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The earthworm is a commonly used TCM herb, also known as Dilong ("Earth Dragon"). In October 2017, researchers at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland, found in experiments that earthworm coelomic fluid can kill nearly 80% of lung-cancer cells. This news was widely reported, but…

The question of the meaning of life has been pondered, throughout history, by countless philosophers, artists, writers, and scientists. Ordinary people like me also ask ourselves: what is the meaning of being alive? The most amusing answer I have seen came from a scientist whose…

Lung cancer is the cancer with the highest incidence and mortality of all malignancies. Over the past few decades, lung cancer has accounted for roughly one-fifth of all cancer-related deaths worldwide. In 2008, 28% of all cancer deaths in the United States were from lung…

In early November 2021, when I was back in my hometown visiting my mother-in-law, she told me that just the day before I arrived, a 16-year-old at a school near their village had died by suicide, reportedly because his phone had been confiscated by a…

The weather in Beijing has turned cold, not great for outdoor exercise. Even so, I still insist on cycling about 20 kilometers at noon every day, taking an hour and a half. My route is basically fixed: from Zizhu Bridge to Xiangshan (Fragrant Hills), then…

Patient Yu, female, a Beijing native, aged 85, a patient with renal pelvis carcinoma. On March 3, 2021, she went to the Chinese PLA General Hospital for CT examination (image no. 000171007) for hematuria; a 31.6 x 30.9 mm roundish, mixed-density shadow was found in…

People often ask me whether there are still masters like Sun Bingyan, who fought poison with poison. My answer is always no. The reason is simple: under current health law, a doctor who practiced the way old Master Sun did would be imprisoned before long.

Lately I have been watching videos of junior-high math, physics, chemistry, and biology on Bilibili, and before I knew it I was hooked; it feels like learning something new. As I learn, new ideas keep arising in my head, and more and more things fall…

TCM has a rather distinctive method called fumigation-inhalation (xunxi) therapy: the patient inhales vaporized medicinal particles through the nose. The particles enter the body via the respiratory tract, pass through the alveolar capillaries into the bloodstream, and are then carried by the blood to every…

As a father, I often ask myself: what exactly should I do to raise a child who is not anxious, not impatient, positive and optimistic, and able and willing to learn for a lifetime? My ultimate goal in raising the next generation is to cultivate…