Thanks, Roz,
Yes, I have a friend who is a medical doctor, working for Roche in China. His job is basically to examine Chinese medicinal substances and determine if there's anything there that Western medicine can use. They're finding all sorts of traditional medications that really do work. (Not deer's penis or rhino horn, yet, thank goodness

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I've probably got some of this stuff growing outside my place!
all the best.