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The lunar year 2025 is drawing to a close. This year has not been easy for me; the road has been full of various challenges, but precisely because of these challenges I grew rapidly once again in middle age. At the turn of the year,…

Chongqing Tongjun Hall is the most time-honored and renowned Chinese medicine brand in the Chongqing area. Tongjun Hall was founded in 1908 and enjoys an excellent reputation in Chongqing. Chongqing Tongjun Hall's "Kaiwei Jianpi Pills" (Stomach-Rousing and Spleen-Fortifying Pills) are a Chinese patent medicine with…

Duan Fengwu was a renowned contemporary master of TCM external medicine in China. During his lifetime he worked clinically at the Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing, specializing in research on TCM treatment of cancer. While alive, Mr. Duan collected…

Dr. Zhao Bingnan was a renowned contemporary expert in TCM dermatology and surgery in China. Among his experience formulas is a "Black-Cloth Plaster" (Heibu Yaogao) for treating skin scar carcinoma. The composition is: aged black vinegar 2.5 kg, Galla Chinensis (Wubeizi) 740 g, golden-headed Scolopendra…

Thrombosis may form after a fracture, so TCM orthopedics and traumatology in treating fracture patients often emphasize activating blood and resolving stasis (huoxue huayu). In volume 13 of Chen Shiduo's Dongtian Aozhi (Secret Lore of the Grotto Heaven), there is a formula specifically for severe…

The disease of "zang zao" has been recorded as early as the time of Zhang Zhongjing. Zhang Zhongjing's Gan Mai Dazao Decoction (Licorice, Wheat and Jujube Decoction, composed of wheat, jujube and licorice) can be regarded as the ancestral TCM formula for treating zang zao;…

Xu Rongzhai (1911-1982) was a famous contemporary master of TCM gynecology in China. He summarized his experience in treating gynecological diseases into a book, Essentials of Gynecology (Fuke Zhiyao). In this book there are experience formulas collected by Mr. Xu for treating women's "beng lou"…

Old physician Zhang Zhanchen (1904-1993) was a renowned contemporary master of TCM external medicine and throat disorders. He had unique experience in treating ENT diseases with traditional Chinese medicine, and the "Bijun San" he created is an effective and proven formula of TCM for treating…

Linxian (now Linzhou), Henan Province, is a high-incidence area for esophageal cancer in China, and the experience of treating esophageal cancer there is also the richest in the country. The folk experience of using Donglingcao (Rabdosiae Rubescentis Herba) to treat esophageal cancer was unearthed from…

Vascular headache is mostly caused by hypertension and cerebrovascular lesions. The patient's headache is throbbing; in early-stage patients it can be relieved by adequate rest but worsens again with fatigue or lack of sleep. Such headaches require a combination of symptomatic and etiological treatment. This…