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The mulberry is the most common plant in China; in Chinese, sang (mulberry) is a household word. We even use "sang-ma" (mulberry and hemp) to stand for farming. Meng Haoran wrote: "Opening the window to face the garden and fields, raising the cup to talk…

The three farming-culture-themed parks—Zhongwu Park, Beiwu Park and Yujiao Country Park—are connected, and adjacent to them, separated only by a road, is Yinghulou Park; these linked gardens together comprise over a thousand mu. Those who live in the western suburbs of Haidian are fortunate; the…

This summer, influenza was rampant, and my teacher's whole family caught it too. First my teacher developed symptoms of a heavy cold, then my teacher's wife, then my teacher's mother. My teacher and his mother were in fairly good shape, but my teacher's wife has…

In TCM external medicine, the toad is a treasure. Many external-medicine conditions rely on the toad's "using poison to attack poison" for treatment. The famous TCM educator Professor Wang Mianzhi, when lecturing on Formula Studies, once mentioned that in his childhood back home, when children…

For city dwellers, a park is an extension of home. Without parks, with only one's own narrow dwelling, life would be very uncomfortable. Going to a park each day after meals and in spare moments to relax can greatly improve quality of life. And a…

The Chinese medicine Zhuye (Bamboo Leaf) is the leaf of Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis and related grasses of the Poaceae family. TCM holds that bamboo leaf is sweet and bland in taste, cold in nature, and enters the lung, heart and stomach meridians; it has…

Two days ago, the author wrote an article "Experience with Maxing Yigan Tang for Cancer Fever and Pain", mentioning a melanoma patient who, after receiving ipilimumab, developed an autoimmune reaction with frequent generalized body pain. The author had tried many methods to treat this patient,…

Baitouweng Tang (Pulsatilla Decoction) comes from the Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage). The Shanghan Lun mentions Baitouweng Tang in two entries. The first is Article 370: "For hot diarrhea with tenesmus, Baitouweng Tang governs." The second is Article 372: "For diarrhea with a desire…

1 A patient with a skin leiomyoma, long after surgery, suddenly grew a growth near the original surgical scar; every tumor patient inevitably grows anxious at the sight of a mass. The patient was terrified it was a recurrence; I saw its shape was still…

Mahuang Xingren Yiyi Gancao Tang (Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Coix and Licorice Decoction) comes from the Jingui Yaolüe (Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber). In the chapter "On Spasm, Dampness and Sunstroke: Pulse, Manifestations and Treatment, Part 2," there is a passage: "The patient has…