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As the climate warms, scientists have observed some animals migrating toward cooler regions. Continued temperature rises are forcing animals in tropical forests to seek new homes, and their first contact with other species will greatly raise the risk that humans contract new viruses and that…

A patient was very interested to read in my case records that I often have patients brew Chinese medicinal herbs with boiling water and drink them as tea, and he asked me why I use this method. In fact, traditional Chinese medicine has always had…

Patients with tumors of the head, neck, or nasopharynx often have sequelae after surgery or radiotherapy, such as headache, rigidity of the cervical spine, and numbness of the upper limbs. These sequelae are difficult to relieve, and patients suffer considerably in later life. In senior…

Today I took the second round of citywide nucleic acid testing in Beijing's Haidian District since this outbreak. Before I took the first test the day before yesterday, my Beijing Health Kit showed that my last nucleic acid test had been more than 660 days…

Yesterday we took the first round of universal nucleic acid testing. When I got up this morning and opened the Beijing Health Kit app, it showed no abnormality. Early on, the nucleic-acid information section had crashed and I could not look anything up—probably because too…

At midnight last night, community workers knocked on our door to notify us of a citywide nucleic acid test today. This is the first time Beijing has conducted universal nucleic acid testing since the Wuhan outbreak, and it will be repeated three times in a…

Among ancient Chinese men of letters, my favorite is Su Dongpo. He was genuine, broad-minded, adaptable, and flexible; no matter what befell him, he remained as open and at ease as ever. Confucius said that at forty one is free from perplexities, and Su Dongpo's…

Beijing's epidemic has flared up over the past few days, and many people have panicked, asking me how the outbreak will unfold. Because my earlier predictions have mostly been accurate, some friends hope to get some guidance from me. Regarding how the epidemic will develop,…

There are several TCM formulas named Eryin Jian (Two-Yin Decoction). This article introduces the "Eryin Jian" recorded in the Ming-dynasty physician Zhang Jingyue's Jingyue Quanshu (Complete Works of Jingyue). It is composed of Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix Recens), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix), and Fuling (Poria), each 3…

Crawling is a relatively uncommon form of exercise, and doctors do not recommend that patients use crawling to relieve the suffering of certain diseases. But I personally experienced two incidents that changed my view. My father has coronary heart disease. For a period he had…