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The theory of qi movement (qijixue shuo) is an important part of TCM basic theory and has great clinical value. TCM holds that as long as the body's qi moves unceasingly, human life is maintained and health is assured. Once qi becomes obstructed, disordered, or…

From childhood until about the age of thirty, I did not lead an ordinary life; only then did I urgently wish for an ordinary one. But as everyone knows, in our era China's people are restless, and the social environment that would allow an ordinary…

Liu Qing, president of DiDi and daughter of Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi, was rumored to have breast cancer; earlier, the well-known singer Yao Beina also died of breast cancer. These women who achieved brilliant success in their careers have now become targets of breast cancer.

An erroneous belief among ordinary people is that Chinese herbs are low in toxicity while Western drugs are highly toxic. This view is in fact wrong. The side effects of Chinese herbs can be severe; some are fatal and can kill a person quickly. Since…

I. Overview of Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer includes colon cancer and rectal cancer. Its incidence and mortality show a clear upward trend, especially in developed countries, and increasingly in China's more developed cities. It is a typical cancer associated with nutritional excess and lifestyle. Worldwide,…

When treating cancer in clinical practice, Professor Wang Pei preferred to use raw Chinese herbs rather than their processed (paozhi) versions. For example, raw Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), raw Heshouwu (Polygoniflori Multiflori Radix), raw Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma), raw Huangqi (Astragali Radix), raw Yiyiren (Coicis Semen), raw…

This formula was recorded by veteran TCM doctor Wang Taiyuan; he learned it from old Mr. Zhang Nanhui. He used it to treat acute mastitis in nearly a hundred cases, most of which healed in about three days. The formula is very simple: Honeysuckle vine…

"Fighting poison with poison" is one of the major principles of TCM cancer treatment; in virtually every TCM anti-tumor prescription, there are more or less some poisonous herbs. Practice has proved that fighting poison with poison is also one of the TCM anti-cancer means with…

A Buddhist believer's attitude toward this world, described in the fewest possible words, is "following conditions." When affinity arrives, go along with it; when it leaves, do not force it to stay. When affinity is insufficient, do not cling and reach for it, because clinging…

The line that has inspired me most in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the one Liu Bei calmly says when, as Cao Cao behaves arrogantly and overbearing, Guan Yu wants to cut him down with one slash and is stopped by Liu Bei; Guan…