Insights and Updates

I have returned to Beijing from my hometown in Hubei and resumed normal working conditions. A few days ago, because I was at home and it was inconvenient to use a computer, I could not update articles daily. Starting tomorrow, I will continue updating articles…

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon. I would like to extend my New Year greetings to the readers, fellow patients, family, and friends who have supported me over the years. I wish you all good health, family harmony,…

On the last day of the lunar year 2023, I sat in the courtyard of my old home, the warm winter sun on my body, deeply comfortable. For a Chinese person, only after today has the year 2023 truly ended. At this moment my heart…

A few days ago, my wife and I took a ride-hailing car to visit an old classmate of mine. When we called the car on the app, we weren't paying close attention to the options and chose a shared ride. When the car arrived, there…

In the "Surgery Volume" of the *Standards of Patterns and Treatment* (Zhengzhi Zhunsheng), there is a formula named "Zhitong Yao" (Painkilling Medicine). Its composition is: 30g each (1 liang) of Chinese angelica (Danggui), Achyranthes root (Niuxi), Sichuan lovage rhizome (Chuanxiong), unprocessed rehmannia root (Shengdihuang), red…

Dear readers and fellow patients, I will finish this year's work on February 7th and leave Beijing on the evening of February 7th (the 27th day of the 12th lunar month) to return to my hometown in Hubei for the New Year. I will return…

Gan Jiang Ling Zhu Tang comes from the *Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet* (Jinkui Yaolue); in the *Thousand Golden Ducat Formulary* (Qianjin Fang) it is also named "Shenzhuo Tang" (Kidney Fixedness Decoction). It is composed of: 30g of licorice (Gancao, 2 liang), 30g of…

"Shufeng Zhisou Pill" comes from the *Selected Discussions on Medical Prescriptions of the Guangxu Emperor of Cixi* (Cixi Guangxu Yifang Xuanyi), and was an imperial prescription used in the late-Qing palace to treat cough caused by wind-cold common cold. Its composition is: 15g of perilla…

Da Xingfeng Tang (Major Wind-Stirring Decoction) comes from "Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang" (Taiping Peaceful Beneficent Pharmacy Formulary). Its composition: Sheng Tiannanxing (raw Arisaema) 8 liang (240 g), Sheng Fangfeng (raw Saposhnikovia) 4 liang (120 g), Sheng Duhuo (raw Angelica pubescens), Sheng Fuzi (raw Aconitum, peeled…

In "Yifang Juyi" (A Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Formulas) there is a prescription called "Wuzhuyu Wan" (Evodia Pill), quoted from "Jingyan Liangfang" (Effective Proven Formulas). Its composition: Wuzhuyu (evodia fruit) 4 liang (120 g), Tian Tinglizi (sweet Descurainia seed) 2 liang (60 g, stir-fried), Gansui…