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Rearranged from an old work. Shiliu Liuqi Yin (Sixteen-Ingredient Qi-Flowing Drink): Chuanxiong (Ligusticum), Danggui (Angelica), Shaoyao (Paeonia), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia), Renshen (Ginseng), Muxiang (Aucklandia), raw Huangqi (Astragalus), Rougui (Cinnamon bark), Jiegeng (Platycodon), Baizhi (Angelica dahurica), Binglang (Areca), Houpo (Magnolia bark), Wuyao (Lindera), Gancao (Glycyrrhiza), Zisu (Perilla),…

This is another essay I once published under the pen name Huaici Jushi on Sina Blog, recording some of my own past therapeutic experiences. In clinical practice I often give Zengye Tang, a famous formula of the Warm-Disease school, for constipation and abdominal distension in…

This is an old essay of mine, first published under the pen name Huaici Jushi on Sina Blog; it was later reposted by many people. I have now rearranged the old piece and post it here, hoping that cancer patients and their families who read…

A note: this is an essay I wrote in 2012, a little over a month before my mother's death. Today, for certain reasons, I happened to reread it; after reading I fell into long thought. I have decided to repost the original essay as it…

The "General Treatise on Carbuncles and Ulcers" in Wang Hongxu's Waike Zhengzhi Quansheng Ji is the master outline of Wang's treatment of yong and ju—various inflammatory diseases, purulent diseases, tumors and cancers. Studying this outline reveals Wang's overall approach to treating all kinds of yong…

What are pleural and ascitic fluid in cancer patients? What role can dietary therapy play? Pleural and ascitic fluid in cancer patients are accumulations of fluid in the pleural and abdominal cavities caused by cancer; they are common complications of late-stage cancer. They seriously impair…

Recorded medicinal effects of the millipede (Shanqiongchong)[Properties] Pungent in taste; warm in nature; highly toxic. [Functions and indications] Breaks up zhengjia (abdominal masses) and jiju (accumulations); resolves toxic swellings. Mainly treats abdominal masses and accumulations; fullness below the flanks; unnamed toxic swellings; scrofula; malignant sores;…

Wang Hongxu (1669–1749), given name Weide, literary name Linwu Sanren and also Dingdingzi, was a native of Wu County, Jiangsu. His family had practiced medicine for generations; his great-grandfather Wang Ruogu was renowned as an ulcer physician and compiled Jingyan Yanfang (Proven Effective Formulas), treasured…

Traditional Chinese medicine, aided by modern science and technology, has developed rapidly. The combination of TCM with modern technology represents great progress rather than regression. Although some traditional therapies and Chinese medicines have left the historical stage, on the whole the fact that TCM has…

There are some fellows who understand nothing about cancer yet continually preach the following view among cancer patients and their families: cancer can be reversed—if you only find the cause of the cancer and do the opposite, the cancer can be cured. This naive and…