Insights and Updates

Cervical scrofula (lymph node tuberculosis) belongs to "luoli" in TCM external medicine. The venerable physician Pu Fuzhou considered this a disease of the liver and gallbladder channels, to be treated as qi depression combined with phlegm-fire. He used Xiaoyao San (Bupleurum, Angelica, Chuanxiong, White Peony,…

In "Shengji Zonglu" (Imperial Benevolent Records) there is a formula called Kuanqi Wan. Its composition is: Fangji (Stephania tetrandra) and Tian Tingli (descurainia seed, stir-fried with paper separating), each five qian (now 15 g); Hei Qianniuzi (black pharbitis seed, stir-fried until fragrant), one liang (now…

During the National Day holiday, everywhere is crowded. The country park I often visit has also been packed these past days. As someone who loves quiet, I dislike joining the crowds, so I rode my bicycle to seek out the neglected wild gardens at the…

Patient Ye, female, 62, from Gutian, Fujian Province. On May 24, 2022, a plain chest CT at the Fuzhou Shi'er Medical Imaging Diagnostic Center (examination no. M6313534) revealed a suspected lung cancer: an irregular, densified shadow in the upper lingular segment of the left upper…

Yikuai Qi is a formula recorded in "Fushou Jingfang" (Proven Formulas for Sustained Life), and it was also included in "Wanbing Huichun" (Experiential Prescriptions for Saving Ten Thousand Diseases), where it was renamed Shenxian Yikuai Qi (Immortal Single-Qi Pill). Its composition is: Xiangfu (Rhizoma Cyperi,…

New cells arise from old cells, and old cells from even older ones; tracing back in this way, the cells of modern organisms are all descendants of ancient cells. Within the tiny cell lie billions of years of inherited and altered genes. Every cell, every…

Zhao, female, born October 1980, from Baoding, Hebei Province. First visit on April 18, 2019. A nodule was found on a physical examination in November 2016; in December, while breastfeeding, she noticed localized redness and swelling in the outer upper quadrant of the right breast,…

Cui, male, was 70 years old at the first visit. He had smoked for decades and was still unable to quit. On July 22, 2020, his family contacted me through the referral of a family member of a previous patient I had treated, seeking help…

News reports of patients dying from self-administered Chinese herbal poisoning appear from time to time. Two years ago, a patient was bitten by a dog but did not go to the hospital for treatment; his sister gave him some Mylabris (banmao), and the patient died…

Eggplant is a vegetable familiar to every one of us; it tastes delicious and is deeply loved by people. I myself love eggplant and eat it almost every day when it is in season. Many people already know that eggplant is one of the anticancer…