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The scorching dog days are finally drawing to a close, and the autumn air is crisp and clear. As I walk along the road, my heart is light. I was born at the turn of late summer and early autumn; Heaven has always been kind…

Cancer patients frequently develop intractable diarrhea, and the causes that trigger diarrhea in cancer patients are various. There is diarrhea caused by tumor progression, as well as diarrhea caused by the patient's own constitution, and even some diarrhea that is a side effect of treatment—for…

Shengjiang San (Ascending-Descending Powder) is a classic famous formula of the TCM Warm-Disease (wenbing) school, drawn from the Shanghan Wenyi Tiaobian (Systematic Analysis of Cold Damage and Warm Epidemics). Shengjiang San consists of four herbs: Bombyx Batryticatus (jiangcan), Periostracum Cicadae (chantui), Curcumae Longae (jianghuang), and…

Zhou Chu, courtesy name Ziyin, was a man of Yangxian, Yixing. His father, Zhou Fang, had been the Administrator of Poyang in Wu. Zhou Chu lost his father while young and, before he reached adulthood, possessed strength far beyond ordinary men. He loved galloping about…

Most cancer patients inevitably die of their cancer in the end. Modern people have less and less experience in coping with death, so that many families are at a loss as the patient approaches death, and a few families cannot accept the reality that the…

Dahuang Zhechong Wan (Rheum and Eupolyphaga Pill) is an inexpensive anticancer Chinese patent medicine produced by many manufacturers.Compared with costly anticancer Chinese patent medicines such as Xihuang Wan, Dahuang Zhechong Wan is far more economical and is very suitable for financially disadvantaged patients who cannot…

1. Growth in the Rainy SeasonIn August in the Northern Hemisphere the heat is extreme and the rainfall abundant; while all things grow vigorously, they also helplessly endure the torment of the extreme weather.Buddhism has the tradition of the 'rains retreat' (varsa). During this hot…

Pianzaihuang is a precious Chinese patent medicine that can address many problems of tumor patients, but it is expensive. For ordinary families, the price of Pianzaihuang is a threshold that is hard to cross. At current prices, one pill of Pianzaihuang costs 500–600 yuan (and,…

Five years ago I went to see a certain Buddhist monk. By then he had already been tonsured and practicing for several years; he was very humble and had become a deeply cultivated elder. I had known him twenty years earlier, when he had not…

Recently, stories have been circulating among cancer patients about an elderly American, Joe Tippens, who defeated cancer by taking "dog medicine"—the veterinary dewormer fenbendazole (English name: Fenbendazole). Joe Tippens was an equity partner at a large private equity firm. In 2016 he was diagnosed with…