My Medical Theory ⁽¹⁸⁴⁾

Over the past few days the news has been roiling about a girl from Chun'an, Qiandao Lake, Zhejiang, who was lured away by two tenants and ultimately murdered; the two tenants then took their own lives. The whole affair is deeply baffling, and all sorts…

Treating cancer is one of the hardest things in this world, and being a doctor who treats cancer is very far from easy. Every doctor wants to achieve good results for the patient, but for an oncologist this beautiful wish is often shattered by cruel…

Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction is an empirical formula of Wang Qingren, a physician of the Qing dynasty. It was originally recorded in Wang Qingren's work Yilin Gaicuo (Correction of Errors Among Physicians). In Yilin Gaicuo, Wang Qingren used Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction for the treatment of many…

Guizhi Tang is praised as the foremost of all TCM formulas because it is the first formula in the Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) and also the most widely used in clinical practice. Professor Liu Duzhou believed that Guizhi Tang, externally, harmonizes the nutritive…

"Not eating after noon" (wuzhuo bushi) is a Buddhist tradition. Ever since the Buddha taught "one meal at midday, one night beneath the tree, and never more" (in the Sutra of Forty-two Sections), "eating at the wrong time" has been a Buddhist precept. If a…

The first half of the title of this article is the title of an article by a senior medical elder I got to know last year; I added the second half, like a bad dog wagging its tail behind a sable, to make up this…

As my readership and patient count have grown, a large part of my daily working hours is taken up by consultations of various kinds. It is no exaggeration to say that, before this, I spent at least three to four hours every day replying to…

I often encounter patients or family members who ask me to evaluate the treatment plan devised by another doctor they have seen, and I always politely decline. This actually touches on a very serious issue: a doctor must not rashly evaluate another doctor's treatment plan,…

1 During the winter break of 1997, my older brother was in his second year at Tongji University in Shanghai. At the time I was suffering badly from a urinary system disorder and had been seeking medical help everywhere. My brother took me to a…

Medical workers in China are all far too busy, and I am no exception. I am ashamed to say that the outcomes I achieved for cancer patients in my early years were better than now. My results have not improved as my clinical experience grew,…