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knowledge of their properties, they work wonders in the regeneration
of the body.
No creature can live without vegetation. Because of lack of vegeta-
tion 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
doubts this statement can make the test by ordering Chinese dishes in
accordance with the advice of the Fong Wan Specialist.
The whole-
some and delicious Chinese Herb dishes are unequaled in body-building
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 focd 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. Futhermore, 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 mate-
rial 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 cor-
respond 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 rep-
resents 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.
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