TCM Anti-Cancer ⁽⁷⁹⁾

The thought of yang-fire and yin-poison originated with Zhang Jingyue of the Ming dynasty and matured under Wang Weide of the Qing dynasty. This school held that the yang pattern of tumors is caused by fire, while the yin pattern is caused by poison; therefore…

Secrets of TCM Cancer Treatment is a book published by Wenhui Press in August 1995. TCM treatment of malignant tumors has its distinctive strengths; all the authors of this book are TCM physicians with experience in treating tumors. The cases recorded in the book are…

Yanghe Decoction (Yanghe Tang) Prepared Rehmannia (Shudi) 30 g, Deerhorn Glue (Lujiaojiao) 10 g, White Mustard Seed (Baijiezi) 6 g, raw Licorice (Shenggancao) 3 g, Cinnamon Bark (Rougui) 3 g, Ephedra (Mahuang) 1.5 g, Blast-fried Ginger (Paojiang) 1.5 g Main indications: yin-type abscesses and deep…

This is another essay I once published under the pen name Huaici Jushi on Sina Blog, recording some of my own past therapeutic experiences. In clinical practice I often give Zengye Tang, a famous formula of the Warm-Disease school, for constipation and abdominal distension in…

Those who choose TCM to treat cancer must not overlook the role of decoctions (tangyao). Modern pharmaceuticals are highly developed, and a great many patent anti-cancer Chinese medicines (zhongcheng yao) have appeared. Many patients, when they accept TCM treatment, take only patent medicines, and after…

An erroneous belief among ordinary people is that Chinese herbs are low in toxicity while Western drugs are highly toxic. This view is in fact wrong. The side effects of Chinese herbs can be severe; some are fatal and can kill a person quickly. Since…

"Fighting poison with poison" is one of the major principles of TCM cancer treatment; in virtually every TCM anti-tumor prescription, there are more or less some poisonous herbs. Practice has proved that fighting poison with poison is also one of the TCM anti-cancer means with…

Li Zhongzi (style name Shicai, hao Nian'e), a TCM physician of the Ming dynasty, showed unusual talent from youth and was exceptionally bright. Born into a scholarly family—his father was a jinshi of the Wanli era, 17th year—Li Zhongzi received a good education from childhood.

TCM broadly divides the causes of human disease into three categories: internal causes, external causes, and causes that are neither internal nor external. This division already existed in early TCM classics such as the Huangdi Neijing and the Jinkui Yaolue; the Song dynasty physician Chen…

An old piece, written in 2013. Zhang Jingyue said that a physician must have "the eye of an eagle and the courage of a lion." What he meant was: first, the physician must pattern-differentiate accurately; second, he must have sufficient daring. I believe this is…