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Female, age 46, a resident of Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province; first visit on November 25, 2015. The left pulse was deep, thin, and slippery; the right pulse was deep and slightly thin. The patient had undergone surgery in Yangzhou for skull base osteosarcoma, as well as…

I believe that a TCM physician treating patients needs three kinds of heart: a conscience, carefulness, and resolve. A physician without a conscience is a disaster for patients. Doctor-patient relations in China are currently very tense; in the final analysis, this is because corruption in…

Original headline: Chinese and foreign scientists discover a strongly drug-resistant “superbug” gene Xinhua, Beijing, Nov. 23 (Reporter Peng Qian)—Chinese and foreign researchers have recently discovered a “superbug” gene in livestock and in humans that can withstand potent antibiotics, meaning that the “last line of defense”…

Hutaorou, also called Hutaoren, is the kernel of the English walnut. It is both a delicious food and a potent medicinal. Both the leaves and fruits of the walnut contain juglone; in mice with ascites-type liver cancer, juglone prolonged survival by as much as 95%,…

Traditional Chinese medicine faces enormous questioning and debate in the present era. Everyone who cultivates the field of TCM encounters all kinds of doubt, censure, and controversy. If one visits forums such as Tianya or Mop, countless people can be found who wish to see…

Xiao Mi, female, 45 years old, a resident of Meihekou City, Jilin Province, a patient with leiomyosarcoma; first visit on November 22, 2015. The patient had already undergone multiple surgeries for leiomyosarcoma and had received three years of Western surgical treatment, but her condition could…

Zhang, male, age 19, from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. Hodgkin lymphoma was discovered three years ago; he was treated at Hospital 307, then relapsed. Because chemotherapy and treatment at other TCM doctors had failed, he came to Beijing on November 21, 2015 seeking treatment. Imaging showed…

Patient history: December 2001: left breast mass excised; pathology unknown. Later the surgical site felt constantly uncomfortable, the wound inside turned hard, the patient felt fatigued and gradually wasted away. May 9, 2003: re-examination confirmed breast cancer; left breast modified radical mastectomy performed. Pathology showed…

The original article was written in August 2012. Yesterday I went again to the home of Dr. Li, a former Western-medicine specialist at Chaoyang Hospital and a lymphoma patient who has been fighting cancer for seven years, to visit her and learn Western medicine from…

Only when you like someone can you spend a lifetime with her (or him). Only when you like something can you do it tirelessly, never tiring of it. Only when you like your life can you live happily. Liking is the source of vitality, the…