Diet Therapy ⁽³³⁾

Mustard greens are the tender stems and leaves of Brassica juncea and Brassica juncea var. gracilis of the Brassicaceae family. They come to market from May to October and are sold in most vegetable markets across the country. Mustard greens have a slight bitterness, but…

When I was a child, I often ate a food called jiaotou—we called it lao jiaotou in my hometown. It can be stir-fried directly or pickled with chopped chili as a pickled vegetable. I had not eaten it for many years; one year, at a…

Zhang Xichun was a great master of the integrated Chinese-Western medicine school during the Republican era. In his Yixue Zhongzhong Canxi Lu (Record of Mediating Chinese and Western Medicine) there is a formula called Yipi Bing (Spleen-Benefiting Cake) that looks less like a Chinese-medicine prescription…

The Chinese medicinal Kunbu is the thallus of Ecklonia kurome (family Laminariaceae) and of Eckloniaonia sp. (black Kunbu) and Undaria pinnatifida (wakame) of the Alariaceae family; it is also called haidai (kelp), haidaicai, and haibaicai. What is the relationship between medicinal Kunbu and the kelp…

Lion's Mane Mushroom, also called Houtou Jun, Hou Jun, small-spined Hericium, or hedgehog fungus, is the fruiting body of the fungi Hericium erinaceus and Hericium coralloides (family Hydnaceae), named for its resemblance to the head of a golden snub-nosed monkey and to a hedgehog.Lion's Mane…

Eggplant is a vegetable familiar to every one of us; it tastes delicious and is deeply loved by people. I myself love eggplant and eat it almost every day when it is in season. Many people already know that eggplant is one of the anticancer…

Most TCM doctors probably put spicy foods on the forbidden list for cancer patients, and I have often done so myself. Does that mean all cancer patients cannot eat chili? Not necessarily. Some cancer patients who eat chili suffer no harm at all; on the…

Folk belief in China holds that radish neutralizes the medicinal effect, so many people have heard the saying: "Don't eat radish while taking Chinese medicine." Many have asked me about this. Is it actually appropriate to eat radish while on medication? I am writing this…

Most people have a poor appetite in summer, whether they are patients or healthy individuals, especially during the sweltering dog days. This is not unique to humans; if we observe animals at the zoo, we find that most animals in summer are also listless and…

"I heard drinking tea can fight cancer — can I drink tea? What kind of tea has the best anticancer effect?" Patients often ask me these questions. Some friends also frequently ask whether I drink tea and want to give me tea leaves. Others automatically…