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Sanju Tang (Mass-Dispersing Decoction), as the name suggests, is a formula aimed at dispersing accumulations and gatherings. Historically, many medical works contain a formula named Sanju Tang. For instance, Chen Yan's Sanyin Jiyi Zhengzheng Fanglun of the Song dynasty contains "Sanju Tang"; the Ming-dynasty physician…

I have wanted to write this article for a long time but never found the time. Today I settle down to organize the experience I have groped out over these years of practice, as a reference for friends who are thinking about this question. I…

This year's college entrance exam (gaokao) scores are out, and many friends who care about me have asked in the background how I did. I will answer uniformly: I scored 400 this year, 50 points more than last year. Hubei province's undergraduate cutoff line for…

After the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, my way of life changed a great deal. That year, because of the city lockdowns, going out was very inconvenient, and we were forced to look for some happiness close to home. As I rode my bicycle around the…

"Qingxuan Zhitong Wan" (Clear-Wind Stroke-Treating Pills) is a Chinese patent medicine for stroke sequelae. Its composition includes: Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus), Quanxie (Scorpio), Dilong (Pheretima), Zhenzhu (Margarita), Juemingzi (Cassiae Semen), Shuiniujiao Nongsuofen (concentrated Bubali Cornu powder), Niuhuang (Bovis Calculus), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Huangqin…

"Yinao Fujian Jiaonang" (Brain-Benefiting Recovery Capsules) is a Chinese patent medicine. Its composition is: Sanqi (Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Chishao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Honghua (Carthami Flos), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Xuejie (Draconis Sanguis), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix), Xixiancao (Siegesbeckiae Herba), and Dilong (Pheretima). The active constituents…

Wang Jiufeng was a physician of generations-renowned family in Dantu (within present-day Jiangsu) during the Qianlong-Jiaqing period of the Qing dynasty. He was skilled in treating various internal and surgical diseases, and the case records of his clinical practice were compiled as Wang Jiufeng Yi'an…

Weiyanning Keli (Stomach-Inflammation-Calming Granules) is composed of Tanxiang (Lignum Santali Albi, sandalwood), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae, dry-fried), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi), Xixin (Herba Asari), Jineijin (Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli), Shanzha (Fructus Crataegi), Yiyiren (Semen Coicis, stir-fried), Chixiaodou (Semen Phaseoli), Wumei (Fructus Mume), and Zhigancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata),…

Men seem innately unwilling to accept aging, and this may be an important reason why men's average life expectancy is far lower than women's. My father-in-law, in his later years, refused to accept aging and insisted on doing work he could manage when young; as…

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding refers to bleeding from the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, the jejunum after gastrojejunostomy, the pancreas, or the biliary tract above the ligament of Treitz. Clinically it is mainly detected through hematemesis and melena. Patients losing less than 500 mL have mild bleeding, with…