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I am going to Shanghai tomorrow. Today my wife looked for clothes for me to wear on the trip. Searching and searching, she could not find many garments she thought presentable enough to go out and meet people in; the newest clothes were bought three…

The most typical clinical symptom of cervical cancer patients is vaginal bleeding. The bleeding volume in cervical cancer is very large; many patients, after bleeding, have hemoglobin falling below the critical point and require blood transfusions to sustain life. If not well controlled, some cervical…

Among the various philosophies of survival, the one I most esteem is sui yu er an—being at peace whatever one encounters. Whatever comes, one meets it calmly and takes it as a matter of course, unaffected by the outside world or by one's own lot.

The heart that loves praise and hates blame is the heart of the vulgar man who frets over gain and loss. If one cannot break through this barrier, all one's learning and talent merely serve to deceive the age and steal a reputation. Zhiyuan's note:…

This is a formula recorded under the entry on Dan Douchi (Fermented Soybean) in Professor Zhang Tingmo's Chinese Materia Medica for Clinical Practice. I have not personally used it in the clinic and cannot judge its actual efficacy; I hope readers who have used it…

When cancer reaches its terminal stage, every form of treatment can only achieve limited effect; the hope of raising the dead is slim. Yet many families still refuse to give up, still hope to cure the patient, and travel everywhere seeking doctors and consultations. In…

Whenever anything is taken to an extreme, it produces abuses; once abuses arise, they will eventually develop into vulgar customs. For example, Confucius spoke of filial piety, sometimes with a rigidity that was itself a flaw. This abuse, carried to an extreme, produced the vulgar…

Radiotherapy is a common treatment for cervical cancer in women. Radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy can achieve near-curative results in some early-to-mid-stage cervical cancer patients. However, radiation enteritis, a sequela of radiotherapy, is also extremely distressing for patients. The clinical manifestations of radiation enteritis after cervical…

From ancient times to the present, without the criticism of intellectuals, society, culture, and technology could not have made leaping progress. Being a critic takes considerable courage, because the critic often challenges the beliefs of a huge group with only their own strength. Such a…

Religions always go further and further off course as they develop. Today, China's various religious organizations increasingly resemble pyramid schemes. And pyramid scheme organizations increasingly resemble religions. In an age when many people have empty souls, religion and pyramid schemes slip in to seize souls…