Cancer Notes ⁽¹¹⁶⁾

Nowadays many TCM doctors like to prescribe heat-clearing, detoxifying herbs to cancer patients; I myself often use such formulas. But some patients, after overusing cold and cooling herbs, develop marked discomfort, and some develop severe side effects. I have treated several patients whose spleen and…

Cancer is a chronic disease, and treating it is a long process. Patients who choose TCM against cancer, in particular, must take Chinese medicine for a long time to achieve effective control. But not all patients benefit from Chinese medicine. Many take it for cancer…

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…

When sitting in meditation or practicing qigong, one can easily go astray into delusion. In reality, relying on sitting meditation or quiet-sitting qigong to treat cancer is a very unreliable approach, and its harm is often far greater than any benefit obtained from it. Sitting…

According to general statistics, 25% of China's urban population will develop cancer, while the proportion among the rural population is 21%. The more developed the city, the higher the cancer rate. In first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou, basically one in three…

Some cancer patients, after falling ill, are easily influenced by religion and become ascetics and vegetarians, carrying their lives to an extreme and resulting in malnutrition both physically and mentally, which is very unfavorable to recuperation. I write this article to set forth my personal…

This article was written in May 2013 and originally posted on my Sina blog under the pen name Huaici Jushi; the original follows below: An elderly lymphoma patient I have treated has survived for over eight years on Chinese herbs alone. Before this year's Labor…

Opinions on the choice of cancer treatment regimens are divided, and it is hard to reach a consensus. Personally, I lean toward combined Chinese-Western treatment, because the probability of success is highest with combined therapy. But there is a subset of cancer patients for whom…