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This is a gynecological tumor patient diagnosed in 2000; the patient has survived for 21 years. After chemotherapy at the end of 2020, her platelets remained difficult to raise. The author tried various methods with no significant effect. Because of her low platelets, she frequently…

Constipation is a very common problem; eighty percent of people have experienced it. But most people's constipation is easy to resolve — just take a mild laxative. However, some patients with habitual constipation have a much more serious situation, and in winter their constipation worsens.

The biggest cold wave of this century is upon us; this morning I saw news that the monkeys at Beijing Zoo are huddling together for warmth. This winter is indeed very cold; in my family of three, two of us developed shoulder and neck pain…

Buyang Huanwu Tang is an experienced formula of the famous Qing-dynasty physician Wang Qingren. I have previously written an article about Buyang Huanwu Tang (see link for details), introducing its use in treating stroke sequelae and brain tumors. Here I share my experience using Buyang…

Because many of the cancer patients I serve suffer from intractable insomnia, I once designed a TCM formula for treating insomnia and published it in my social media feed. The daughter of a lung cancer patient saw it, gave the formula to her insomnia-stricken husband,…

On January 6, 2021, Washington time, the U.S. Capitol was occupied by protesters incited by U.S. President Trump; four people died in this riot. This is something unprecedented in the United States in nearly two hundred years, and the world was shocked. This is also…

At the very core of biology lies an unknown black hole. To be honest, we do not know why life is the way it is. All complex life on Earth shares a common ancestor, which evolved from simple bacteria and arose only once over the…

Erdong Tang originates from Medical Mind Awakening (Yi Xue Xin Wu) by the Qing dynasty physician Cheng Guopeng (Zhongling). Because the formula uses two herbs — Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix) and Tiandong (Asparagi Radix) — it is named Erdong Tang, the "Two-Winter Decoction." The composition of…

After taking a few packets of Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction) and Gegen Tang (Pueraria Decoction) and resting for two days, my cervical spine is basically fully recovered. But I do not intend to crush it again with heavy workload, so starting today I will begin…

On the last day of 2020, I gave away various medicines from my cabinet to several patients as needed. I thank those patients' families who left medicines their own relatives no longer needed with me for me to give away as fate would have it;…