Insights and Updates

On September 5, 2024, a research team led by Conor Liston and Charles J. Lynch of Weill Cornell Medicine published an important study in the journal Nature. By analyzing a large volume of human brain imaging data, the team found that, compared with healthy people,…

The Huoren Xintong contains a formula called "Lianhan Pills" (Sweat-Constricting Pills), composed as follows: Huangqi (Radix Astragali) 1 liang (30 g), Duan Muli (calcined Concha Ostreae) powder 1 liang (30 g), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi) 5 qian (15 g), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae) 1 liang (30 g,…

Amenorrhea is a common gynecological condition; prolonged amenorrhea can induce gynecological tumors. In my clinical practice I have seen tumor patients whose disease progresses rapidly when their period should have come but instead stops. This may be related to hormonal imbalance. I now introduce two…

In August this year, a study published in Med, a Cell Press journal, showed that between 2007 and 2021, obesity-related cancers were rising rapidly at an annual growth rate of 3.6%, and this trend was especially pronounced among the young. Overweight or obesity is driving…

When a tumor advances to the late stage, it is often accompanied by serious complications; complete intestinal obstruction and urinary retention are two that particularly affect the patient's quality of life. Because a tumor growing in a critical location has become too large, the patient…

My wife and I were classmates from junior high through high school; we have witnessed each other's growth. In the Chinese saying, we are childhood sweethearts. She is perhaps the person in the world who knows me best; she has seen my past and present…

The Waitai Miyao (Arcane Essentials from the Imperial Library) contains a formula called Yinchen Decoction, composed as follows: Yinchen (Herba Artemisiae Scopariae) 4 liang (12 g), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae) 2 liang (6 g), Zhizi (Fructus Gardeniae) 3 liang (9 g), Shengma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae) 3 liang…

It is back-to-school season. The "little monsters" have returned to their cages, and I too have begun my new academic year. This year is important and critical for me; it will be the hardest of the next six years. To fulfill my wish—to truly and…

Jifeng Puji Fang (Chicken Peak Universal Relief Prescriptions) records a formula called "Wanbing San" (Myriad-Illnesses Powder). Its composition is: Qianniuzi (Pharbitidis Semen), Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos), Chenjupi (aged Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), and Buguzhi (Psoraleae Fructus), each…

"Da Qinjiao Decoction" comes from Suwen Bingqi Yi Baoming Ji (Life-Preserving Records on Disease Mechanism According to Suwen); in Jiaozhu Furen Liangfang (Annotated Good Prescriptions for Women) it is also called "Qinjiao Decoction." Its composition is: Qinjiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), 3 liang (90 g); Shigao…