Cancer ⁽¹⁰⁹⁾

An elderly Western-medicine specialist, after developing malignant lymphoma, resolutely chose TCM treatment. An elderly TCM specialist, after developing esophageal cancer, resolutely abandoned TCM and chose Western medicine. These two old specialists—one was my patient, the other was the father of an online acquaintance. Having practiced…

Originally written June 4, 2013. For more than a year after my late mother passed away, I kept reflecting on the reasons her treatment failed. At the same time I was groping for experience in dealing with liver metastases and massive solid tumors. Gradually I…

During my college-entrance physical examination, out of a class of more than fifty students, nearly ten were found to have hepatitis B; unfortunately I was one of them. Fortunately I had only the "small three positive" (minor HBV carrier state), and over more than ten…

Serene Remaining Years (QQ nickname Bin) has passed away. In the eleventh year after his liver cancer diagnosis, he left this world peacefully. I have known Brother Bin for nearly four years, beginning when he started following my blog. Brother Bin also wrote a blog…

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…

For patients with advanced abdominal tumors, Zhao Shaoqin advocated slow treatment with pills. Below is a pill formula he left for such patients, from Zhao Shaoqin Linzheng 400 Fa (400 Clinical Methods of Zhao Shaoqin), p. 54. Xuanfuhua (Inula) 15 g, Danggui 30 g, Chishao…

Many patients consulting TCM do not know or understand dietary prohibitions; I write this to explain. Among critically ill patients, especially advanced and terminal cancer patients, at least one-third are accelerated to death by eating and drinking recklessly. Patients and families usually do not know…

Special note: These six cases are excerpted from Fang Mingqian Linzheng Shilu (Verbatim Clinical Records of Fang Mingqian), compiled by his disciple Shuai Laifu. Some herbs used are highly toxic; do not imitate them without the guidance of a professional TCM physician, or your life…

Malignant tumors growing in the chest cavity, abdominal cavity, and pelvic cavity should be treated first with the purgative (gongxia) method. Today's patients are soft and spoiled; they rejoice at tonics and fear warming attack. Worse, various so-called leading experts in TCM blindly emphasize supporting…

Xiaoluo Wan (Scrofula-Dispersing Pill) is a famous formula from Yixue Xinwu (Medical Mind-Awakening) for treating phlegm-nodules and scrofula (various benign and malignant tumors and tuberculous lesions). It consists of three herbs—Xuanshen (Scrophularia), Zhebeimu (Zhejiang Fritillary), and Shengmuli (raw Oyster shell)—and treats scrofula and phlegm-nodules due…