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This wave of Beijing's outbreak has lasted nearly a month, and new cases in recent days are actually higher than they were twenty days ago. Fengtai was placed under upgraded controls yesterday; today Haidian joined in. Together with Chaoyang, Tongzhou, Fangshan, and Shunyi from earlier,…

Wang Yangming wrote a line of poetry: "If this mind is not tempered in the affairs of life, where else can it be tempered?" Treating cancer patients is an excellent way to temper the mind. The partings and deaths, the griefs and joys of human…

Cancer pain severely impairs patients' quality of life. Some patients cannot achieve relief with medication alone, but pain can be controlled through minimally invasive procedures. Minimally invasive pain relief is a relatively new approach that has emerged in recent years; it is effective to some…

This wave of the epidemic in Beijing has lasted nearly a month. I have already taken nineteen nucleic acid tests, and it is far from over. Thank goodness that although the neighborhood directly opposite our back gate and the one immediately to our west have…

The Chinese herbal piece Huzhang is the dried rhizome and root of Reynoutria japonica (Polygonum cuspidatum), a member of the buckwheat family; it is named for the tiger-skin-like mottling on the stem of the parent plant. It is also called Dachongzhang, Banzhang, Ku Zhang, and…

Cancer pain plagues many cancer patients and many clinicians alike, especially refractory cancer pain. Some patients, due to tumor size, location, and internal environment, experience refractory cancer pain that causes great suffering and is hard to relieve despite every method of Chinese and Western medicine.

This wave of the epidemic in Beijing has now lasted twenty days. For these twenty days the three of us in our household have basically been staying home. Apart from taking nucleic acid tests, buying groceries, and taking out the trash, we have not stepped…

The best friend we can have in this lifetime is time. When we are wounded, it patiently heals us; when we are lost, it patiently guides us to grow; when the whole world misunderstands and doubts us, it is still willing to stand by us…

As the cost of epidemic prevention grows ever higher and the fight drags on, the public will grow ever numb to the epidemic's course, and future prevention will grow ever harder. The present is the last chance for the unvaccinated to get the COVID-19 vaccine…

Baijili (also called Cijili) is the dried ripe fruit of Tribulus terrestris (family Zygophyllaceae); full, firm, yellowish-green fruits are best. Because TCM holds that Baijili dispels wind and invigorates blood, brightens the eyes, and stops itching, it is a commonly used dermatological herb and appears…