Insights and Updates

One after another, the buildings in our community are being put under temporary lockdown, and at the market by the back gate, residents not yet locked down are buying and hoarding groceries by the bagful. I restock once a week; I always make sure the…

Duhuo Jisheng Tang comes from the Beiji Qianjin Yaofang (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies). The Qianjin Yaofang says: for treating low back and back pain, use Duhuo Jisheng Tang. Low back and back pain generally arise from kidney-qi deficiency and weakness, lying…

After three years of raging and evolving, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has become somewhat less virulent, but its transmissibility has grown ever stronger. As the cost of control has mounted, governments around the world have successively adjusted their epidemic strategies, and China is no exception. We…

Qi obstructed in the chest with a blocked throat, even frequent vomiting, is commonly seen in acute gastroenteritis; some cancer patients also develop these symptoms during chemotherapy or targeted therapy. The author has previously introduced several formulas for relieving this symptom, and now introduces another…

Bufei Tang comes from the Puji Fang (Prescriptions for Universal Relief). It is composed of: Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex) and Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), each 2 liang (60 g); Renshen (Ginseng), Ziwan (Asteris Radix), Huangqi (Astragali Radix), and Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus), each 1 liang (30 g).

The work Waike Kexue (Science of External Medicine) contains an experienced contemporary TCM formula called Gu Zeng Sheng Wan (Bone Hyperplasia Pill), used for bone hyperplasia, hypertrophic spondylitis, cervical spondylosis, Kashin-Beck disease, traumatic arthritis, and delayed fracture healing, provided the pattern is kidney-qi failing to…

On November 21, 2022, a garment factory making cotton-padded clothing caught fire in Anyang, Henan. As of now, the fire has killed 38 workers. This news story has upset me deeply.Henan and Hubei are neighboring provinces; the rural areas of the two have similar economic…

Yesterday evening, a sudden notice to lock down our building went out in the community group. The reason: a neighbor of ours had taken part in a pooled nucleic-acid test together with a group of people elsewhere, and their tube came back positive, so we…

Wuji San comes from the Xian Shou Li Xu Duan Duan Mi Fang (Secret Recipes from the Immortal for Treating Trauma and Mending Fractures), a classic of TCM orthopedics and traumatology. Wuji San was originally created for traumatic injuries, but because of its striking clinical…

The Waitai Miyao (Arcane Essentials from the Imperial Library) contains a Shigao Tang (Gypsum Decoction) for severe infectious disease, composed of: Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) 1 liang (30 g); Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Huangbo (Phellodendri Cortex), and Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), each 2 qian (6 g); Xiangchi (fermented…