The first class of our new semester was Introduction to General Practice. In our textbook Introduction to General Practice, compiled under the leadership of professors from Capital Medical University, there is a passage that reads: "In the late 1950s, with the accelerating aging of the…

The patient, surnamed Wang, is a 51-year-old woman residing in Lanzhou, Gansu Province. Over the past two years, she underwent various examinations in hospitals because of intractable headache and joint swelling and pain, yet no cause could be identified for these symptoms. In July 2026,…

Over the past two weeks, two patients contacted me about episodes of transient chest pain. They had undergone various hospital examinations without anything abnormal being found. Because they worried it might be a heart problem, they even had 24-hour Holter monitoring and a coronary CTA,…

After spending the summer vacation at home, I returned to school at around seven o'clock on the evening of August 30. I picked up my new textbooks during the evening self-study session, and on August 31 we officially began classes. I had been away for…

Today is my 47th birthday, and also the day I register for my second year of university — my second time around in higher education. After today, I can no longer say I'm only 47; I'll have to say I'm already 48. After celebrating my…

Summer vacation is drawing to a close, and it has been a remarkably rewarding one. The break is over. Tomorrow I return to school to register, and the day after, classes officially begin. This summer lasted 54 days — an exceptionally long holiday. I went…

The patient, surnamed Yan, is the grandmother of a friend of the author. She is 95 years old and resides in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province. On June 30, 2026, she was admitted to a local hospital in Pingxiang for edema of both lower limbs and was…

The formula Kaidao San (Opening‑Dispersing Powder) was documented in Anhui Medical Journal, 1973, Issue (2), Page 23. It was an empirical prescription used at that time for advanced esophageal cancer complicated by inability to swallow. Its composition is as follows: Borax 61 g, Lapis Micae Aureae 46 g, Saltpeter…

Following the principle proposed in the general discussion of this book, that homologous formulas and homologous medicinal herbs can be assembled into large‑compound prescriptions, the author compiles common TCM formulas and medicinal substances by category for clinical formula‑composition reference. This section covers homologous prescriptions for…

August 24, 2026. I took the high‑speed rail from Beijing to Luoyang, the ancient capital, to hold discussions with the laboratory director of a Grade‑A Tertiary Hospital there about cooperation on animal experiments for lung cancer treatment based on the multi‑target large‑compound prescription approach. The…