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Qianxian Tang is a contemporary TCM empirical formula for treating prostate diseases, from TCM Surgery. The formula is composed of: Danshen (Salvia) 10 g, Zelan (Lycopus) 10 g, Chishao (red Paeonia) 10 g, Taoren (peach kernel) 10 g, Wangbuliuxing (Vaccaria seed) 10 g, Honghua (safflower) 4.5 g, Ruxiang (frankincense) 4.5 g, Moyao…

Heaven has always treated me kindly; it let me live five very comfortable years. For the past five years I have had a separate study. Although the study was rented, I nevertheless kept it thriving and spotless. Walking into this study was like stepping into…

Jiguanhua (cockscomb flower) is a common amaranth-family plant, found in most parts of China. It resembles white amaranth but is narrower, and bears flowers in three colors—red, white and yellow. The shape of the flower is much like a rooster’s comb, hence the name cockscomb…

Patients often seek my help after a benign tumor or benign nodule is found in their body, hoping I will use anti-malignant-tumor drugs to treat the benign tumor or nodule. Except for some patients whose tumor or nodule is very difficult to distinguish as benign…

Shuzhuo Yinzi comes from Jisheng Fang (Prescriptions for Succoring the Sick). It is composed of Fulingpi (Poria peel), Zexie (Alisma), Mutong (Akebia), Chixiaodou (red Phaseolus bean), Dafupi (Areca peel), Qianghuo (Notopterygium), Jiaomu (Prickly ash seed), Qinjiao (Gentiana macrophylla), Binglang (areca nut), Shanglu (Phytolacca) and Shengjiang…

The Chinese herb Xuanfuhua is the capitulum of Inula japonica Thunb. or Inula britanica L. (family Asteraceae), also called Jinfu Hua, Jinqian Hua, Jinfei Hua or Xiaohuanghuazi. Traditional TCM holds that Xuanfuhua is bitter, acrid and salty in flavor and slightly warm in nature, entering…

In his work 100 Medical Essays and Clinical Remarks of Liu Duzhou, Professor Liu Duzhou has an article titled "“Returning to Youth—the Elderly Fitness Pill". In this article, Professor Liu recommends a formula originating from Sun Simiao’s Beiji Qianjin Yaofang (Essential Prescriptions for Emergencies), which…

Pingwei San is an ancient formula composed of four herbs—Cangzhu (Atractylodes lancea), Houpo (Magnolia bark), Chenpi (tangerine peel), and Chao Gancao (stir-fried Glycyrrhiza)—in a ratio of 4:3:2:1. The herbs are ground together into a fine powder to make a powder preparation; each time, take 1–2…

"Swiftly the years flow on, onward like a torrent." As one member of the living world, our finite lives are always finite. As Guan Hanqing wrote in his qu verse: "In the end, this body cannot escape that one day"—the Reaper spares no one. Especially…

Since the pandemic last year, I have remotely admitted four patients with lung cancer or pulmonary nodules who had received no Western medical treatment, and whose patients and families were unwilling to pursue Western treatment. In all four cases I did not perform the traditional…