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...With reporting by Karen Tumulty, Deirdre van Dyk and Sophia Yan / Washington...
...debate, but Chinese herbal doctors swear by its powers to help cleanse and rejuvenate the body, prevent disease and maintain health and longevity. "There are around a hundred Chinese herbal medicines that can be considered both as food and medicine," says Mary Cheng, senior manager and pharmacist at Eu Yan Sang, a 130-year-old traditional Chinese medicine company. "We eat tonic cuisine for the beneficial effects of the herbs themselves, preserving your health, and because [the herbs] blend great with the dish." (See 10 things to do in Beijing...
Despite his serious business experience, Yan has a comic side. Along with his and Bick’s successes together, they have also had a few mishaps. Alan C. Palmer ’11, a fellow member of the sailing team, remembers Yan and Bick tipping over their boat two years ago on the first day of practice. “Our coach was yelling at them,” he recalls. “That’s how I got to know their names...
...doesn’t seem like playing a varsity sport, running a company, and working to advance medicine have forced Yan to mature at all. “I think that the peak of my maturity might have been when I interviewed for Harvard,” he says, grinning...
Even with his accomplishments and his future prospects, Yan is humble about his talents. “To be honest, I’m not brilliant. I’m not that genius physics person that can just sit around and know everything,” he says. Maybe so, but that sure hasn’t stopped him before...