Insights and Updates

Lately I have been turning over a problem in my mind and reflecting on it: why is my own therapeutic result not satisfactory to me? Many physicians have puzzled over efficacy in the course of their practice. As far as I know, the elder physician…

On July 13, the Zhejiang Provincial Food and Drug Administration issued Drug Quality Announcement No. 4 of 2019, reporting that 51 batches of drugs had failed sampling. According to the announcement, more than 80% of the substandard drugs were Chinese materia medica; both Chinese herbal…

My son has recently become interested in works of anthropology and social psychology. Perhaps he cannot really understand such books yet, and his interest may spring from some peculiar teenage psychology, but he has taken to these books on our shelves. Yet I recall that…

Over the past few days the news has been roiling about a girl from Chun'an, Qiandao Lake, Zhejiang, who was lured away by two tenants and ultimately murdered; the two tenants then took their own lives. The whole affair is deeply baffling, and all sorts…

A few nights ago I came home late from my study. By the time I arrived, my son had already cooked a whole table of tasty dishes—and "tasty" is no exaggeration; every dish was well done, especially the braised pork ribs, which neither his mother…

Although my home in Beijing is very close to Zhongguancun, I have not been there for many years. During my time in Beijing, I rarely stray beyond a two-kilometer radius of my home. That bustling, steaming Zhongguancun, China's most important center of science and technology…

Dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum) is a member of the daisy family (Asteraceae) found almost everywhere, and nearly everyone who loves nature knows it. Dandelion is also one of the most common and cheapest Chinese medicinal herbs, yet its anticancer effect should not be underestimated. The whole…

Professor Qian Bowen is a grand old master in China's field of TCM anticancer treatment. He once served as director of the oncology research office of the Shanghai Institute of TCM, and was a tutor in the first national research class for the academic experience…

Gaohuang (BL43) is one of the common points of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder meridian. It lies below the spinous process of the 4th thoracic vertebra, 3 cun lateral (here "cun" refers to the acupuncture "body-inch"). This point is now commonly used to treat bronchial asthma, bronchitis,…

I once had the good fortune to make the acquaintance of the late veteran TCM physician Wang Taiyuan of Guizhou, because of a stage 3C ovarian cancer patient I was treating. This patient had previously been Dr. Wang's patient; Dr. Wang treated her for more…