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Using plasters for external treatment is a traditional TCM therapy. Some traditional plasters have a certain efficacy in relieving pain in tumor patients. These plasters not only have analgesic effects but can, in some lucky patients, also shrink tumors. Of course, the effective rate of…

On the way to school with my son, I said to him: "Dad is sorry. For years, like most people in this society, I have been cowardly and selfish, standing by watching the injustices in society without contributing anything to improving the social system. So…

Many people are making confessions today, so I'll be a bit conventional too and make my confession to the people I most want to confess to: I love you, dear patients! Two patients brought me good news today. One was a liver patient on the…

Life, to me, is a thing in which pain and joy coexist. A large part of the reason I chose to study medicine and read widely in the humanities is that I can almost be described as a person beset by a hundred illnesses. I…

After the pandemic raged for more than four months, the medical community's understanding of COVID-19 has become increasingly clear, and this novel pathogenic microorganism, the novel coronavirus, has firmly established itself among humans. Some asymptomatic carriers exhibit the characteristics of "Typhoid Mary"—carrying the virus long-term…

Today is my son's fifteenth birthday. His mother finished online classes in the morning and then busied herself at home making a cake for him. Because of the pandemic, no childhood friends came to celebrate with him. The three of us ate our homemade birthday…

In the morning I took my child to school. After dropping him off, I wanted to go out for a walk, so I rode my electric scooter toward the Western Hills. After wandering around in circles, I reached West Hill Forest Park. Because of epidemic…

There is an ancient Chinese saying: "The highest physician governs the nation, the middle physician governs people, and the lowest physician treats disease." It means that a first-rate physician can govern the nation and bring peace to the people, a second-rate physician "governs people," and…

In his essay "Once More Crossing the Xiyuan Bridgehead," Mr. Yu Pingbo wrote: "From now on we must live life carefully." At some point in everyone's life, they suddenly make the same sigh. I noticed the other day that my white hair has clearly increased;…

The Sichuan elder TCM physician Li Changda was born in 1926 and graduated from the Law Department of Sichuan University. He served as a member of the 7th and 8th Central Committees of the Jusan (Sept 3) Society, and as a standing committee member and…