June 26, 2010: Fo-Ti Root

[squirell nutkin]

It's China we're talking about Bruce. Chi-na.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Exactly, they've been using this root forever, and don't need tricks to promote it. The western press/net picked up on this, because they thought it looked like Homer Simpson.

Healer Ming Huang who unearthed the lookalike root in Youxian, southern China, explained: “This root often emerges from the ground in the shape of a man. “But this is the first time we’ve seen one quite like this who had a proper face and features.”

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