Preface
Ever since ancient times, the mountains and rivers
of the earth have served to nurture all living things.
Human beings rely on natural resources to grow strong,
to cure diseases and promote longevity, to carry on
their family line, and to pursue health and beauty.
In ancient China, the Chinese people came to understand
through thousands of years of experience that the
way to health and beauty lay first in compliance
with the course of nature and then in the consumption
of natural foods. A proverb goes that Providence
nurtures human beings with all things. The surrounding
trees, flowers, and grass serve not only to entertain
human beings, but also to make them grow strong
and beautiful.
My late father Chen Sher worked as a Chinese medicine
doctor in Taiwan for forty years. He once served
as the chairman of Tainan Chinese Medicine Doctors
Association. In his spare time, he was fond of collecting
and studying health prescriptions as an auxiliary
to his treatment of diseases or for the consumption
of interested ladies and gentlemen to make them
healthy and beautiful. His prescriptions vary widely
in their effects. Some help improve physical qualities
while others beautify and strengthen the human body.
Each of them has its unique effect.
To keep them in existence, this document is compiled
and published. I hereby write a preface.
Chao-hsiung Chen
Editor of Dr. Chen's Herbal Tea
Eldest son of Dr. Chen Sher
Chairman of Tainan City Lawyers Association
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