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Dr. Gao Guilin was a student of Mr. Shi Jinmo, one of the four famous traditional Chinese medicine physicians of the old capital in modern times, and he was among the first group of TCM physicians in China after the founding of the People's Republic…

Ran Xuefeng (1879-1963) was a famous TCM physician of modern China. In his work Ran Xuefeng Yian (Medical Cases of Ran Xuefeng) he records a case of treating ye ge, transcribed below: The wife of a man surnamed Li suffered from ye ge for 30…

A certain Mr. Sheng of Tianjin, around fifty years of age, developed dysphagia (ye ge). Cause: His circumstances had long been unfavorable, and he was by nature impatient and prone to liver-rage, whereupon he contracted this illness. Symptoms: At first he only felt food go…

Antike Jiaonang (Antike Capsule) is a commonly used anti-cancer patent medicine whose ingredients include Chanpi (toad skin) and Danggui. It is commonly used for blood-stasis patterns of esophageal cancer and advanced primary liver cancer, as adjuvant therapy during chemotherapy for mid-to-late gastric cancer, or alone…

China has long been a country with a heavy burden of esophageal cancer. According to the World Health Organization, China ranks first in the world in esophageal cancer incidence. This is closely related to two deeply ingrained dietary habits of the Chinese people: first, the…

Patients with advanced upper digestive tract cancer (esophageal cancer, cardiac carcinoma or gastric cancer) usually develop, as the disease progresses, symptoms such as gastric bloating, stomach pain, hiccups, vomiting, acid regurgitation and heartburn. By this stage most patients already have distant metastases, and cure by…

In the Ming-dynasty physician Fang Guang's work Danxi Xin Fa Fu Yu (Supplement to the Core Traditions of Danxi), there is a formula called "Shenxian Duoming Dan" (Divine Life-Saving Pill). It consists of 13 wumei (smoked plums, soaked in water, pit removed), naosha (sal ammoniac)…

Wu Ye San (“Five-Block Powder”) comes from Jisheng Fang (in the Jingyue Quanshu it is also called Wu Ge San, “Five-Diaphragm Powder”). It treats “five types of Ye (dysphagia): food that will not go down, vomiting and reverse flow with profuse phlegm, obstruction in the…

"Wuzhi Anzhong Yin" originates from Experienced Prescriptions. It has the actions of nourishing the stomach and generating fluids, harmonizing the middle and lowering counterflow. It can be used for dysphagia (ye ge) belonging to the fluid-deficiency and heat-accumulation pattern. Symptoms include choking and pain upon…