Further reading
To learn more about Dr. Hu's extensive findings regarding the components of Chinese herbal teas, and the specifics on particular brands, or their ingredients feel free to contact The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, at www.amjchinmed.org. Here, you can read the original abstract on-line, or order a complete reprint of the article, where you will find an index with Chinese characters to show to Chinese-speaking shop-keepers.

Also, see "The Chinese Art of Tea", by John Blofeld (Boston: Shambhala, 1997, 206pp). There is a chapter devoted to the role of tea in the Chinese pharmaceutical system.

Biography of the author, Dr. S. H. Hu
Born February 22, 1910 in China. She received a B.A. from Giling College in l933, a Master of Science from, Lingnan University in l937, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in l949. She started her professional career in China in 1938, and shortly thereafter joined the Harvard faculty, where she remained for 53 years. Dr. Hu works for Harvard University out of an office at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, doing research which focuses on Chinese flora. She is concurrently a senior lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her professional accomplishments include having discovered many new species of Chinese plants. She is a member of many scientific and honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi.