Mary went through a personal experience 40 years ago that changed her life path and established her connection with Chinese herbal medicine.
Still childless after 13 years of marriage, Mary longed to become a mother. For years she travelled from country to country and visited top experts in the field, but without success. Nonetheless, her grandmother, a Chinese herbalist, gave her hope through a herbal treatment.
After three and a half years she became pregnant. The expectant mother's delight was shared by the rest of her family too. This was the point when she made up her mind to carry on her grandmother's work and devote her life to herbal medicine research, development and promotion. To this end, she invested in a large herbal garden in the suburb of Jakarta, where more than 30,000 plants are grown.
Through the application of great effort and resources over many years, Mary's career has developed well. When she was asked whether it was worthwhile to have devoted much of her life to this research, she firmly responded, "What I have done is to fulfill a promise I once made. More importantly, I want to bring Chinese herbal medicine to all those in need. "
A. More than 7,000 of these can be used as medicine.
B. The moment the news was confirmed, she burst into tears of happiness.
C. I believe it can help relieve pain and enable the sick to regain their hope of life.
D. Mary decided to make great contributions to the development of Chinese herbal medicine.
E. Although she is now 80 years old, she still commits to the study of Chinese herbal medicine.
F. I'm so happy that the local people like to use Chinese herbal medicine for treatment.
G. The heartbreak and disappointment were so great that she came close to giving up.
