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I eat dinner very early every day. After eating, I take a walk along the road at the edge of the village, watching the sunset slowly descend. The autumn fields are golden; after the sun sets, the whole village is gradually swallowed by the night.

The first thing I do every morning is watch the sunrise from my balcony. When I was a child at home, I never felt that the sunrise in my hometown was beautiful; after wandering abroad for so many years, returning to watch the sunrise and…

Su Dongpo wrote a ci poem, "Huanxi Sha · Fine Rain and Slanting Wind Bring Dawn Chill": "Fine rain and slanting wind bring dawn chill; pale mist and sparse willows grace the sunlit sandbar. The clear Luo River, entering the Huai, slowly spreads wide. Snow-foam…

Tao Yuanming's attitude toward life and death was broad-minded. He wrote: "Floating freely in the great transformation, neither joyous nor afraid. When it is time to end, just end; there is no need to worry unduly." He regarded death as part of the "great transformation…

Shenqi Wan (Four-Miracle Pill) is recorded in Yi Fang Ji Jie (Systematic Explanation of Medical Formulas). It consists of four herbs—Psoraleae Fructus (Bu Gu Zhi), Schisandrae Fructus (Wu Wei Zi), Myristicae Semen (Rou Dou Kou), and Evodiae Fructus (Wu Zhu Yu)—together with Zingiberis Rhizoma (Sheng…

When the fingertips (or toe tips) become enlarged and deformed, making the entire finger or toe look bulbous like a wooden mallet, this abnormal appearance has a medical term called clubbing of the fingers (or toes), also known as drumstick fingers. It is a sign…

Glutathione (brand name Atopolan; available as both injection and tablets) is a commonly used adjuvant drug in oncology. In the body, glutathione exists in two forms: reduced glutathione (GSH) and oxidized glutathione (GSSG). Its active component is reduced glutathione, which participates in redox processes within…

Patients with hepatobiliary disease or tumors who present with abnormal liver function and hepatosplenomegaly often develop acute icteric hepatitis, accompanied by abdominal distension, dark urine, difficult urination, edema, grayish stools, yellowish skin, scleral icterus, yellow eyes, a bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, and…

Ganfule tablets (capsules) are a modern Chinese patent medicine. Its ingredients include: Codonopsis (Dangshen), turtle shell (Biejia, vinegar-processed), Paris rhizome (Chonglou), white atractylodes (Baizhu, stir-fried), Astragalus (Huangqi), tangerine peel (Chenpi), ground beetle (Tubiechong), rhubarb (Dahuang), peach kernel (Taoren), Scutellaria barbata (Banzhilian), Patrinia (Baijiangcao), Poria (Fuling),…

Major Saposhnikovia Decoction comes from the Song dynasty Prescriptions from the Imperial Pharmacy (Heji Jufang). The original formula: Chuanxiong (Fujian chuanxiong excluded), prepared Aconite (Pao Fuzi, peeled), each 1.5 liang; prepared rehmannia (Shu Di, washed), white atractylodes (Baizhu), Saposhnikovia (Fangfeng, rootlets removed), Angelica (Danggui, washed,…