
CHO-WA - The health benefits and stories of
CHO-WA
CHO-WA
The remarkable story of Japan's legendary healing formula and how
it continues to work wonders.
Written
by Tomo Tanikawa, the story of CHO-WA originally appeared in this
paper as a three part series that ran in our health section weekly
between Oct 25, 2005 and Nov 14, 2005. However, since its publication
we have been inundated with requests for a reprint in its entirety.
We have also received numerous testimonials from individuals who
have purchased CHO-WA and now extol its many health benefits. Therefore,
bowing to pressure from our esteemed readers, here now is the full
story of CHO-WA in one edition. Enjoy.
SENSEI
Nobody
knows his real age. Sensei (healing master) has always just been
there. Or at least that's what the people of Kyushu, Japan believe.
When Sachiko, an 87 year old woman healed by Sensei, was interviewed
she told the reporter that Sensei (pronounced sin say) had also
healed her grand-mother forty years ago. Asked if Sensei was then
a young man, Sachiko replied, "He looked exactly the same as
he looks now!"
Estimates
of Sensei's age range from 75 to over 150 years. Some people believe
he has been healing people for centuries. Some actually believe
he is immortal. Whatever his age, two facts are clear: Sensei has
been healing people in Japan fir a very long time, and the miraculous
concoctions that he uses to heal with have had profound effects
on even the most hopeless.
A typical
example is Noriko who suffered from terrible health problems. For
years she was unable to eat anything but mild, bland rice porridge
which she still had a hard time keeping down. Her stomach problems
were accompanied by intense joint pain, dizzy spells, insomnia,
constant fatigue and bouts of depression, brought on by her feelings
of hopelessness. She always caught colds and flu that took months
to depart her weak and frail body.
Noriko
was a city girl, born and raised in Tokyo. Like most Tokyo people,
Noriko was westernised to the point where she no longer believed
in her country's traditional remedies. Hence, Noriko had relied
on ever increasing doses of "modern" drugs, all of which
only gave her occasional relief, sometimes followed by severe side
effects.
When
her doctor told Noriko there was nothing more he could do for her,
she was devastated. But what he said next floored her
.He told
her she should visit an old man who lived in a mountain village
in Kyushu prefecture. The old man was simply called Sensei.
Noriko
could hardly believe her ears! Had her doctor lost his mind? He
couldn't heal her but instead was sending her to see a hermit who
probably didn't know the first thing about "real" medicine!
Japan was filled with so called healers who lived in the mountains!
Educated people would never dream of actually using them in place
of a licensed doctor!
"Just
go" her doctor said. "You've got nothing to lose, and
you may be pleasantly surprised." The doctor didn't tell Noriko
that he had personal knowledge of Sensei's healing powers. Sensei
had healed the doctor's gravely ill daughter after he and his colleagues
had failed.