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A young woman with advanced colorectal cancer came to me for help; sitting across from me, she wept while accusing her husband and his entire family of being the root cause of her cancer. She recounted her misfortune, blaming everyone around her except her own…

Professor Yu Rencun was a towering veteran physician of integrated Chinese-Western cancer treatment in China. He first studied Western medicine, then, in response to the 'Western doctors study Chinese medicine' call, took up TCM. In practice he gradually focused his work on the field of…

Since cutting off my broadband, my time online has dropped sharply. At first it felt a little odd, but gradually I adapted, and now I very much like this new state. My generation has been on the Internet since university; we were among the very…

There is a woman at the front desk downstairs; I do not know since when, but each time we see each other we exchange a smile. We occasionally greet each other—a 'hello' accompanying the smile—but have never once had a real conversation. I do not…

Some people live desperately courting the crowd and fawning on the vulgar. Others live desperately putting on airs and fawning on refinement. I espouse neither attitude; the way of being I prefer is ease and freedom. I can't be bothered to court either the vulgar…

The veteran TCM physician Yin Huihe came from a medical family. His father Yin Bingzhong was a famous doctor in Jingjiang, Jiangsu, and a third-generation disciple of Fei Boxiong, founder of the Menghe school of the Jiangnan region. Yin Huihe studied medicine with his father…

After his first monthly exam since starting the third year of junior high, my son did not do very well. After the exam, I had a long talk with him. First I told him that no one wins every battle; if you bomb an exam,…

I study and work about sixty hours a week. I estimate that even in my seventies or eighties I could still work fifty hours a week, and I think I would want to keep working; on the contrary, if I were not allowed to work…

Cancer, a common modern disease, is relatively frequent among people who favor rich, greasy foods and tonics. Those who habitually overeat rich, sweet, greasy food, crave alcohol and meat, or like various supplements easily develop damp-heat or damp-warm syndromes over time. Clinical manifestations often include…

Two days ago a triple-negative breast cancer patient came for a follow-up. In conversation she mentioned that over the past half year she had been using high-dose vitamin C to boost her immunity and fight cancer. During the talk I gave only a small reminder:…