Warm Disease ⁽³⁾

"Shenjie San" comes from Wenbing Tiaobian (Systematic Identification of Warm Diseases). It is an empirical formula of Wu Jutong, the great Qing-dynasty master of warm-disease medicine. Its composition is: Bai Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus, fried in wine), 1 qian (3 g); Chantui (Cicadae Periostracum), 5 pieces;…

The clearing method is a very important therapeutic principle in Chinese medicine. It is the mainstream school among contemporary Chinese practitioners treating cancer. Gao Bingjun, author of Yangke Xinde Ji and the representative figure of the "Xinde school"—one of the three great schools of Chinese…

By "chronic wasting diseases" here I mean long-course conditions marked by progressive physical depletion—cancer, diabetes, pulmonary tuberculosis, and various chronic inflammations. Many such patients can be treated in TCM from the perspective of vacuity-warmth (xuwen). Applying the combined treatment principles of supplementation, dispersing, clearing and…