Traditional Chinese Medicine Market [Getty Images]

Products are for sale at a traditional Chinese medicine market in Bozhou, Anhui Province, China, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. China's top price regulator, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said prices of some herbs had soared as much as 10 times over the past two years, coinciding with China's rapid economic growth. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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