Diabetes ⁽¹¹⁾

A new study from the UK Biobank shows that accumulating just a few minutes a day of moderate-to-vigorous activity that leaves you slightly breathless may lower the risk of eight major diseases, including heart disease, dementia, and diabetes. The research was conducted by an international…

"Drinking a small amount of alcohol is good for health" is a comforting statement drinkers usually use on themselves. But a large study just published in June this year (2026) in the international medical journal Nature Health shows that alcohol consumption is associated with an…

Professor Zhao Bingnan was a great contemporary master of TCM external medicine in China. In the Zhao Bingnan Linchuang Jingyan Ji (Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan), there is a formula called Black Gangrene Sore Plaster (Hei Ju Chuang Gao); its composition and preparation are…

"Fushen Wan" comes from the Tang-dynasty physician Sun Simiao's Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold (Qianjin Yaofang); in Collected Effective Prescriptions (Jiyan Fang) it was renamed "Xuanbu Wan." Its composition is: huangqi (Astragali Radix), gualou (Trichosanthes), maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed), fushen (Poriae Sclerotium Pararadicis),…

In the Shengji Zonglu there is a formula usable for type 2 diabetes called “Digu Pi Yin” (Cortex Lycii Drink), composed of: Cortex Lycii (filed), Wanggua root (Trichosanthes cucumeroides root, filed), Tianhuafen (Trichosanthes root, filed), Phragmitis Rhizoma (Lugen, filed), and Ophiopogon (heart removed, dried), each…

In Shi Yi De Xiao Fang (Effective Formulas from Generations of Physicians) there is a formula called Zhu Ling Tang (Stomach Poria Decoction). It is made by taking 2–3 qian (6–9 g) each of Wu Ling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) and Ping Wei San…

Dihuang Yinzi (Rehmannie Decoction) originates from the Jiabao Fang; in the Shiyi Dexiao Fang it is also called Sheng Dihuang Yinzi. The formula consists of equal parts of Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix recens), Tiandong (Asparagi Radix), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix), Zhiqiao (Aurantii Fructus), Shihu…

The Desheng Tang Fang contains a prescription named "Shuihuo Jiji Wan" (Water-Fire-Link Pill), which was cited in the Puji Fang. Shuihuo Jiji Wan is composed of huanglian (coptis rhizome) and bailing (white poria), in equal parts. Preparation: grind the two herbs into a fine powder,…

Baohe Pills (Baohe Wan) are a very common patent Chinese medicine and are the foremost formula among the digesting and guiding agents in TCM formula studies. They are extremely widely used and can treat various pediatric conditions, gastrointestinal diseases such as gastritis and esophagitis, respiratory…

In treating cancer, I have found that oncology knowledge alone is not enough; many cancer patients have a great number of complications. The most complicated case I have seen carried seventeen major conditions, including cancer, diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis, and was dying, bedridden; the complexity…