Anti-Cancer Basics ⁽⁴⁸⁾

When I open my news app, every day I am flooded with reports of the latest, most heartening medical breakthroughs. My instant-messaging tools keep pushing all kinds of medical news that other people have seen and sent to me. Over time I have grown tired…

There are three essentials to master in TCM treatment of cancer: first, supporting the right qi (fuzheng); second, expelling the pathogen (quxie); and third, symptomatic treatment. Right-supporting treatment can raise the patient's immunity and restore their strength. Most cancer patients are deficient, so supporting the…

Because I have long been writing articles on TCM anti-cancer treatment, readers who are interested in TCM cancer care often consult me about which books they should read to study TCM treatment of cancer. Today, without presuming to be an authority, I recommend a few…

What is cancer? Cancer, also called malignant tumor, is the result of qualitative change in genetic regulation of human cells under the long-term action of various internal and external factors, leading to excessive proliferation. The internal and external factors that induce cancer are complex and…

Catherine M. Poole of the United States is a patient with malignant melanoma, a cancer that progresses to death very rapidly. After developing this cancer—known to Chinese patients colloquially as "ehei"—Ms. Catherine M. Poole, following her initial grief and panic, rose up to fight it.

This is an old essay of mine, first published under the pen name Huaici Jushi on Sina Blog; it was later reposted by many people. I have now rearranged the old piece and post it here, hoping that cancer patients and their families who read…

Many cancer patients are indeed very deficient, and families, frantic with worry, tonify recklessly: renshen (ginseng), dongchongxiacao (cordyceps), lurong (pilose antler), lingzhi (reishi mushroom)—especially the deceptive broken-wall reishi powder, reishi spore powder, and ginsenoside extracts; merchants spare no means, and despite repeated expert debunking that…

When we face darkness, only we ourselves can rub our eyes bright and find the light. — Epigraph Having stayed long in cancer circles, I have gradually seen more long-surviving patients. These patients are fortunate, having lived on after cancer. Among them, certain regularities in…