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I have long wished, despite my humble abilities, to write a monograph on TCM treatment of cancer, systematically organizing what I have read and clinically learned over the years for others' reference. But for one thing, I have always felt my level was not good…

I never imagined that one day I would become depressed. I was a born optimist; my older brother once called me a blind optimist, which shows how sunny my outlook was when young. But now I must admit: I am depressed. The enormous workload means…

In the blink of an eye, it has been over ten years since I devoted myself to cancer research and treatment. It began with wanting to save my own cancer-stricken mother; now she has been gone for over five years. It began with saving myself,…

Shi Yunyu, a Zhuangyuan (top scholar) of the Qianlong era in the Qing dynasty, wrote a famous couplet: "Where the spirit reaches, the writing matures; when learning is deep, the temper evens." I have slightly modified it as the title of this piece, to express…

The late renowned Shanghai physician Qiu Peiran once said that doctor-patient mutual alignment is an important guarantee of therapeutic effect, and he wrote a long article describing it in detail. The Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon), the classic of TCM, also repeatedly stresses the…

Once, when invited to see an out-of-town patient, I met a family member over seventy. During our conversation, the older man told me: "My only hope is to ease my wife's suffering. Her cancer is already at an advanced stage; to demand that doctors cure…

My son: You are twelve now. In the Chinese zodiac, twelve years form one cycle; from your twelfth birthday onward, you are entering a new cycle. This cycle is the critical stage in which you move from childhood into adulthood. On this special day, Dad…

I write this title not because I loathe life, but because, just as I love life, I also love death. I live joyfully, and I hope to die joyfully—cleanly, peacefully. Since death is the unavoidable end of all life, there is nothing to reject about…

The Japanese say that the secret not handed down in TCM lies in dosage. The dosage of Chinese herbs determines clinical efficacy, yet dosage is hard to master. Once a doctor prescribed a formula; the patient took it as directed with no effect. Growing impatient,…

TCM external medicine has long held the doctrine of the "five favourable and seven adverse signs" (wu shan qi e). This was summarized by ancient TCM surgeons in clinical practice to judge the prognosis of patients with abscesses, ulcers, and sores—that is, what we today…