七、癌症病人，往往发病前没有事么明显的征兆，一般情况下到医院检查才知道患的是癌症，这时候往往有一种恐惧心理：癌症=死亡，或者离死亡不远，其实不然，癌症不等于死亡，学佛的李木源居士，当他发现自己患了白血病之后，没有恐惧，也知道最终的结果是死亡，于是放下手中所有的活，到寺庙里准备往生，在寺庙里干些杂活，一等就是十多年，怎么阿弥陀佛还不接走，什么临床症状都没有了，到医院一检查，奇迹出现了，癌细胞没有了，当然这是信佛法、行佛法的结果。
八、《内经》曰:“诸痛疮疡皆属于心” ，大多数疮疡属于火，应该用清热解毒法。但是临床上也可看到也有“火亏”（阳虚）的一面，此举一例说明之。一郝姓老年人，从今年3月起先在尾闾穴上生疮红肿疼痛不可忍，西医给与青霉素治疗两个周痊愈，之后在嘴上，屁股上接连生疮，此起彼伏。他医用清热解毒药治疗，无效，反而加重。无奈之下求于我。我号其脉沉细迟涩，询之小便清长，大便稀溏，全身如带紧箍咒。此人患有糖尿病近二十年，曾经干过10多年赤脚医生。据其脉证断：肾阳不足，虚阳外越。
处方：川附子（乳白色片）50克生姜150克生葱3肉桂15颗六付水煎服。
服药后疮头开始萎缩，疼痛日渐减轻。共服20余剂痊愈。
7. Cancer patients often present with no obvious signs before the onset of the disease. Generally, it is only through hospital examinations that they discover they have cancer. At this time, a sense of fear often arises: the belief that "cancer equals death," or that death is imminent. In fact, this is not so; cancer does not equal death. For example, Li Muyuan, a lay Buddhist practitioner, upon discovering he had leukemia, did not feel fear. Knowing that the ultimate outcome was death, he put aside all his work and went to a temple to prepare for Wangsheng (Buddhist term for peaceful passing). He performed various chores in the temple and waited for more than ten years, thinking, "Why hasn't Amitabha Buddha come to take me yet?" Consequently, all clinical symptoms disappeared. A hospital examination revealed a miracle: the cancer cells were gone. This was, of course, the result of believing in and practicing Buddhism.
8. The *Huangdi Neijing* (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) states: "All pain and sores/ulcers belong to the Heart." Most sores and ulcers are attributed to Fire pathogen and should be treated with methods to clear heat and detoxify. However, in clinical practice, one may also observe aspects of "Fire deficiency" (i.e., Yang deficiency). One case is cited here to illustrate this. An elderly surnamed Hao first developed a sore at the Weili point (BL31) this March, presenting with redness, swelling, and unbearable pain. Western medicine treated him with penicillin for two weeks, resulting in recovery. Subsequently, sores appeared successively on his lips and buttocks, rising and falling in turn. Other physicians treated him with heat-clearing and detoxifying herbs, but without effect; the condition worsened. Out of desperation, he sought my treatment. I palpated his pulse as deep, fine, slow, and choppy. Upon inquiry, I found his urine clear and profuse, his stool loose and unformed, and his whole body felt constricted as if wearing a tight band (a metaphor for severe constriction/pain). This patient had suffered from diabetes mellitus for nearly twenty years and had worked as a barefoot doctor for over ten years. Based on his pulse and symptoms, the diagnosis was: Kidney Yang insufficiency with floating Yang (deficient Yang floating outward due to inability to remain anchored internally).
Prescription: Chuan Fuzi (Sichuan Aconite Root, milky white slices) 50g, Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger Rhizome) 150g, Shengcong (Raw Scallion Stem) 3 stalks, Rougui (Cinnamon Bark) 15 pieces. Six doses, decocted in water and taken orally.
After taking the medicine, the heads of the sores began to atrophy, and the pain gradually decreased. After taking a total of more than 20 doses, he recovered completely.
Analysis of the Formula: This formula is originally Baizhong Tang (White Passage Decoction) with modifications. In this formula, Ganjiang (Dried Ginger Rhizome) is replaced by Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger Rhizome). Shengjiang is pungent, spicy, and juicy; it can generate fluids and quench thirst, and disperse stagnation, with efficacy surpassing that of Ganjiang. Adding Rougui (Cinnamon Bark) serves to guide fire back to its source (leading the floating fire back to the Kidney).