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This page prescribes plants as medicine according to pre-modern medical theory. Several of the plants named are toxic, correct identification is difficult, and the doses given have no scientific basis. Do not ingest or apply any preparation described here.
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Table of Contents
Home of the Fong Wan Herb Co
576-578 Tenth St., Oakland, Calif.
The Herbs, Their Uses And
PREPARATION The Science of Chinese Herbal Remedies. 1-3 How Chinese Herbs are Prepared 3-4 The Five Principal Internal Organs Function in…
The Heart
How to Care for the Heart in Nature's Way.
The Lungs and Throat
Chinese Theories Regarding the Lungs Chinese Theories Regarding Throat Diseases.
The Liver and Gall Bladder
Chinese Theories Regarding the Liver and Gall Bladder How Chinese Herbs are Marshaled to Combat Disease.
The Kidneys and Bladder
Chinese Theories Regarding the Kidneys The "Change of Life" in Man No Excuse for Aching Teeth 69-71 Testimonials Concerning Backache, Pain…
The Nerves
81-92 Chinese Theories Regarding Rheumatism, Paralysis, Neuritis, Convulsions, and Apoplexy 81-82 Earthquakes Similar to Nervous Attacks…
The Blood
2 pages
Miscellaneous Affections
103-128 Causes of Various Ailments 103-105 How Herbs Stop Pain Without Drugs 105 Chinese Theories Regarding Cancer 105-106 Testimonials…
Regarding Drinking and Eating
129-135 The Fong Wan Herbalist 129-135 Peculiar Drinking Habits Effects of Various Foods Upon the Human System.
The Science of Chinese Herbal Remedies
The Chinese Science of Therapeutics is as old as Chinese civilization itself. In the primitive period of the nation's history, there…
How Chinese Herbs Are Prepared
There are at least three thousand varieties of Chinese Medicinal Herbs, most of which are gathered by specially trained persons in the…
Function in Many Different Ways
Very few persons in any walk of life ever think of the Proper Functioning of the five principal internal organs; viz: the Heart, Liver…
Herbs Part of Nature's Vegetation
ELEMENT If we cut, grind or boil it, any herb carried by the Fong Wan Herb Co. can be eaten without the slightest harm to the human system…
Musical Tones
It is a matter of common information that the ancient Chinese based their knowledge of herbal remedies upon the relationship between the…
Elements in Nature
Not only does each of these colors represent an element in Nature but it also represents one of the five divisions of the human race…
Principal Elements in Nature
1. A pungent taste influences the action of the lungs, which belong to the mineral element. 2. A sour taste has power to contract the air…
Illustration No. 1
About half a century ago, a long dry spell in and about Peking, the capital of China, caused the atmosphere to become exceedingly dry and…
Stomach and Spleen
According to Shin Nong's classification, the stomach is yellow like the earth. As the stomach is the principal organ of digestion, every…
Stomach Trouble and Indigestion
The FONG WAN HERBS helped relieve my stomach of indiges- -(15)tion and gas the first week. I continued to take the herbs for two weeks…
Gives Fong Wan Credit for His Life
It affords me much pleasure to express my approval of the FONG WAN HERB CO. I suffered from liver and stomach troubles for twenty years…
Stomach Ulcers
I doctored for more than two years for stomach ulcers. I was also treated at different hospitals, but found no relief whatever. It was…
Druggist Recommends Fong Wan Herbs
Mr. P. Chiocca was in a most critical condition when he met a druggist in Albany, California, who had been relieved of terrible suffering…
Stomach Trouble for 20 Years
During the 20 years and more that I suffered from stomach trouble I doctored off and on, but the suffering still continued. The doctors…
Saved from an Operation
For more than three years I suffered from Acid Ulcers of the Stomach. I tried several doctors and every available remedy, but obtained no…
J. Conley
For about three years I suffered so terribly with stomach ulcers that I could neither eat nor drink without great pain. I was unable to get…
Wan Herbalist
After two months of the herb treatment, my stomach was entirely healed, and I could eat and drink without the slightest discomfort. This…
Ex-Postman Praises Fong Wan Herbs
For several years I was troubled with swollen legs and catarrh of the stomach. I was in a run-down condition and I tried everything that I…
His Stomach His Master
My stomach was my master for many years. After every meal I had an annoying, grating sensation, together with an empty feeling in my…
A Medley of Ailments
For several years I suffered from backache, constipation, gas in the stomach, and weakness of the bladder. During all those years I could…
Free After 20 Years
My stomach annoyed me after every meal for over 20 years, throughout which time I was unable to obtain relief. Last year, however, the FONG…
Failed to Get Relief in San Francisco
For a little over a year I suffered from the formation of gas and -(19)- C pain in my stomach. I also had a pain in the vicinity of my…
For the Benefit of Barbers
For some time I suffered from Stomach and Kidney troubles, together with swollen legs. Although I tried many doctors and numerous remedies…
Chronic Case of Running Boils
For years I suffered not only from diarrhoea and bladder trouble, but also from catarrh, which poisoned my system. Last year five or six…
Capable Herbalist
For several years I tried different doctors and remedies for Stomach Trouble, but obtained no relief. I got so bad that I could retain no…
Treated for Ulcers
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Stomachache for a Year
I had stomach ache off and on for a year. I tried several doctors, none of whom gave me genuine relief. Now, after one week's treatment…
Constipation Relieved at the Age Of
I am writing this out of gratitude to Fong Wan. I suffered from constipation for fifty years (I am 75 years old). I tried, during all those…
Grateful for Health
I suffered for years from female weakness and stomach trouble, accompanied by severe cramps. Failing to obtain relief elsewhere, I tried…
Eighteen Years of Misery
For 18 years I suffered misery with my stomach, side and back. Although for an hour or two after eating my pain was not so severe, yet…
Removed by the Fong Wan Herbalist
For between two and three months I had such severe pains in my stomach and heart that I could not work. I tried three doctors but made no…
Chronic Dysentery Overcome
For the benefit of other sufferers, I take pleasure in giving this testimonial.
Could Not Stand the Smell of Food
For more than 20 years I suffered with ulcers of the stomach. I was unable to work for years, and everything that touched my stomach caused…
Stomach Sores
I had acid sores of the stomach for many years. After meals there was an annoying feeling, and sometimes terrible pain. I had to quit work…
Gained Fifteen Pounds
For a long time I was a sufferer from Indigestion and Gas in the Stomach. Nothing that I ate or drank seemed to agree with me and most of…
Ex-Service Man Testifies
For more than five years I had Stomach Trouble and pain in my back. Throughout this period I was in the United States army in Manila. I was…
Chinese Theories Regarding the Heart
The heart, which is red like the sun, is classified under the fire element. When the five principal elements are working with equal balance…
Startling Statistics
A cablegram to the press received from Shanghai in May, 1926, stated that the discrepancy between the percentage of insane in China and in…
A Common Source
The foregoing are statements of genuine facts. The explanation may be found in the fact that thousands of years ago the Chinese arrived at…
Rest Does Not Cure
People suffering from heart trouble should be as quiet as possible and should avoid over-exertion, excitement, and anger. They should not…
Four Persons Knocked Out
One of the greatest mistakes made by people with heart trouble is to apply electricity to themselves. These electrical treatments are too…
Herbs Versus Electricity
As physicians advise, the heart should be kept as quiet as possible. The action of electricity upon the heart is in exact opposition to…
Relieved by the Fong Wan Herbalist
To the Fong Wan Herb Specialist, Dear Sir:
Freed After Four Weeks
Fong Wan Herb Co., Oakland, Calif.
The World to Know
Mrs. Julia Cozzaglio February 5, 1926.
Herbs for Heart Troubles
To the Fong Wan Herb Co.
Now Working Again at Southern Pacific
For years I had high blood pressure, accompanied by pains in my chest and around my heart. One of the best Heart Specialists in San…
Baby Saved from Heart Trouble
This is to certify that our baby, Myrtle, had been ailing for about two years, during which time we had taken her to many physicians, none…
Builder, Endorses the Fong Wan Herbs
When I first came to Fong Wan I was tired, weak, and sleepless. Mv heart beat fast and I could scarcely breathe. I was so dizzy that I was…
There's a Difference
I had high blood pressure, dizziness, and heart trouble for about three years. After having tried many kinds of doctors, I went to a…
Heart Trouble Marvelously Relieved
While visiting her daughter here in Oakland, Mrs. W. H. Morton of Stockton was in such great pain due to Heart Trouble that it affected her…
Regrets Delay
For about six years I suffered with a pain in my heart. I could not do any heavy lifting. Although I tried many methods of doctoring, I…
Was Made Well
I suffered for a year from a severe pain in my chest, with shortness of breath, which both interrupted sleep and made it agony to lie in…
An Aged Man Has Heart Trouble
For the past five years I have had heart trouble which caused me great pain in my left side. I was unable to lie down on that side and I…
Experience Plus Knowledge Insure Success
Because of his long experience and extensive knowledge of Chinese Herbs, the Fong Wan Herbalist has relieved many sufferers whom he has…
Fong Wan Herb Co
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Heart and Kidney Trouble Relieved
My heart bothered me, beating too rapidly and causing severe headaches. My kidneys were also affected. Having read various testimonials…
Marvelous Relief in First Cup of Tea
For months I suffered from heart trouble. I could not sleep and I had difficulty both in breathing and in moving around. My heart…
Feared Heart Would Break
For years I had suffered from high blood pressure and gas pressing toward my heart. I could neither bend over nor walk without pain. When I…
An Honest Herbalist
I suffered from high blood pressure, nervousness, headache, and pain in my back. My heart beat rapidly and noisily, and a very little work…
Gratitude by Mail
Almost every mail brings letters of gratitude to the FONG WAN HERB CO. from people whom they have never seen. While the authors of these…
Chinese Theories Regarding the Lungs
Shin Nong classified the lungs as belonging to the mineral element. Just as the heart controls the blood circulation, the lungs control the…
Colds and La Grippe
When one has a cold in any part or in the whole of the body, the passages of the pores are closed. As the internal heat cannot then escape…
Eczema Connected with the Lungs
A certain class of skin diseases is commonly known as Eczema. Because the pores of the skin work in unison with the lungs, germs and…
Asthma Due to the Lungs
When a chronic cold settles in the lungs, they become clogged with mucous congestion. This condition is known as Asthma. If the case is of…
Why Electro-Magnetic Treatments Do Harm
Neither the lungs nor the constitution in general of the cough and asthma sufferer are as strong as those of persons of average…
What Is Not Good to Eat
For thousands of years the Chinese people have believed that all the fowls (especially chicken) belong to the vegetation element. While…
Oranges Also Forbidden
The color of the orange is red; it belongs to the Fire Element. Its acid juice has a tendency to cause contraction. Therefore, oranges…
Catarrh Partly Due to the Lungs
Catarrh originates in the blood. When the lungs send up fever to the head, this fever condenses the moisture, which forms big -(41)chunks…
Chinese Theories Regarding Throat
DISEASES When equilibrium of power and balance is maintained in the working of the five elements, the human system is free from disease…
Influenza Doesn't Worry the Chinese
Just as in 1918, now again in 1927, people of various nations are worrying greatly over the Influenza, but the Chinese are scarcely paying…
Chronic Sore Throat Relieved
I suffered from a sore throat of long standing caused by an inflamed condition of the blood. I failed to get relief in any way until -(43)…
Tuberculosis Overcome
For about three years I suffered from a bad cough and sore chest. I tried many doctors, all of whom pronounced my case Tuberculosis. My…
A Systemic Cold
During the severe weather of last winter I contracted a cold that settled in my system. Every time I coughed it hurt my stomach. After two…
Consumption Prevented
I suffered from a chronic cough and sore chest. The doctor who tested my spitum declared that I had tubercular germs in my lungs. After…
Caught Cold Easily
For many months I had night sweats and caught cold easily. I was very weak. There was a dizziness in my head and a buzzing noise in my…
Troublesome Case of Eczema Relieved
For about two years I had Eczema on both hands. I tried everything in the medical line and several doctors, but gained no relief whatever…
Wan Herb Treatments
For over a year I had a sore chest and terrible cough day and night. It seemed that my head would burst every time I coughed. Numerous…
Catarrh Sufferer Relieved
Mr. Guy E. Boyce San Francisco, Calif.
Another Case of Asthma
For fifteen years I was a sufferer from Bronchial Asthma, from which I could find no relief. I underwent three operations, performed by…
Asthma, Cough and Gas
I suffered for a year with asthma, cough and gas in the stomach. I was so badly choked up that I could not lie down or sleep. I tried many…
Chronic Asthma Permanently Relieved
For ten long weary years, I suffered from Asthma, during which time I sought in vain for relief. Then, last winter, I heard of the FONG WAN…
Weakened by Influenza
About three years ago, I was left very weak after having suffered from Spanish Influenza and I contracted a cough, which settled on my…
J. J. Fiske
I suffered from a severe cough day and night for months. I could neither eat nor sleep and my bowels moved 10 to 15 times a day. -(48)- Had…
After Two Years of Asthma
After having suffered from Asthma for two years and tried many different things, I finally came to FONG WAN. I took his Herb Treatment for…
Sinus Inflammation Aftermath of a Cold
A bad cold left me with a terrible, continuous pain in my fore- ( head, from which I suffered day and night. For several weeks I tried in…
Chronic Case of Asthma Relieved
I suffered from Asthma for more than twenty years. I also had trouble with my kidneys. During this long period of time many physicians…
Asthma Relieved
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Lesion of the Lungs
About three years ago, I contracted a heavy cold followed by Pneumonia which left me with weak lungs. The least little draft would cause…
Catarrh Relieved and Blood Purified
I was troubled with catarrh, impure blood, and a distressing pain in my chest for some time. Failing to obtain relief elsewhere, I went to…
Serious Case of Asthma and Cough
For a long time I suffered from Asthma. My cough was so severe at night that I could scarcely sleep at all. I could neither eat sufficient…
Fifteen Years of Throat Trouble
I suffered from throat trouble for 15 years, during which time I could neither eat nor swallow without pain. I became very weak and was…
You Saved My Boy's Life
My boy, Manuel Pereira, was in the first stages of Consumption. He vomited everything he ate. The teacher excluded him from school. None of…
Joe Pereira
Is it possible for anyone to find relief from a persistent and agonizing cough? Well, I should say it is. Fourteen months ago I was down…
Regained Health After Long Suffering
After having been operated on for a Tumor in my neck, I had a cough day and night. After nine months the cut made by the doctor had not…
Yes, Indeed, You Can Stop That Cough
Oakland, Calif, For the past few months I have suffered from a severe cough. I was unable to get relief by taking any of the numerous cough…
Banished by the Fong Wan Herbs
To the best of my remembrance I suffered from Chronic Asthma for more than twenty years. I had become very weak indeed. During those long…
Mrs. J. W. Proctor
After having suffered some time from backache and a severe cough, it seemed as though my head would burst every time I coughed. Numerous…
Bronchitis and Asthma
Gentlemen: I have had Asthma and Bronchitis off and on for the last ten years. For the past three years my suffering was so severe that I…
Chronic Catarrh Relieved-Hearing
During all my life I had suffered from Catarrh, more or less. A few months ago it became so bad that my eyes and head ached terribly and I…
Freed from Cough
I had a cough for about a year. I became very weak and the doctors thought I had consumption. No treatment that I took did me any good.
First Stages of Consumption Checked
I had just gotten out of bed after a severe case of influenza and was in the first stages of tuberculosis. Now after sixteen weeks of the…
Genuine Relief of Asthma
For the past few years, I have suffered severely from Asthma. Every year I dreaded the coming of winter, for the cold weather affected me…
Fong Wan Herbalist
Dear Mr. Fong: Six weeks ago, what a terrible feeling I had then, and today I am healthy and ambitious as never before. It hardly seems…
Fifteen Years Suffering from Asthma
I suffered from asthma off and on for fifteen years. Finally it became so severe I was unable to sleep. I tried every remedy and some…
Combat Disease
Chinese Herbs properly compounded to combat disease may be compared to an army organized to attack an enemy. The Herbalist is the…
Saved His Teeth
Because of Inflammation of the Liver and Gall Bladder, I suffered with severe pain in my right side, which was badly swollen. Some doctors…
Many Ailments at Once
For years I had terrible monthly pains in my right side. I also had Liver and Gall Bladder Trouble which caused the pain to run clear…
Iron Worker
For about four and one-half years I suffered from Dysentery. I gradually grew worse and finally became so ill that for three years I was…
Boy Suffered from Piles
This is to certify that my boy George had suffered from piles and impure blood for nearly five years. All medical treatment failed to…
Fistulas and Piles
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…
Years of Misery
My liver and gall bladder kept me in great misery for years. Although I tried doctors and as many remedies as I knew about, I got no…
Rejoice in Restored Health
This is to certify that my case of gall stones was pronounced "incurable without an operation," but that after having taken the FONG WAN…
Mrs. G. H. Phillips
I want to add a word to my wife's testimonial, and say that when I came to the FONG WAN HERB CO. two weeks ago, I was suffering from…
Protruding Piles and Bleeding Bowels
For about five years I suffered agonies from Protruding Piles and Bleeding Bowels. Although I took numerous kinds of medicine and was…
Floriano B. Reviere
For about three years I suffered from Dysentery. My bowels moved almost continually. I had from 10 to 25 evacuations daily, which were…
The Fong Wan Herbs
While in the U. S. Army I suffered greatly with Bleeding Bowels and Protruding Piles. I was treated by Army Doctors without effect and…
Praises Fong Wan's Skill
A little over three years ago, I had terrible attacks of pain due to Liver and Gall Bladder trouble. After I had tried doctors here and…
Chinese Theories Regarding The
KIDNEYS The kidneys are those organs of the human system that resemble the water in the ocean. They distribute nourishment through the body…
No Excuse for Aching Teeth
While it is a great blessing to have good, sound teeth, it is a calamity not to have them. For thousands of years, the Chinese Theories…
Kidney Trouble Relieved
I had kidney trouble for a long time. I tried different doctors and remedies without their doing me any good. One old Chinese doctor here…
Over Health Regained
During all the years since my return from the World War I was in a rundown condition with pain in the kidneys and I did not feel at ail…
Pain in Kidney
For several years I had a pain in my left kidney. I suffered so terribly that I could scarcely do any work at all. I lived in Seattle…
Suffered Eleven Years
For eleven years I suffered from Kidney and Bladder Trouble. I could not pass urine without tears of pain. I had to go every few minutes…
Rolled in Sleepless Agony
For several weeks past I had pain in my kidneys at night. I rolied about in my bed and could not sleep because of the agony of my…
J. W. Cooper
For several years I suffered from Bladder Trouble and Weak Kidneys, during which time I was unable to obtain relief. I took the FONG WAN…
Frank Correo
Ten years ago I had Malaria which left me with a twinging pain in my left kidney and running around my left side. Before I came to Oakland…
A Case of Terrible Human Suffering
After an operation on my breast and the birth of my child, I had an awful attack of kidney trouble due to childbirth. The nerves on…
Mr. Haskell Completely Relieved
Mr. H. Haskell was very much discouraged after two months of the Fong Wan Herb treatment and wished to quit. He was urged to continue the…
Well at Last
My son Harold had been troubled with bloody urine for several years. He tried a number of physicians, but not one seemed able to do him any…
Pain Gone from Kidneys
For years, I had a pain in my back that ran down into my legs; and throughout my life my blood circulation had been poor. I was unable to…
Kidney Trouble and Rheumatism
Last winter I suffered with terrible Rheumatic pains in my back and legs. At night the agony prevented me from sleeping. My bladder and…
Well 11 Years
When I first met FONG WAN at Eighth and Clay streets, Oakland, eleven years ago, I was suffering from Kidney Trouble and Rheumatism. The…
Disappeared; Got Life Insurance
For many years I had not felt strong. More recently, however, my strength seemed to fail daily. I found myself more tired in the morning…
Pain in Back Gone
For the last four months I had a pain in my back. The doctors said it was Rheumatism and that the trouble was caused by the Kid- -(77)- F…
Kidneys Made New
I suffered from Kidney Trouble for many years. My back pained me so that it was torture to move around, and my head and eyes were…
Freed from Kidney and Bladder Trouble
For some time I suffered with my kidneys and bladder. After having tried in vain to secure relief elsewhere, I finally came to the FONG WAN…
Practical Nurse Testifies That She Took
Nine years ago, I suffered fearfully with Sciatic Rheumatism, due to disordered kidneys. My condition was such that I could scarcely walk…
Self and Friends Relieved
I had trouble with my kidneys and passed bloody urine for some time, being unable to get relief anywhere. However, after having taken the…
Pain in Left Side
For more than a year I had a pain in my left side which ran back to the kidneys. I could not lie on that side at night. After I had sought…
Earthquake Similar to Nervous Attacks
The globe upon which we live is made up of the five principal elements; viz., the mineral, vegetation, water, fire, and earth elements. The…
Blood Pressure Vanquished
As far as I remember, I suffered from high blood pressure and neuritis pains in both shoulders for about 20 years. I doctored in various…
Arm Suddenly Paralyzed
One day, as I was walking across the floor carrying a bucket of water, I had a paralytic stroke, and my right arm was paralyzed in a…
A Case of Rheumatic Paralysis in Oakland
I suffered terribly from a sort of Rheumatic Paralysis. Before I had the stroke I was a worker in the Moore Shipyards and I weighed 180…
Saved All Her Teeth
I had Rheumatism and Heart Trouble for more than a year. My heart beat fast, with noise and severe pain. My doctor advised me not to try to…
Fong Wan Herbs
Just about three years ago I had a stroke of paralysis in my left arm. It was painful day and night. Not only was I unable to move my arm…
Now Works Steadily
I suffered intensely with Rheumatic pains in my right arm and in my right leg from the thigh down. I was unable to secure relief, -(85)and…
Quickly Relieved
During the past eight months I suffered from rheumatism in my hands and legs. Although I tried various remedies and doctors, I obtained no…
Neuritis and Rheumatism
I suffered from Neuritis (inflammation of the nerves) in the back of my head, the pain extending upward from the spine. The pain was so…
Quick and Permanent Relief
I have been a Rheumatic sufferer for some time. The stiffness and pain in my left leg became so severe that I could scarcely move around…
Years of Neuritis
I suffered long from Neuritis and Rheumatism and had tried many remedies without results. I am happy to say, however, that two months of…
Got No Relief
So declared Mr. R. Lewis, formerly proprietor of the large jewelry store at Eleventh and Washington streets, in the center of Oakland…
His Unsolicited Testimonial
For several years I was troubled with nervous attacks. I visited the most prominent physicians in both Oakland and San Francisco without…
R. Lewis
I suffered from rheumatism in both legs, which were so badly crippled that I could scarcely move. No relief was obtainable through the use…
Highly of Fong Wan Herbs
All my life I have been a sufferer from excruciating pains in my legs and arms which came upon me at various times. I probably inherited…
Two Years of Neuritis
I suffered with Neuritis in both my shoulders and my arms for two years. Failing to get relief elsewhere, I went to the FONG WAN HERB CO…
Could Not Hold Fork
I suffered with Neuritis in my left arm and leg for more than two years and was unable to walk without pain. During a few weeks of…
Analysis Does Not Show Kidney Trouble
For years I visited the most prominent opticians for Cross Eyes and Dizziness. I spent a great deal of money, but with no relief. I went to…
Permanently Relieved
Off and on for over a year I had Stomach Trouble. No matter what I ate or drank, I belched gas and the food came up sour. In addition to…
A Well Woman
For years I suffered so from Rheumatic Paralysis that I was unable to leave my bed. My hands and face were swollen and I had agonizing…
Feet Aflame
Mr. Louie Storm rejoices over recovery from burning feet. His testimonial follows:
Louie Storm
For more than a year I suffered from Rheumatism and Neuritis. I also suffered from Constipation, and there was a pain in my chest that ran…
A Bonanza at Last
For more than 10 years I suffered from nervousness and heart trouble. I doctored during all this time but could secure relief nowhere…
Chinese Theories Regarding the Blood
The blood is the vital fluid that circulates through the arteries and veins of the human system. By reason of the derangement of one or all…
Chinese Theories Regarding Dropsy
Because we draw our sustenance from Nature, if there is anything wrong with our bodies we must look for relief to Nature's way of healing…
Free from Blood Disease
For more than ten years I suffered from Blood Disease. I had sores on various parts of my body and running pains. I tried numerous doctors…
General Blood Disorders
Torturing skin eruptions and impure blood were a drawback to me for years. Having gotten no relief anywhere and having heard through a…
Years of Doctoring
I suffered from many sores due to impurities of the blood. I had tried in vain for fifteen years to get relief. After taking four months of…
Blood Purified
Due to blood impurities, I was broken out with sores, and pimples appeared on my face. Besides using drugs, I tried four doctors, but…
Frank Cave
About five years ago I was stricken with a terrible disease, which baffled the attending physicians. A Blood Specialist was therefore…
Blood Disorders
During the long period of thirty years I suffered untold agonies from painful eruptions due to impurities of the blood. I went from one…
Mrs. Kenney
After I had suffered for some time from disorders of the blood, a running sore broke out, and I was afraid that I should never get well. A…
Genuine Relief from Blood Disorders
Beginning in 1915, I suffered from Blood Disorders. My blood test was three plus positive, showing that it was very heavily charged with…
P. Oliver
I suffered from Dropsy for some time. My breath was so short that I could neither breathe, sleep, nor lie down without pain. I had a cough…
Weak, Rundown, and in Pain
For more than a year I was in a very weak and rundown condition. Finally, in the latter part of December, 1925, some boils broke out in my…
Labors Long Hours
After years of most acute suffering from which no doctor was able to give me relief, I finally gave up hope and quit taking anything. I was…
Saved My Life
I suffered from Dropsy in the trunk of my body and in my limbs, which were so badly swollen that I could neither eat, drink, sleep, nor…
Boils and High Blood Pressure
From boyhood I have suffered from boils due to impure blood. My blood pressure was so high that for a long time I had severe headaches and…
Blood on Fire
I suffered greatly with burning pains in my legs. When I walked any distance the burning became more intense. I tried numerous remedies…
Cross Eyes Due to Blood Poisoning
For about eight months I was confined to the house and part of the time to my bed with an exceedingly strange malady. My face and the upper…
Causes of Various Ailments
Shin Nong likened the human system unto the universe. As all life is dependent upon Nature for sustenance, he concluded that in the body of…
How Herbs Stop Pain Without Drugs
Chinese Herbs stop pain by eradicating the following causes: 1. Poisonous inflammation causes congestion of the blood in one place, which…
Chinese Theories Regarding Cancer
For thousands of years, the Chinese have believed that Cancers are caused by inflammation and by poison in the blood. When any of the five…
Chinese Methods of Prevention And
HEALING When a cancer begins, it commences to swell, to have pain and fever, and to form lumps. At this stage, if the herbs are compounded…
Wonderful Relief from Terrible
For the past three years I did not know what it was to be free from pain. My pains finally became so severe that I consulted one -(108)of…
Mrs. E. Dickey
Mr. Frank Duarte is now a butcher at Centerville. In 1918 he had seven cancers and boils cut out. The eighth came on the right side of his…
Cancer Removed; Never Returned
For months I suffered with Cancers on the side of my neck. 1 underwent seven operations and had the cancer removed, but it was immediately…
Cancer Prevented
I suffered with several lumps under my arms, and the glands in my breast and arms pained so that I could not sleep at night. Moreover, I…
Had Four Cancers
Beginning in April, 1922, I suffered with four cancers, two of which were on my hands and the other two on my foot. For a year I was in…
Heeded Mother's Advice
For more than a year I suffered with Hemorrhage from a Tumor. During this period I was treated by several physicians, all of whom agreed…
Tumor Overcome
For about a year, I had a tumor on my right side that was so painful I could hardly walk. I consulted many physicians, but none of them…
Cancer Removed Without the Knife
After an accident I suffered with injured, bleeding kidneys. My health was very much impaired. I had pains in the back of my neck and…
William a. Lentz
Mr. M. Silva, who was proprietor of the lunch counter at the Moore Shipyards, suffered from the same kind of Cancer as did Mr. Lentz. He…
Deputy Sheriff's Statement
I suffered from Nervous Headache and Deafness. My health was so poor that I was unable to do anything. I had tried many doctors and had…
Entire Family Relies Upon Fong Wan
We first made the acquaintance of FONG WAN in the early spring -(113)of 1916, when he was located at Eighth and Clay Streets. My husband…
Methods Failed
For about four years, my daughter Virginia had a very sore growth on her thigh, which extended over an area four inches wide and six inches…
Cross Eyes Straightened
For months I was cross-eyed and I saw everything double. Naturally, I could do no work. During those awful months I went to nine different…
J. B. Pintar
This is to certify that I had inflammation in my right eye so badly that I could bear no light, and in the mornings could not see at all. I…
Inflammation of Eye Overcome; Sight
My eyes were inflamed for about six months and the pain was so great that many nights I could not sleep. Because of the severity of the…
Hemorrhage of Long Standing
I had Hemorrhage from a Tumor off and on for several months. Although I tried many physicians, none could do me any good without resort to…
Could Not Stop Bleeding
A little over a year ago, a heavy piece of timber fell on my back. I was in the hospital for a month, but I was so badly injured that I…
Completely Relieved by Fong Wan Herbs
For fourteen years after child birth I suffered from hemorrhages off and on, until a litle over a year ago. My condition grew so bad that I…
Found Relief Both Times
About four years ago I was suffering from Swollen Legs and Pain in my Back. Although I doctored everywhere, I experienced no benefit. I…
Misery from a Sore Leg
For thirty-five years I suffered untold pain and misery from a sore leg. Through my daughter, I learned of the FONG WAN HERB CO., and three…
Recovers from Swollen Leg
My leg swelled up suddenly and became so bad that I could not pull my pants over it. The suffering was terrible. I am a contractor and was…
Fifteen Years of Epileptic Fits
I suffered from Epileptic Fits with nervous attacks every day for fifteen years. I was afraid to go anywhere alone. Many times I bit my…
Strength Regained
Several months ago I strained my back. It was very painful and got worse every day. My general health was affected and I became so weak…
Suffered Unnecessarily
At intervals, I suffered severe pleurisy pain which began in the right side of my chest and ran around under my arm into my shoulder blade…
Mrs. F. Cathcart
My nephew had Meningitis and was isolated in a hospital over in San Francisco. I was told he was so sick that he might die. I went to the…
Profits by Neighbor's Experience
I had High Blood Pressure, Palpitation of the Heart, Congestion in my Chest, and Numbness of my Hands and Limbs. I was very much…
St. Vitus Dance
2 pages
Terrible Headaches
While I was working in a nursery at Niles, I suffered from shingles on my right side and running around to my back. I was in such torture…
Two Similar Cases Within a Month
After many years of illness, I regained my health in four weeks by drinking the FONG WAN CHINESE HERB TEA. I had previously gone to most of…
Her Trouble
For many months I suffered intensely from a pain in my right side, and I finally became so ill and weak that for two months I was confined…
Ethel Kraft
Oakland, Calif. had a severe sprain in my back from which I suffered for fully four years. It was torture to move around. I was treated by…
Hernia-Delivered from the Knife
I had suffered from rupture (Hernia) for about a year, and with terrible burning itchings and eruptions for five months. I consulted…
Twenty Years of Headache
I suffered with headaches for 20 years, but was not able to get any relief until I came to the FONG WAN HERBALIST. I took his herbs for…
Appendicitis Permanently Relieved
I suffered from Appendicitis on and off for years. When the pain became too severe I could not work. Having sought permanent relief in…
Discouraged and Downhearted
My boy had weak kidneys. Because of frequent bed-wetting he was very much discouraged and downhearted. I was suffering from constipation…
Quick Relief
I suffered for many months from five lumps under my chin, but was entirely rid of them in two weeks by drinking the FONG WAN HERB TEA. Then…
Chronic Hay Fever
For about fifteen years I suffered from Hay Fever and Catarrh. I usually sneezed from 30 to 50 times a day. I had tried numerous remedies…
Sore on Foot
This is to certify that I suffered from a running sore on my foot for thirty years. At times the pain was so severe that I could not stand…
A. Wickstrom
In the summer of 1922, while I was attending the seven-day Conference of the Presbyterian Young People at San Anselmo, in the midst of my…
The Fong Wan Herbalist
6 pages
Peculiar Drinking Habits
People of different nationalities have diverse ideas about drinking. The Chinese people generally drink hot tea in all kinds of weather…
Bamboo Leaves
Bamboos flourish along the river banks and in the lowlands of Southern China just as Oak trees grow everywhere on the Pacific Coast…
Peanut Oil
In the various nations, the kinds of grease used in cooking the daily food are very different. No other nation has a grease that compares…
Chinese Dishes
NOTE:- The Chinese eat but two hearty meals a day, while at noon they take only a light lunch which may consist of steam patties, conge, a…
Plain Chop Suey
One-half pound fresh pork. 2 pieces red ginger (Heung Keung). 2 pieces Chinese Green Pickle (Cha Kwa). 1 medium sized onion.
Bean Curd with Pork
NOTE-Chinese Bean Curd Cakes are made fresh every day, and contain much the same nutriment as do the white of eggs. Fry together in oil 12…
Chinese Noodles
Break into short lengths 1 bunch (one-half pound) Chinese noodles. Boil in plenty of hot water till soft. Strain through colander, and wash…
Goes Back to School
I had a high fever and a sick stomach and was so dizzy that I almost fainted. When I could not get relief anywhere else, my father took me…
Owes Her Life to Fong Wan Herbs
I have been a sufferer with valvular trouble of the heart for some time. I became so ill that my doctors, who were many, gave me but a week…
Almost Unbelievable
For two months I suffered pain under my ribs on both sides. Then I was taken down with la grippe. With the pains and the la grippe…
Sore Throat and Cancer of the Navel
I had a very sore throat and the doctor pronounced it a case of Diphtheria. I was unable either to eat or to even drink milk or water. My…
Chinese Theories Regarding the Liver
Because the liquid in the gall bladder and the juices secreted by the liver are greenish, thus resembling the vegetation element in color…
Failed to Get Relief Elsewhere
For many years I had a pain in my right side in the region of my Gall Bladder and Liver. The doctors said I was in a Tumorous Condition…
Kidneys Cause Dizziness and Noises
During the past seven or eight months I have been subject to dizzy spells and high blood pressure. I was in a hospital for some time, but…
J. a. Lewis
I suffered intensely from Kidney Trouble, the pain running from my back around to my right side. Although I had been treated in the…
Feels Like a New Man
For more than two years I suffered from blood poisoning due to the improper functioning of my kidneys. The pain in my back was so severe…
Paralysis, Neuritis, Convulsions
These ailments originate from similar causes and belong to the same family of diseases. Rheumatism is the more common of the five. The…
Symptoms of the Coming of Earthquakes And
Here in the Bay Regions, just before the earthquakes of both 1906 and 1926, the atmosphere was close, stuffy, and overheated. There was…
Wonderful Relief from Rheumatism
This is to certify that for many years I suffered from Rheumatism in my hands, joints, shoulders, back and legs. For a long time I was…
Traveled Hundreds of Miles for Treatment
For years I suffered from Rheumatism and severe pain in my back and limbs. I could neither walk nor sit down without intense pain. My…
Itching Hands and Legs
Owing to impurity of the blood, for the past two years I have -(97)— been terribly annoyed with itchings in my hands and legs. Although I…
Entire Family
For more than two months I had constant pain and swelling in my left eye, a very severe cough with terrible pain from my chest through the…
Prostate Gland Entails 20 Years
For twenty years, I suffered with the Prostate Gland. I doctored nearly all this time, but made no improvement whatever. Nevertheless…