Insights and Updates

Rhinitis is only a minor ailment, but it lingers and is hard to cure, greatly affecting quality of life and so being a real headache. In recent years, because of COVID-19 and influenza A, many people have developed rhinitis as one of their post-infection sequelae.

Fengshi Gutong Jiaonang (Rheumatic Bone Pain Capsule) is a modern Chinese patent medicine included in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (Volume I, 2005 edition). Its ingredients are: processed Aconitum (zhi chuanwu), processed Aconitum kusnezoffii (zhi caowu), Safflower (honghua), Licorice (gancao), Chaenomeles (mugua),…

The patient, a 46-year-old woman surnamed Liu from Shandong Province, underwent ultrasound on August 7, 2024 at Shandong Provincial Hospital. The results showed that the myometrium of the posterior uterine wall was slightly thickened (about 3.1 cm), with rough, heterogeneous echogenicity, and adenomyosis was diagnosed.

The Qing-dynasty physician Shen Jin'ao's medical work Fuke Yuchi (Jade Rules of Gynecology) contains a formula called "Guiban Wan" for treating menorrhagia in women. Its composition is: turtle shell (guiban, fried with butter), Radix Scutellariae (huangqin), Radix Paeoniae Alba (baishao), and Cortex Ailanthi (chungenpi), each…

A paper published in the latest issue of the US Journal of Neuro-Oncology reports that researchers and clinicians from the University of Nottingham and other institutions have jointly developed a rapid method for diagnosing brain tumors. This genetic diagnostic method can rapidly detect relevant human…

Taiping Shenghui Fang (Taiping Holy Prescriptions for Universal Relief) contains a formula called "Niuxi Wan." Its composition is: Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae (niuxi) 2 liang (60 g, sprouts removed); Radix Paeoniae Alba (baishao) 1 liang (30 g); Radix Polygalae (yuanzhi) 1 liang (30 g, heart removed);…

The Qing-dynasty medical compendium Yibu Quanshu (Complete Records of the Medical Section) contains a formula called "Baitouweng Wan" for treating "qi goiter" (qi ying) and "qi tumor" (qi liu)—conditions corresponding to goiter in modern medicine. The composition is: Radix Pulsatillae (baitouweng) 5 qian (15 g);…

"Water Shield Soup (Chuncai Geng)" is an ancient dietary-therapy formula indicated for weakness of the spleen and stomach qi, inability to take food and drink, weakness of the limbs, and progressive emaciation. This formula originates from the Song-dynasty text Shengji Zonglu (General Records of Divine…

I have been in Beijing for 26 years, and only sometime this year did I finally feel a complete sense of belonging to this city, no longer always pining to return to my hometown. During the Spring Festival I met my older cousin back home.

Today headlines worldwide carry the news that former U.S. President Biden has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. His office said in a statement Sunday (May 18) that the 82-year-old Biden visited doctors last Friday (the 16th) for worsening urinary symptoms; a new nodule was…