Word: ginseng
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...Ginseng Tea. To some spectators in New York City in the weeks leading up to his rally, his cadres of shorthaired, fresh-faced youths marching and singing together were a reminder of early Nazi days. So are the anti-Semitic doctrines expressed in Moon's religious writings, though many of his followers are young Jews. Moon's wealth and his political connections and apparatus are also under increasing scrutiny. He never seems to lack funds with which to fly or bus squads of converts wherever he needs them. Strongly antiCommunist, Moon orates frequently about politics. An industrialist back...
...will select a pitcher and then use half an hour trying to rap baseballs out of Tokyo's Korakuen Stadium. For his appearance, Aaron will make $50,000, win or lose. As for Oh, he warms up for each game by gulping down a secret mixture of Korean ginseng and honey, and expects to emerge victorious. "I'm younger than he," says Oh politely, "and I'm afraid Mr. Aaron would have to suffer from jet-age time lag." Oh, Hank...
...Francisco's Chinatown are harmless. Sliced deer horn and powdered tiger penis, which believers in mystical medicine take to increase virility, are unlikely to hurt anything but the buyer's pocketbook. Neither are any of the 58 listed ingredients of another Chinatown favorite for aches and pains: ginseng rejuvenating pills, which are made in Hong Kong and contain such exotica as male mouse droppings, silkworm, rhinoceros horn, amber, turtle shell and myrrh. But this ancient Oriental panacea also contains an unlisted substance: the powerful Western painkiller phenylbutazone, a drug that has been linked with at least five cases...
Some arthritis victims swear that the foul-smelling pills have relieved their pains quickly. They should; ginseng pills, taken as directed, give users a larger dose of phenylbutazone than is normally prescribed. Even a normal dose can have a serious side effect: from one to ten out of every 1,000 people who take phenylbutazone come down with agranulocytosis. The disease can be lethal. Four of the five persons hospitalized thus far for ginseng-related agranulocytosis (three in San Francisco and one in Minneapolis) came close to death; another San Franciscan died...
Because of the publicity, ginseng rejuvenating pills have now disappeared from stores in the Bay Area's Chinese communities. If they reappear, prospective consumers should steer clear of them. The ingredients listed on their labels may or may not help cure illness; the unlisted items can kill...