FONG WAN - Library

CHAPTER XII
THE HERBALIST AND HIS SUGGESTIONS
REGARDING DRINKING AND EATING
THE FONG WAN HERBALIST
Fong Wan, who is now middle aged, has long been recognized as
the most successful herbalist in the Western Hemisphere. Thousands
of persons on the Pacific Coast give him credit for their restoration to
health. He is perhaps the most widely recommended Chinese herbalist
in the United States. In fact, approximately ninety-five per cent of
those who come to him for healing do so upon the recommendation of
former patrons. He works from early in the morning until long after
dark, and although he has many assistants, he gives his personal atten-
tion to every case. In addition to being a learned Chinese scholar with
an extensive knowledge of Chinese Materia Medica, Fong Wan both
reads and speaks English with great facility. He is straightforward
and courteous in his business dealings. He combines up-to-date meth-
ods with those of the ancients, thus assuring the quickest possible re-
lief, and he supplies his patrons with fresh herbs of first quality at
moderate prices. Personally, Fong Wan is a man of excellent health,
remarkable vigor, and energy. Never for even a day has he been kept
from his work by illness. His main purpose in life is to relieve suffer-
ing, and to that end he devotes himself almost exclusively. He neither
smokes, drinks, plays cards, nor takes a hand in any gambling or lot-
tery game. He keeps himself 100 per cent efficient. When confronted
with an especially difficult or unusual case, he pores over the ancient
books far into the night. He loves his profession and gives himself to
it unstintingly.
The foundation of Fong Wan's remarkable success was laid years
ago, when, while yet a school-boy, he lived and worked with his uncle,
Dr. Wan, otherwise known as Wan See Mon. Dr. Wan was one of
those who successfully passed the old Imperial Chinese literary exami-
nations of the first degree of Medicine. Later, he passed other exami-
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