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How to take medicine should be in the hands of the patient himself, not decided by the doctor—at least when it comes to the use of Chinese medicine, this principle should be followed. For the patient himself is the true guardian of his own life,…

Moxibustion is an economical, easy-to-practice TCM therapy for health maintenance and treatment that can solve many problems. Especially for chronic disorders caused by deep cold, moxibustion may be one of the best treatments. But not everyone is suited to it. For some patients, moxibustion not…

In 1894, when Asada Sohaku—hailed as the last giant of Japanese Kampo medicine—died, the medical and Confucian scholars of Japan all deeply mourned this grandmaster of Kampo (Chinese) medicine. On the day of his funeral procession, shops along the route spontaneously closed their doors; commoners…

Last summer, my own teacher developed shoulder and back pain after using the air conditioner, with cervical spondylosis and frozen shoulder flaring up. He came to me for a prescription, and I told him to use Gegen Tang granules (Kudzu Decoction granules). After buying the…

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…

People often ask me why I require patients to come in the morning or forenoon on an empty stomach. Everyone is full of doubt about this point, which stems from a lack of understanding of TCM diagnostics, especially pulse diagnosis. In the Maiyao Jingwei Lun…

Love life, and life will repay us with boundless joy! — Epigraph Professor Ren Yingqiu once said that a person cannot truly understand TCM before the age of sixty. As I grow older, I increasingly understand and agree with his words, and I grow fonder…

Medicine is an extremely special profession. Doctor-patient disputes are widespread across every country in the world, not excluding the most developed nations. What American doctors dread most is being sued over doctor-patient litigation. In recent years, in Germany and Britain as well, medicine has become…

Recently I went to the doctor because numbness, pain and swelling in my right leg had been worsening. The problem actually began long ago, but it was not as severe as now, so I had not paid attention. Recently, triggered by an injury, it became…

In the foreseeable future, human medicine will hardly reach perfection. From my own experience, the art of medicine has no end; the more it is pressed, the more refined it becomes. When a person studies medicine and applies it clinically to heal others, they always…