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Thyroid tumors are benign or malignant growths occurring in the thyroid. Benign tumors are generally thyroid adenomas; malignant ones are thyroid carcinomas. On palpation, the physician can feel thyroid nodules; some patients also have hoarseness and dysphagia. In TCM, thyroid tumors belong to the category…

After the End of Heat (Chu Shu), the weather turned cool and waves of chill set in; by evening, going out for a bike ride, I could already feel the cold. Similar to the weather is the economic outlook, buffeted by the pandemic, natural disasters…

Folk belief in China holds that radish neutralizes the medicinal effect, so many people have heard the saying: "Don't eat radish while taking Chinese medicine." Many have asked me about this. Is it actually appropriate to eat radish while on medication? I am writing this…

Weide'an Tablets is a Chinese patent medicine composed of: Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Cang Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Fu Ling (Poria), Lvyi Zhi Shi (immature bitter orange with green husk), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Hou Po (Magnoliae Cortex), Zi He Che (Placenta Hominis), Gan Cao…

A patient with advanced liver cancer and severe ascites came to me for treatment over two years. During treatment he could not feel any therapeutic effect, because his daily life remained normal; to him it seemed the treatment was doing nothing. At first he did…

Radiotherapy is a common treatment for cancer patients, but radiation is harmful to the human body. It kills not only cancer cells but also normal cells. Radiation therapy often damages the skin and mucous membranes and can lead to common sequelae such as radiation esophagitis,…

Fang Ji (Stephania root) is an herb used in Chinese medicine since very early times. In the writings of Zhang Zhongjing of the Han dynasty and Sun Simiao of the Tang dynasty, there are formulas composed of Fang Ji. In particular, in Zhang Zhongjing's Jin…

Beijing had an autumn rain that lasted all night. When I got up in the morning, the air had turned cool. Another gardenia had opened on the windowsill. I opened the window, and the delicate fragrance of the gardenia drifted into the room, filling it…

These past few days I have mentioned to the children's mother many times that I want to find a clear day, get up very early, and ride my bike to the rice paddies at the foot of Yuquan Mountain to watch the sunrise. But when…

The patient, Liu, 68, a resident of Chongqing, on September 21, 2021, presented with chest tightness and other discomfort and underwent radiographic examination. The results showed multiple nodular opacities in both lungs, multiple nodular soft-tissue opacities visible on the lateral and medial pleura of the…