Doctor-Patient Relationship ⁽⁴⁾

A patient added me on WeChat. As usual I sent him the link to my "Consultation Guidelines." When he saw that consultation was charged (though it also stated it was free for the poor), he burst out cursing: "Your mouth is full of a doctor's…

I still remember that when I had just achieved complete remission (the tumor had completely disappeared and cancer markers normalized), I shared in a group chat: "Don't look at the fact that I recovered on Chinese medicine—that doesn't mean you can too." I said that…

I recently took on as my master a veteran TCM physician in her sixties. She began studying medicine at twelve and comes from a distinguished lineage, yet she is extremely low-key, sees patients cautiously, and repeatedly warns me during clinical teaching to practice carefully: first…

The late national master of medicine Professor He Puren once said that he had four teachers, one of whom was his patients. Over these years I have deeply felt the truth of his words. My patients and their families are close to me without any…