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Donglingcao (Rabdosia rubescens) is the whole herb of Isodon rubescens, a plant of the Lamiaceae family. It is a folk remedy commonly used by esophageal cancer patients in the Linzhou region of Henan Province. Because it showed some efficacy, it was discovered by researchers dispatched…

A snake glides along the ground, hissing. A little girl held in her mother's arms cries in fright. Her mother tells her: snakes are poisonous; if a snake bites someone, that person dies; from now on, when you see a snake, run far away. A…

Biliary tract diseases belong to the Shaoyang syndrome in Chinese medicine and are usually treated with formulas from the Chaihu series. In clinical practice, Professor Yin Huihe, based on the clinical features of modern biliary tract diseases (such as obstructive jaundice, cholecystitis, and gallstones), modified…

The ginkgo is a national botanical treasure of China, a rare relict species from the Mesozoic era. Wild ginkgo is found only on Tianmu Mountain in Zhejiang Province. But ginkgo is a highly pollution-resistant plant with an attractive appearance, especially in autumn when its leaves…

Cigarettes are the single greatest killer of human health; on the list of causes of human death, smoking ranks first. By 2030, about 8.3 million people worldwide will die from various tobacco-related diseases, and tobacco-related deaths will account for roughly 10% of all global deaths.

"I heard drinking tea can fight cancer — can I drink tea? What kind of tea has the best anticancer effect?" Patients often ask me these questions. Some friends also frequently ask whether I drink tea and want to give me tea leaves. Others automatically…

As the days of COVID-19's rampage have lengthened, clinicians have discovered an ever-growing list of aftereffects it can induce. Recovering patients are left with breathing difficulty, pulmonary fibrosis, hair loss, brain fog, memory decline, fatigue, depression, Alzheimer's disease, loss of taste, loss of smell, and…

"Merely staying alive has already exhausted all my strength." This is the shared voice of people with depression, and some patients lack even the strength to live and choose suicide. For example, yesterday's trending search included one item: "Rapper An Dahuo has passed away from…

My life has been bumpy, so of late I have turned to Buddhism for solace. Sitting before the Buddha image and chanting the name of Amitabha, the agitation in my heart gradually settles, and I find temporary peace. The world is impermanent and our fates…

On the phone to exchange New Year greetings with an old friend, he told me that an acquaintance of his had jumped from a building and died before the year ended, at 53. Before the suicide he was stuck at work, depressed and unfulfilled; a…