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The late Dr. Duan Fengwu was a senior pioneer in TCM anticancer work in China. For decades he worked at the Guang'anmen Hospital of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, engaging in TCM anticancer research and clinical practice, and he possessed rich clinical experience.

Ancient Chinese medicine originally arose from the practice of the working people; practice yields true knowledge. The therapeutic experience groped out in the course of practice was fairly reliable. Early medical classics were also very plain: a certain herb treats a certain disease, relieves a…

Patients or their families often add me on WeChat and shower me with extravagant praise, which makes me thoroughly uncomfortable. Because the "me" they describe is not the real me but the "me" they expect; some even deify me. I understand that people want to…

There is a plant whose leaves are rich in nutrients and pectin and can be made into a tofu-like food, making it very popular among common people. Its botanical name is Premna microphylla (doufu chai). As the name suggests, it is a shrub like firewood,…

We often speak of truth, goodness, and beauty together because the three are linked. Truth is the foundation of goodness and beauty: goodness without truth is hypocrisy, and beauty without truth is sham beauty. The false may win for a time, but in the end…

Yanzi's Spring and Autumn Annals (Yanzi Chunqiu) contains the following passage: "Oranges grown south of the Huai River are oranges; grown north of the Huai they become trifoliate oranges. The leaves look alike, but the fruits taste different. Why? Because the water and soil differ."…

Like humans, bees, and ants, cancer cells rely on cooperation among individuals to survive and multiply. Cancer cells that fight alone find it very hard to survive: first, because a single cancer cell can hardly draw nutrients from its surroundings; second, because such scattered, solitary…

Most patients with advanced lung cancer experience hemoptysis. In some patients the bleeding is profuse, and after a hemoptysis their physical strength declines markedly, presenting symptoms of dual deficiency of qi and yin. In such cases treatment should follow the principle of simultaneously supplementing qi…

On October 1st, on my way home from picking vegetables in the garden, I passed the Hanhe River Park at the foot of Fragrant Hill and happened upon a large grove of Aesculus trees, uncommon in the north. The Aesculus (seven-leaf tree) is named for…

After tinkering for over a month here and there, I have finally created another peach-blossom spring at home. I gave up the rented study elsewhere; with that financial burden lightened, my heart feels much freer. I have finally freed up more time for reading, and…