Herb Lore

Chinese herbalism in 1920s Oakland: Fong Wan's own book of herbs, cases and cookery, published from his Tenth Street office at a time when practising it got him prosecuted — and acquitted.

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Chronic Case of Running Boils

San Francisco, Calif.

For years I suffered not only from diarrhoea and bladder trouble, but also from catarrh, which poisoned my system. Last year five or six big boils came out on my left hand. I tried doctors and patent medicines, but obtained no results. The boils kept on discharging and there seemed no way to heal them.

I consulted a San Francisco Herbalist. He looked at the boils and said they were cancers, and that he was doubtful whether they could be cured.

Although I was much discouraged, I made up my mind to cross the bay and see Fong Wan. I took his herbs for about five months. Not only did the boils heal up entirely, but my other complaints dis- > ppeared within the first three weeks of the treatment.

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