Insights and Updates

In my previous article I introduced Zuojin Wan, which commonly suppresses gastric acid and treats gastritis, gastric ulcer, and other stomach disorders (see the link for details). But for patients with gastric ulcer and gastric bleeding, Zuojin Wan alone is not enough; it must be…

As a Chinese saying goes, "nine out of ten stomachs are diseased." China's gastric cancer incidence is also the second highest in the world, which is related to the excessively high H. pylori infection rate and Chinese dietary habits. In southern China about 40-50% of…

Yougui Wan (Right-Restoring Pill) is a famous warming-tonifying formula from the Jingyue Quanshu (Complete Works of Zhang Jingyue). It consists of Shu Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Shan Zhu Yu (Corni Fructus), Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Gou Qi Zi (Lycii…

Zhuling Tang (Polyporus Decoction) is a classic famous formula from the Shanghan Lun. The Shanghan Lun mentions it in three original passages: If the pulse is floating with fever, thirst with desire to drink, and difficult urination, Zhuling Tang governs. (223) In Yangming disease, if…

Zhang Zhongjing was a famous physician of the late Eastern Han dynasty, yet the Sanguozhi (Records of the Three Kingdoms) and the Hou Hanshu (Book of the Later Han) mention not a word about him, while Hua Tuo, a contemporary, has a biography. Thus almost…

After the Start of Autumn, the eggplants, loofahs, and cowpeas in my vegetable garden clearly stopped growing much, truly fulfilling the old saying: "A person lives a lifetime; plants live an autumn." Living in the concrete jungle of the city, we have grown numb to…

Professor Yin Huihe had an empirical formula called "Huayu Tongqi Paishui Fang" (Stasis-Transforming, Qi-Moving, Water-Draining Formula) for treating ascites due to liver disease. It may be used for ascites caused by liver cirrhosis or hepatitis, and as adjuvant treatment for ascites caused by liver cancer…

In my WeChat Moments I often see obituaries or memorial messages posted by family members of cancer patients; some are so wretched that they bring tears to the eyes. A young mother, still grief-stricken because neuroblastoma has just taken her toddler, longs for the child…

Many cancer patients, having listened to certain experts' claim that cancer patients should avoid sweets, dare not take honey and even feel nervous when honey is used medicinally. This is a harmful prejudice. Apart from patients allergic to honey—a small number are allergic—other cancer patients…

Several years ago, a reader followed me because of one of my articles. That article should have had nothing to do with cancer, so his purpose in following me was not to learn about cancer but to read articles on other topics. But yesterday he…