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One stop in Xian was at a Chinese herbal medicine retail center.  All manner
of odd items are used in the practice of traditional medicine.  Usually the
doctor prescribes a mixture of herbs and other items to be brewed into a tea
and then consumed.  The philosophy of traditional medicine is to treat the
whole body and not just the symptom of the illness.  Typically a treatment
will take several weeks or even months.