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When a person craves sour food, his liver has need of them. The kid-
neys and the bladder belong to the water 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 at-
tracted by the different colors. If any organ in the human body fails to
function properly, Nature's herbal remedies are required
to revitalize it.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DRUG AND A HERB
Naturally,when we look at the words "drug" and "herb," we think
of them as being related. Each consists of four letters. There, how-
ever, the resemblance ends. A herb is an organic substance of vegeta-
ble origin. It has life and it supplies nourishment for the building up
and strengthening of the body. It also eliminates poisons from the human
system. A herb is a food, which, if eaten correctly, eradicates and
prevents many ailments. A herb belongs to the vegetation element and
can be grown in many different localities. It has no habit-forming or
other bad effects.
A drug is usually of mineral origin and is an inorganic substance.
Sometimes, however, a drug is derived from vegetables or herbs, but
only through a chemical process. It has no life and has a deadening or
killing effect. A drug is frequently a poison which at times is used to
destroy other poisons. Therefore, the after effects are often harmful.
THEY SEE NO SMOKE; THEY SAY THERE'S NO FIRE
Extracts of various Chinese herbal remedies have been subjected to
chemical processes in order to precipitate their elements. However,
many kinds of herbs and roots show nothing in the test tube; conse-
quently, the chemists cannot determine their uses. For example a
chemist is never able to discover the elements in the Ginseng Root
which is a wonderful remedy in building up the air circulation in the
body. For the past fifty centuries, the Chinese have used Ginseng Root
to strengthen the air circulation and have combined it with other herbal
remedies to improve the blood circulation.
Articles written by chemists or pharmacists frequently appear in the
newspapers ridiculing the Chinese as being superstitious in believing
that Ginseng has great medicinal value. Because these writers cannot
ree the curling of the smoke, they say there is no fire.
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