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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. When these herbs are compounded by our Specialist, who has an extensive knowledge of their properties, they work wonders in the regeneration of the body.

No creature can live without vegetation. Because of lack of vegetation on the great deserts, there is no animal life. Vegetation that is mild in taste is used for man's daily food. Some vegetation of sour or bitter taste possesses curative power and is valuable as a corrective.

Hundreds of varieties of herbs are used as foods. Anyone who -(5)doubts this statement can make the test by ordering Chinese dishes in accordance with the advice of the Fong Wan Specialist. The wholesome and delicious Chinese Herb dishes are unequaled in bodybuilding value by any other foods. A table for 8 persons costs about $30.

We have heard many persons say: "I have no confidence in herbs." These people do not stop to think that 99 per cent of their daily food is of vegetable origin, and that even fish, meat, milk, butter, and sugar come under this head. If there were no vegetation, neither cattle nor fish could subsist. It would seem as if those people who do not believe in herbs do not believe in the wisdom of God, who gives us vegetation so freely. Furthermore, how can they believe that their strength and vitality can be maintained by eating three meals a day?

Besides our common food and the remedial herbs, the building material and furniture of our homes and the beautiful flowers in our gardens all belong to the vegetation element. Without vegetation, there would be no fuel; neither could minerals be welded into instruments. The colors of flowers attract the human sense of sight. They correspond to the colors of the human organs. Green, besides being the most prevalent and most restful color, has the greatest attraction for the human eye. Green is the vegetation color. The liver belongs to the vegetation of the body. Therefore, the liver is also attracted by the color green. The Chinese believe that the colors in the eyes represent the colors of the internal organs. For instance, the color of the iris represents the color of the liver; the white of the eye represents the light color of the lungs; and the dark pupil represents the color and strength of the kidneys. Therefore, various colors attract not only the human eye, but also the senses of the internal organs.

Why do children like sweets? Because the stomach and the spleen are yellow, thus resembling the color of the earth element. The taste of the earth is sweet; therefore, the stomach and the spleen naturally develop earlier and with greater rapidity than any of the other organs. Children like sweet things almost immediately after birth. The liver belongs to the vegetation element. The taste of vegetation is sour. When a person craves sour foods, his liver has need of them. The kidneys and the bladder belong to the water -(6)element. The taste of urine and of water is salty. When a person craves salt, the kidneys and the bladder are in need of it. Just as the organs crave various food elements, even so are they attracted by the different colors. If any organ in the human body fails to function properly, Nature's herbal remedies are required to revitalize it.