TCM Anti-Cancer ⁽⁷⁹⁾

I have long wished, despite my humble abilities, to write a monograph on TCM treatment of cancer, systematically organizing what I have read and clinically learned over the years for others' reference. But for one thing, I have always felt my level was not good…

In the blink of an eye, it has been over ten years since I devoted myself to cancer research and treatment. It began with wanting to save my own cancer-stricken mother; now she has been gone for over five years. It began with saving myself,…

TCM external medicine has long held the doctrine of the "five favourable and seven adverse signs" (wu shan qi e). This was summarized by ancient TCM surgeons in clinical practice to judge the prognosis of patients with abscesses, ulcers, and sores—that is, what we today…

There is an old Chinese saying: "Minor illness seeks medicine, major illness accepts death." I would append a tail to this dog: "For incurable disease, treat gently." Over my years studying Chinese and Western treatment of cancer, this saying has struck me deeply. I once…

Over the past two years I have visited a number of folk doctors who treat cancer with TCM, and followed up on patients who survived thanks to Chinese medicine. I have found that TCM anti-cancer treatment cannot do without "using poison to attack poison." Personally,…

Which kind of treatment is most likely to be effective? After treating people for so many years, I began to think about this question. A person studies medicine with the original intention of saving the dying and healing the wounded. After years of study and…

Cancer patients often ask me: "When is the best time to start TCM treatment?" The answer is simple: "The earlier, the better!" Some patients insist on waiting until Western medicine has exhausted every option before starting TCM, but by then it is already too late.

Once a person learns he has cancer, anxiety is inevitable; no matter how psychologically strong a patient is, facing cancer he cannot truly and completely let go.

People often ask me what cancer patients should pay attention to in their diet. Until now I have mostly given advice face-to-face to patients who come to me, tailoring it to their specific condition and constitution. Too many people ask for me to answer each…

Modern TCM generally holds that cancer is a systemic disease manifesting locally as a tangible tumor. In the past, cancer was generally classified under sores, ulcers, carbuncles, and abscesses; by this classification it belongs to external-medicine (surgical) diseases. Chen Shigong, the famous Ming-dynasty surgery expert…