Anti-Cancer Basics ⁽⁴⁸⁾

Do cancer patients receiving Chinese medicine need regular Western-medicine re-examinations? In most cases, the answer is yes. Because we need objective imaging and hematological examinations to determine the therapeutic effect, in order to assess whether the current treatment plan is working. But for those end-stage…

I have treated many patients who benefited from various forms of exercise—swimming, running, brisk walking, qigong, Tai Chi, cycling, and ball games, to name only a few. Some survived longer, some had their complications controlled, and some effectively prevented tumor recurrence. So it can be…

Among the cancer patients I have seen over the years, those who survive longest are almost all optimists. From my own experience, patients who fret easily not only do not recover easily but also handle family and doctor-patient relationships poorly. In every word and deed…

Besides oral medicines, Chinese medicine has always had external medications. With the development of the times, some of the older external methods are now gradually being combined with modern technology; the suppository is one of them. A suppository is a dosage form in which Chinese…

TCM prescribing emphasizes variation with the seasons. Different seasons bring different climates, which exert seasonal effects on the human body, so TCM uses different seasonal herbs in different seasons. For example, the seasonal herbs commonly used in summer include Huoxiang (Agastache rugosa), Peilan (Eupatorium fortunei),…

It is again the turn of the year. The Spring Festival is the grandest of Chinese festivals: ten thousand families reunite, relatives and friends gather, and old times are recalled—this is the day of the year we Chinese most look forward to. Festivals can enrich…

Among the folk, there have always been people treating superficial tumors by external application, mostly using highly toxic, corrosive Chinese herbs or various vesicant herbs. I have seen in news reports that some Westerners are also trying their own local traditional topical methods for superficial…

Cancer, a common modern disease, is relatively frequent among people who favor rich, greasy foods and tonics. Those who habitually overeat rich, sweet, greasy food, crave alcohol and meat, or like various supplements easily develop damp-heat or damp-warm syndromes over time. Clinical manifestations often include…

I am often asked: are health exercises such as qigong and Tai Chi helpful for cancer rehabilitation? The answer is yes. I also encourage cancer patients to take part in these activities; besides qigong and Tai Chi, running, swimming, ball games, and mountain climbing all…

Whether surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or Chinese medicine is used, a considerable number of cancer patients can achieve the effect of tumor elimination. But no cancer patient who achieves tumor elimination through any of the above therapies is thereby cured.To this day I…