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Legend has it that five thousand years ago a Chinese herbalist, Shen Nong, single-handedly tasted each and every plant in China to see what was medicinal and what would kill you. He poisoned himself 75 times a day to see if he could find an antidote before the effect set in. Amazingly, he suffered no long-term ill effects. Perhaps the medicinal plants and poisonous plants cancelled each other out.