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Over the past few days I have heard from many readers. Some offered help with my gaokao review; others urged me not to waste precious time retaking the exam and studying medicine. I am very grateful for everyone's concern. Some patients worried whether my going…

In his retirement, my father likes to study all kinds of social phenomena. For a while he got a whim and set up long-term observation beside several TCM clinics in our county town, watching each for at least a week and carefully recording the number…

Some articles I wrote a few days ago caught the attention of several readers, who asked me how non-academic TCM practitioners can obtain a physician license. I am writing this article to explain in detail, for everyone's reference. I hope it helps those who, like…

When I opened my high-school textbooks again after twenty years, I found the speed at which knowledge has been updated truly astonishing. If we do not regularly update our own knowledge system, our brains will grow old before their time and fail to keep up…

An elder of mine has finally persuaded me to commit wholeheartedly to preparing for the college entrance exam, so that I can get a junior-college (zhuanke) degree in TCM, then sit the assistant-physician exam, and then the full licensed-physician exam. No more illusions about shortcuts…

Part of the case record of a leukemia patient I discuss in this article has already been published; for the detailed treatment plan, please see my article "A Case of TCM Treatment of a Leukemia Patient", so I will not repeat it here. In this…

As a folk TCM doctor, I have long wanted to become a fully licensed TCM physician. To realize that dream I have already waited ten years and paid a heavy price. But as of now, this dream is still not fully realized. After the pandemic…

First, I want to stress that I am not writing this article to advocate leaving cancer untreated and relying on spontaneous remission. For the overwhelming majority of cancer patients, going without treatment means they may die at once. Yet I have to say that, in…

Zhenggu Water is a topical medicine commonly used in Chinese orthopedics and traumatology. It has the actions of activating blood and dispelling stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and soothing the tendons and unblocking the collaterals; clinically it is mainly used for traumatic injuries. Zhenggu…

Tetsuo Kamio is a Japanese chef and culinary researcher. In 2003 he was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer, with cancer cells already metastasized to bone and lymph nodes. Doctors gave him standard hormone therapy for prostate cancer, but these therapies had no effect on…