Insights and Updates

Professor Yang Muxuan formerly served as director of the TCM Diagnostics teaching and research section and doctoral supervisor at the TCM College of Hebei Medical University, and is a renowned TCM expert in Hebei Province. On April 8, 1997, Professor Yang saw a 52-year-old farmer…

The hot-compress (yu) preparation is a little-known TCM dosage form that is both effective and very low in side effects. This article uses the TCM hot-compress method for chronic prostatitis as an example to introduce this simple, economical, and convenient TCM treatment. Hot-compress formula 1:…

This is a reply I saw on Zhihu, posted by a patient’s family member under the topic “Is it true that almost no one truly recovers from depression?” The reply was written by a man living in Beijing, dated April 15, 2026. The link to…

During the May Day holiday in Beijing this year, I met a cancer patient who had consulted me ten years earlier for radiation enteritis. This patient had developed some relatively uncommon symptoms: her brain’s motor control over the lower limbs was intact, but her lower…

The gastric bloating, stomach pain, and indigestion caused by chronic gastritis are difficult to eradicate and recur in patients; they may be triggered by fatigue, overeating, mental tension, or unclean food. TCM treatment of such conditions generally follows the approach of fortifying the spleen and…

Purpura is a common clinical sign, presenting as red or dark-red spots or ecchymoses under the skin. Purpura is a pathological phenomenon not caused by a single etiology. When the body is injured, purpura may easily appear on the skin; purpura caused by minor trauma…

Lu Fu Jin Fang (Imperial Prescriptions of the Lu Prince) is a work by the famous Ming-dynasty physician Gong Tingxian. Gong Tingxian was renowned in his day for his outstanding therapeutic results and was hailed as the “Zhuangyuan of the Medical World.” The proven formulas…

While browsing articles on bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder on Zhihu, I came across a post by a man describing how he helped his wife, who had bipolar disorder, recover. This husband was a thoughtful person; he used a very comprehensive set of methods…

Yangxue Rongjing Pills (Blood-Nourishing and Sinew-Fostering Pills) is an empirical formula of the late Zhao Bingnan, a great modern master of TCM dermatology and external medicine in China. This formula was once used as an in-house preparation at Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and…

During the May Day holiday, I returned to Beijing from school and got my fill of rural life. I repotted the houseplants and flowers that needed repotting, added soil where it was needed, fertilized where needed, and pruned branches where needed. On the shared balcony…