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OGDEN STANDARD EXAMINEE SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 20 1930 -- f IF 7 fcfg Scut The Very Simple and “Easyto Follow” Rules of Health Which This Remarkable Chinaman Claims to Have Used for v t So-Call- ’A'MA ed Xv v Two-and-a-H- Fhese Two Photographs Show tlie Close Resemblance Between the Chinese and the Modern American Girl's Method of Curing fleart Disease and Exhaustion by the Simultaneous Exercise of trim Hips and Legs able and Sacred of Medicines Both for Cures- and for Prolonging life - who are SCIENTISTS the secret of longevity have been playing great interest in the claims of a Chinaman who asserts he is 252 years old and still feels - Prolonging :zh£s$£ The Precious Ginseng Flerb or Form of Man” of China Because the Roots Resemble the Human Shape This Strange flerb Is Regarded by the Chinese as the ' Most Valu- F'J'": alf w ' Centuries V ' dis- j i young' Recent r V ' vV ' ' v v - s' ' ‘ ' 1 -- than u ach and liver bother you sit on the d and exercise by floor one! arm then the other’ first raising while bringing the other arm across" a the stomach If your heart does not work prop- -' erly or you are - losing! weight and suffer from fever accompanied by a exercise byj raising both great thirst as high as you can throwing back the head Repeat this until re- lieved jj When you fee) weak sit cross-leggand bring jboth hands tojth shoulder cross-legge- dispatches from Peiping China related how no less an au- - thority jii Figure Above and the American Girl at Left Are! Both Shown Stretching the Arms and Body to Cure Intestinal Distress and j to Induce Relaxation end Sourtd Sleep 4 Hie Chinese Pro- - g? - I ’ j ed He has prominent ears and white more a than century ago” During his eventful life he has managed to find no less women who were than twenty-fou- r Twenty-thre- e him to marry willing of these have passed away and the a woman of' sixty years twenty-fourt- h of age finds her husband more sprightly than herself His home is at Kaisen In Sczechwan ’ Province but at present he is being entertained at Hojupou by‘Wu Pei-f- u who was the war lord at the head of the Chinese armies which a few years -- asra we re busily engaged in civil wars hke (everybody else is Wu Pei-f- u old man trying to find the studying oiit the secret of hxs longevity and all he gets out of him is “ Herbs” — herbs and built man a beard festor “ Wo C h ung - Chieh dean of the De- -' partment Bdaca tion of rsi ty had M inkuo at Uni-r- e found records' which showed that Li was born in 1677 These records also explained that Li had received official felicitation of the Chinese - Government upon reaching his 150th birthday in 1827'? and again in 1877 on his 200th birthday What is interesting scientists as well as all persons in whom lurks the spirit of Ponce de Leon is not only the authenticity of this report but also the secret of the Chinaman’s obviously extreme old age There have been many widely opposing theories as to the best methods of living to what is popularly ' termed “a ripe old age” The wise Greek admonition to be moderate in all things hasn’t helped much because it has been too general and not sufficiently specific in France a few days ago Dr Alexandre Gueniot member of the French Academy explained that he had lived to the age of -- ' 98 and was still fit and vigorous because he learned how to breathe corIt rectly Other old men have insisted — still a diet wasdue to vegetarian others claimed plenty of meat had In the United States helped them physical culture of some sort or an- other is urged however eschews all of these theories He attributes his vigor and length of life to the use of certain herbs which contain vitamins for which scientists the whole world over have been looking — particularly during the past ten years lies irf the The significance of this fact that Western scientists have been skeptical about the Chinese faith in the value of herbs as medicines Yet the old age of the Chinaman who in this case has records to back his claims has aroused their curiosity The descriptions of him which have been sent to the United States are almost fantastic In spite of his alleged is a sturdily 252 years ” v which “turned plenty ercise The most famous herb in China incidentally Is the ginseng or “Form of Man” The roots of the herb require many years to develop and then assume shapes very much like the human It was discovered by the Chinese ages ago in the wild mountains of Man-- churia It is treasured jit China as the most valuable of medicines and as much as ten thousand dollars has been very old root paid for a - Because singleroot was held sacred the its use was reserved at first for the royal family only It is gathered even today with many superstitious ceremonies Prayers and invocations to the gods for protection ae the accom- paniment of the uprooting of a single Each specimen when discovered tie filament or rootlet is carefully cleared so that not a fragment is torn when at last all the earth ha been dug away from around it Today ginseng is used in many ways by the Chinese especially as a tea which is held to be an excellent tonic for invalids While Occidental scientists have questioned the value of ' I " ' 7 repeatedlyr i If there is nothing the matter with you but' you want to remain well sit '477 - 1 1 ! 'V ffji raise both hands!jto jthe ears uteathe deeply and repeal this exercise’ Another method of keeping yourself in a good conditions is to sit and place both hands on thehipssway to the left and right whilst you breathe deeply Should you feel £izzyfbare the upper part of the body place both hands to your ears and breathe deeply until relieved If the head feel heavy giving you the sensationofwanting to sleep sit down raise yoptr hands over your head clasping the palms and as you breathe deeply the heaviness will pass away Those suffering from! pains in the knees disturbance in$ne chest should sit dowh on theJloor and taking one foot in both ' hands raise first that foot then the other while breathing deeply If one leg is strained the breathing is labored-anyou have pains in the stomach sit on X one leg extending the other and vice ‘ s versa until relief comesi If you think you have? heart disease' pains and “that tired feeling' sit with your hands on both knees r breathe deeply' and you will feeljbetter A bitter taste in the 'mouth or cold sweats bothr can be cured by (getting Idown-oknees bending forward until the hands touch the floor and then back again’ Another form of exercise is to throw the hands back of yout-heaup feet up t Accompany this with 'doses of cinnabar and alum in cold water- If the sdles of the feet an$ palms of the hands feel feverish sitf quietly with the hands over one knee breathing -tv " deeply For curing congestion' of the lungs tightness of the chest the Chinese Idea is to raise the hands qne at a time above the head breathing deeply until: is relief comes Another method raise both hands above-- the - head re- peatedlv breathing deeply Those who are restless should ktahd raise both hands above thei head breathing prof foundly until quieted These exercises are very ancient running back to 2698 B Candthe time suppleof the Emperor Hoang Ti mented the use of the terbs to which Li attributes his long life and health down cc - at the Left Is Duplicating the Chinese Method of Curing Chest and Luna Troubles One Arm at by Rapidly-RaisinITie Girl g a Time While Breathing Deeply penetrating the pores of the skin Incidentally it is of interest to note that in the religions of China there are -- I'M gods of healing and drugs associated with the seventy-tw- o Oddly great Buddhas one of the enough JUJUST Chinese hells is resented especially for physciana and another for drugThe thirteenth gists hell of Chinese mythology is devoted to compelling the victims to swallow very hot and disagreeable drugs So’ it is no wonder that the Western world of medicine and science generally should be inclined to scoff at the Chinese ideas on health cures Superstition it will be said plays too laree a part in the Orient Yet side by side with his use of herbs Li has made use of some of the exercises for aiding in removdiseases or preventing them They ing are not so very different from our bwn methods adopted in gymnasiums (and in homes before the radio) throughout the Occidental world The Chinese for instance hold that by baring the chest the heat of theblood is increased thus aiding in curIf the chest is kept lng any ailment bare and the arms are raised until they meet this exercise will help to remove asthmatic congestions and pains as well as internal troubles If you have insomnia or nightmares the Chinese advise you to sit on the floor or ground reach over and catch hold of your bare feet repeating the exercise until you have normal sleep If the system is sluggish and the stom- twenty-nin- e ginseng a special study was made of it in a Russran laboratory The results while not yet conclusive indicate that some valuable ingredients lie in the Their absolute curing and ginseng strengthening power however has not been determined It was perhaps while studying to be a pharmacist in his youth that old learned of the value of herbs He had to study among other things the famous Chinese treatises on “Pun Tsao” or “The Great HerbaL” This is so extensive a subject that it takes up some forty volumes citing not less than 1000 authorities on the use of herbs found in China Dating back to a period long before the Chris- tian era the lore of ages was preserved in these I pages Superstition and religion of course also entered into the herbal theories The god of of the aged Chinaman medicine among the Chinese is Shen Nung in whose name all the cures arebrought about To this god is attrbttted the modern use of goose grease for rubbing on the chest to help a cold The physiologists of our day in fact agree with the ' Chinese that goose grease has a most remarkable power of d 1 time-honor- "vl n J -- ! d ed - 1 - f ? 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