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I was keen in cosmetic during my teen, especially those related to Chinese herbs.

Once I was busy in making the cosmetic cream. My mother found it and she asked me what I was making. I told her that I was making the cosmetic cream. She warned me that not to anyhow apply on my face. It might make it worse.

My mother said that I was already good looking. Why I needed to apply the cream?
I told my mother that I applied the cream on my face because I might get hurt if it was not working. If it was good, then I could tell others how to make it.

When my son was in his teen, I got a prescription for growing taller. I brought it to the Chinese Herb shop. The big sister asked me what that was for. I told her that would be used to boil the chicken soup for my son helping him to grow taller. She looked at the prescription, then she nodded her head. She told me that to take it once a month.

Usually I took the soup together with my son. I was already old and no need to grow taller. But I took it with my son because if there was any side effect, I would know it.

We followed the trend to upgrade ourselves the old folks. Hence we attend the College for the elderly. I had a classmate who was not educated. I helped him with his homework. He thought that I was clever. One day, he gave me some prescriptions of Chinese herbs. He said that I could use the computer, so let me keep the prescriptions.

Later he learned that I was going for a mission trip to Henan. He gave me a prescription for treating HIV.
I asked him, "Is it effective?"
He scolded me, "I am not suffering from HIV, how do I know?"
He was right. Likewise, I could not try the prescription on myself as usual.

I recently bought a small bottle of Chinese cassia. It was $10/=. The big sister in the Herb Shop asked me what I would use it for. I said that that was for becoming slim. She looked at me. She might be thinking: you are thin enough and why want to be slim. A while later, she knew that I always buy the herbs and not for myself. I just tried it for others. When there was no side effect, I would give my friends the prescription.

Praise the Lord!
When I always care for others, God sent the big sister in the Herb Shop to care for me. Whenever I bought any herb that was not usual, she would ask me the usage. Sometimes she would tell me more about the herb I bought.


21.05.2017