From Nothing to Something In the blink of an eye, the time has come for my son to graduate from college. He stands at a crossroads between pursuing a graduate degree and entering the workforce. I would prefer that he work first, and then, on…

Because my son loves mathematics and has chosen it as his lifelong career, I conducted a thorough investigation into university education in Paris a few years ago. I focused on Paris because it is the world capital of mathematics, home to many world-renowned mathematical institutions,…

A couple of days ago, a friend sent me an interesting article. The article gathered together several middle-aged folks—“old timers” as we might call them—who had retook the college entrance exam (gaokao) and enrolled in school to study traditional Chinese medicine. It was illustrated with…

In the blink of an eye, three more weeks of this semester have passed. Starting from the second week, we have had practical training courses and lab courses almost every day. We have had three practical sessions each for Surgery and Diagnostics. In Surgery, we…

Following the treatment of infectious diseases, patients frequently develop a variety of sequelae, the most well-known being long COVID. In modern medicine, these post-infectious conditions often lack corresponding diagnostic names, let alone standardized pharmacological protocols. Consequently, diagnosing and managing these conditions through the lens of…

The understanding of fever in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine presents a complementary relationship of "microscopic mechanism–macroscopic syndrome differentiation": Western medicine follows the causal chain of "pyrogen → thermoregulatory set point → fever," emphasizing precise etiological localization and quantitative grading; TCM follows the…

The multi-target application of large compound formulas requires careful attention to medication safety. My personal approach to ensuring medication safety encompasses the following three key aspects: When adopting a multi-target approach with large compound formulas for treating diseases, the formulation strategy must be comprehensive. It…

The Ten Major Categories of Adverse Drug Reactions Recently, while studying Pharmacology, I came across a wealth of knowledge about medications, including adverse drug reactions. The textbook provided a fairly comprehensive overview, so I organized my notes and have written this article specifically to introduce…

Publishing these prescriptions brings me mixed feelings. Given my cautious nature, I believe the timing is not yet ideal for releasing this article. This is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formula I used for one of my most severe post-stroke sequelae patients. Before seeking my…

The international medical journal The Lancet published a research report on Tuesday (September 8) stating that over 2.71 billion people globally are exposed to the hazards of secondhand smoke, of whom 767 million are children aged 14 and below. In 2023, this resulted in nearly…