coo k with minced p o rk This d ish is known a s Water .

Ch estnut C ho p S uey ; it is e s peci a lly well p rep ared a t the New S hang
hai Cafe Ten th S treet Oakland
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.

RE CIP ES FO R P REPH RI N G NOU R I S HIN G CHINE SE DIS H ES

NOT E — The Chinese but t wo h eart y meals a da y while a t noo n
eat
i
,

they t a k e only a lig ht lunch whi ch ma y consist of st eam patties co n ge

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a bowl of n oodles or some small cakes and fruit At th e main meal
, .
,

ri ce is th e principal food and is eaten wit h all the other dishes Or din .

a r i ly ( banquets excepted ) there is but one course t here being no des

,

sert and all t h e food is s et on the table at the s ame tim e th e rice i s
,

s erved ; no matter whether these dishes be soups vegetables fi s h eggs , , , ,

meat or p oultry
, .

R IC E
The Chinese cook rice until it is dry and each grain stands out from
the others While Americans p our water over th e cooked ri ce to wash
.

out the sta rch the Chinese do all the washing before cooking Th e rice
, .

to be cooked is wa shed in several waters by b eing stirred ro und and

round the pot either with the hand or a perforated cook spoon until
th e water becomes white when it is poured off and th e wate r c hanged
,
.

This process is repe ated some ten or twelve times until the water pours
off cle a r All t h e col d water is then drained off and boiling water in
.

th e proportion of two cups to one cup of rice is added After the ri ce .

has come to a b oil the fire is tu r ned v ery low and th e rice all owed to
, ,

c ook ( or rather ste a m ) a half hour or more until firm and dry A .

heavy Chinese p orcelain lined iron pot i s best but a doubl e b oil er also
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serves the purp ose .

S H R IMP OM ELE T ( F U YUN G HA )

1 cup small picked ,

F ong Wan shrimps .

1 s mall onion sliced , .

5 or 6 dried mushroo ms washed soaked till s oft and sliced into

, , ,

strips .

Fry shrimps mushr o oms and onion in oil ov er slow fire

,
.

Pour in 4 well be aten eggs and mi x

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Add a teaspoonful of Chinese S au c e ( Pak Yau ) and salt to taste .

Fry quickly until light brown .

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 CHINE S E NOOD LES
Break int o short lengt hs 1 bunch ( on e half pou n d ) Chinese n o o dles
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Boil in plenty of h ot water till s oft S train through colander a n d wa s h

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starch out with cold wa t e r Put into g o od rich p ork chicken or b e ef

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sou p containi n g finely cut piec es of p ork or chicken or mu shrooms

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tog ether with c h o pp ed gree n onion . salt a n d eith er Chinese or

I

t oma to sauce Brin g t o boil

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 I N T E RI O R VIEW OF N E W S H AN G H AI C AFE
Ch i n es e F o od i s U n i v er sa ll y R ec o g n i z ed as Ra n k in g
A mon g t h e B es t on E ar th
In th e dawn of Chinese civilization its tastes in food a n d in co ok ,

ing were or i gi n a lly cla ssifi ed unde r and base d upo n th e five princi
3 1 e ements of Nature : viz Miner a l V egeta tion W a te r Fire and
23artl
, , , ,

Th e genuine methods of t h e A n cient Chinese are a dh ered to by

the cook s i n the N ew S hanghai Cafe i n a cc o rda nc e with t h e i n s t r uc
ti ons of F ong W a n the m ost emin ent herbalist i n Am eric a Its ,
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divisi o ns of food a n d tas t e a r e as follows :

1 d h t bi r b l
F oo t r l E l m t l di
t ta s w rd tt e to t he Mi n e to
lu
. a es e on g s a e en , ea n g a s
th
d ht t ur l i k r r bl
e n g s .

2 F i t t th V
a s t es t i v n eg a t
d t r r d G ll
oo a so e or g ee n s , e on g s o e eg e a on
El m
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,

t th i th fLi t a ct s e a ct o n ve
d h t l bl r El m t d h i flu
e en an a o e an a .

3 F h W t t a s te ty to t a te a ve a n
u h Ki d
. oo s a sa e on g e e en an n en ce
t
pon
d h uh h l i u r b l t h Fi r
e n ey s .

4 F h t i it a t; taste t ta t
T h ru h t h h d d i flu r
oo s o s c as os e co n n n g q o e on g o e e
El m
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t th ti f h H t t t
d h w t b l E r h E l m r d b th
e en . ey s o e ea an n en ce e ac on o e ea .

5 F t h t
t t a s t es I i t t t t
“
a ve
St m h
oo a s ee e on g s o e a e en s c y e
h S l
. .

d b y t e
E u li mbi t i d i b fi i l t ll r f t h
o ac an p ee n .

i i h f f
z a t on t e ts
hum b d q a n co n a on o oo s s en e c a o a pa o e
an o y .

The N ew S h a ghai C afe 4 2 5 l ot h S tr et Oakland serves both n , e , ,

A m erican Chi n ese F oods It is not ed f or its cle a nlin ess its
an d .
,

qui et , a n d
its truly Oriental atmosphere I t s p a trons are m ainly .

family parties and merchants who lunc h there .

G A L A F L O OR S H OW S
Pu blic I n vited to Dance Bet w ee n I n t er v al s of F lo or S how !

Dine D ri nk and Dan ce at this completely E quipp ed Cabaret

Our S pecialty— M eals That App e a l — a t R easonable Prices
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Featuring th e finest Ch inese American and S ea Food Dishes , ,

ANGHAI
425 T ENT H S T RE E T , O A KL A N D
A . M T O 1
. A . M . S A T U R D AY S FRO M A . M . T O 2 A . M .
 3” Br o a d wa y
O a kla n d , Ga I if .

WH O L E S A L E RET A I L Pho n e n ate 56 7 3

WE s h o uld ea t s h r i mp s a s s ea foo d t o bui ld up t h e vi t a li t y

of t h e bod y an d t o en a ble i t t o r es i s t cold s a n d t o pr ev en t t h e m
fr om s e t t li n g d own o n t h e br o n ch i a l t ube s a n d lun g s T h os e .

p er s on s wh o ha ve mp s fr om F ON G WA N r en own ed
s ecur ed s h r i ,

h er ba li s t h a v e r ep or t ed t h a t s h r i mps a s foo d h a ve r eli ev ed t h em

, ,

of co ug hs , con g es t i o n an d h a v e d i sc h a r g ed phleg m o ut of t h ei r
br on chi al t urbes .

A ccor di n g t o t h e Ch i n es e E n cy clo pedi a , s h r i mp s po s s es s t h e

followi n g o ut s t a n d i n g fea t ur es be n efici a l t o t h e h uma n bod y .

1 . S h r imps con s t i t ut e a fin e s ea ~ foo d a s t h ey g i v e bo t h

s t r en g t h an d n o ur i s h men t t o t h e bo d y .

2 . S h r i mp s h a v e po wer t o eli mi n a t e po i s on o us pus fr om t h e

.

h uma n s y s t em .

3 . Bla ckh ea d s , B oi ls , T umor s , P y o r r h ea t o g et h er wi t h o t h er

,

i mp ur i t i es ma y be t h r own o ff fr o m t h e bo d y by ea ti n g s hr i mps .

4 . S h r i mps eli mi n a t e phleg m a n d ot h er ca t a r r h a l con d i t i on s

5 . S h r i mp s t h en wea k g la n d s a n d build up vi t a li t y
.
s t r en g .

I t is h i g h ly r ecomm en d a ble t h a t people ea t s h r i mp ch op s uey ,

s h r i mp omelet ( F oo Yo un g H ar ) , s h r i mrp cockt a i l a n d s h r i mp

Wa n S br zmp Wha rf
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Vi si t Fa n g
Cut t i n g B lv d . Ma r k et Ri ch mon d Ca li f
, , .

Cockt a ils , Be er an d S o ft Dr i n k s S er v ed E v er y Da y of t h e Y ear