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Maybe but is this for all the herbs or these top of the line plants?

I would agree that for the US market most of what is bought is for

mass produced Health Store products - Contains Reishi Mushroom- type

products. I don't know if it applies to all the lesser herbs that we

get here.

It may also be the changing times if Alon and my stories are from a

decade or more ago.

 

Doug

 

 

 

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> To expand on this issue a bit. Two times ago when I was in China I

visited

> an lingzhi, tiepishihu and zanghonghua organic farm. They did not

export at

> all to the US. I asked why. They smiled and without trying to offend

me too

> much said, that the US did not care about quality, then just wanted the

> cheapest product. This company was the top tiepishihu farm in China.

There

> processing plant was immaculate, state of the art, and the quality

of their

> herb was unsurpassed. They exported to Japan and Korea. Really the

US can't

> afford the best stuff (or chooses not too). The Chinese have a lot more

> money than they ever did in the past. They pay top dollar for top

quality

> herbs. For example they sell plenty of the above mentioned products to

> Chinese. They (and Japan and Korea) will drop $500 (US) on a month

supply of

> their tiepishihu + lingzhi gao. I have seen pristine herbs in China

and have

> hard time buying that we in the West get the best. For example the

renshen

> we get is bottom grade. We just don't know enough about the subject to

> invest money in it. (I assume that is the issue). Other'sexperiences..?

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