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power. They quench the body's internal fever and cause the five
principal elements) of which the body is composed to work evenly
through the blood circulation. Therefore, one who drinks these soups
does not need other and less beneficial drinks. Some of the more
common and less expensive soups that Fong Wan numbers among his
favorites are: Chinese mustard green with or without pork; Sz Kwa
melon with bean curd; and large white bean sprouts boiled with pork.
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. Although the climate of Southern China is very hot, the leaves
of the bamboo are always green, and no matter how oppressive the
weather may be, one does not feel the heat of the summer sun under
the bamboo shade. The bamboo leaves shut out the summer heat.
The green color of the bamboo leaves belongs to the Vegetation
Element, and when taken into the human system, the leaves cool the
blood by acting upon the liver. A special kind of delicate bamboo
leaves is often used in herb treatments for relieving cases of over-
heated blood, of inflamed nerves, and of severe headache.
Just as Nature provides the bamboo shade as a protection from the
heat of the sun, so do the bamboo leaves, when added to a herb treat-
ment, cool the blood and allay the inflammation of the nerves in the
head and upper part of the body. Bamboo leaves are good for head-
ache, inflamed eyes, hot flashes, fever, etc. Bamboo shoots are used
extensively in Chinese dishes.
BEAN SPROUTS ARE HOLY FOOD
The process of sprouting small green beans in pure water at an even
temperature until the sprouts attain a length of one and one-half inches
was originated by.Buddhist Nuns in China. Because these pious sisters
did not believe in eating the bloody flesh of slain animals, they sought
some food which would afford them ample nourishment. Finally, they
solved the problem by sprouting the tiny green beans.
When they had more sprouts than they could use, they gave the
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