Cancer Notes ⁽¹¹⁶⁾

In their co-authored book The Biology of Genes and Cancer, H. Varmus — the Nobel laureate known for isolating the oncogenes that cause tumors in animals — and R. A. Weinberg, who first classified human tumor suppressor genes, argue that cancer cells arise from normal…

In clinical practice, I have found that some cancer patients suffer from excessive sweating. I have tried several methods with modest success, and so I write this article to recommend, for your reference, the antiperspirant herbs and formulas I commonly use. Yupingfeng Granules The patent…

People often ask me: do tumors progress faster in spring? Intuitively, there does seem to be such a phenomenon; every spring, some cancer patients' tumors do indeed progress rapidly. But without data to support it, we cannot firmly conclude that cancer develops faster in spring.

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…

The day before yesterday, a cancer patient's family member I have known for years came to see me from Nanjing. I thought she was bringing her elder sister to me—her sister had previously come to me for lung adenocarcinoma—but unexpectedly she came alone. Her first…

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…

Over the past two years, my research on fighting cancer with Chinese medicine has had its gains and its losses. August is the dog-days period; every year in August there are fewer patients consulting and visiting than in other months. In August I organized a…

Recently, building on my earlier work, I have further refined the formula, combining more than a hundred Chinese herbs to treat adult cancer, with modest results. I now write this article to introduce my experience in prescribing.The Chinese herbs I use include the following: mao-zhao-cao…

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…

Many cancer patients only seek Chinese medicine at the very last moment. In fact, when a cancer patient has truly exhausted all the methods of Western medicine and only then turns to Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine will no longer have a good effect either. Especially…