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In today's medical field, cancer treatment has always been a field that has attracted much attention and challenge, and Western medicine is leading the treatment direction in the field of cancer with its precise surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
More than 40 years ago, a Chinese medicine doctor dared to openly challenge the authority of Western medicine, claiming that "patients with advanced liver cancer and advanced lung cancer, I will accept patients who are not accepted by Western medicine!" ”
So, who is this person? How did he find his footing in the field of Western-led oncology treatment? Can his approach to Chinese medicine compete with Western medicine?
The inheritance of a family of Chinese medicine
Pan Minqiu, born in October 1941 in Liuyang County, Hunan Province, in a family of traditional Chinese medicine, several generations of the family have been engaged in traditional Chinese medicine, especially his grandfather, as a well-known old Chinese medicine doctor, has a high reputation in the local area, since childhood, Pan Minqiu has been immersed in the atmosphere of traditional Chinese medicine.
Unlike other children, he grew up with the smell of Chinese herbs and the coming and going of patients, and his grandfather not only taught him to recite classic Chinese medicine knowledge such as "Tang Shui Song", but also took him on medical trips, allowing him to witness the pain of patients and the miraculous effects of Chinese medicine treatments.
Since he was a child, he established the belief that "no matter rich or poor, patients are all patients, and they should be treated equally", and he aspired to become a good Chinese medicine doctor like his grandfather.
In 1963, Pan Minqiu was admitted to Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and began his formal career in traditional Chinese medicine, at a time when the status of traditional Chinese medicine was far less than it is today, especially in the face of the rapid rise of Western medicine, which was often regarded as a "backward treatment".
Pan Minqiu has always been an unwavering believer in the power of Chinese medicine, he gets up early every day to recite prescriptions, paying special attention to the accuracy of the names and dosages of medicinal materials, and he knows that doctors shoulder the lives of their patients, and every detail cannot be sloppy.
During his time in the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pan Minqiu not only immersed himself in the study of ancient classics, but also met a like-minded classmate - Li Yueheng.
The two not only learned from each other academically, but eventually became husband and wife, which not only added warmth to Pan Minqiu's life, but also laid a solid foundation for his future career.
TCM Cancer Treatment
In 1967, after graduating from Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pan Minqiu was assigned to work at Zhijiang People's Hospital, where he took his first steps in the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine.
With a solid basic knowledge of Chinese medicine and care for patients, he quickly accumulated a lot of clinical experience, although the working environment of Zhijiang People's Hospital is simple, but Pan Minqiu never cares about these, he puts all his energy into the diagnosis and treatment of each patient, in a few years, his medical skills have been well-known in the local area.
What really changed Pan Minqiu's career was a decision made by the state at the end of the 70s of the 20th century, when the country deployed a group of traditional Chinese medicine experts to work in Changsha Cancer Hospital in Hunan Province in order to promote the development of cancer treatment, and Pan Minqiu and his wife Li Yueheng were both selected.
In 1977, Mr. and Mrs. Pan Minqiu came to Changsha Cancer Hospital in Hunan Province and established the first batch of TCM oncology wards in the country.
Most patients prefer to trust Western medicine, and even some of his peers are skeptical about whether Chinese medicine can cure tumors.
Instead, he saw it as a rare opportunity, and he began to visit folk doctors across the country, collecting a large number of home remedies for treating tumors, and verifying them through clinical practice in his own ward.
It was during this process that Pan Minqiu gradually developed his own unique theory of cancer treatment, and he found that many patients with advanced cancer were extremely weak after Western medical surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, and could not even continue to receive further treatment.
The holistic conditioning concept of traditional Chinese medicine can play a role at this time, by regulating the spleen and stomach and dissolving stasis, the patient's physical condition can gradually improve and delay the progression of the disease.
Publicly challenging Western medicine
In that era when Western medicine dominated tumor treatment, Pan Minqiu's words shocked the entire medical community, and he publicly said: "Patients with advanced liver cancer and advanced lung cancer, I will accept patients who are not accepted by Western medicine!" ”
This sentence caused an uproar at the time, and many Western medicine experts thought that he was too arrogant, and it was only because there were no patients in the TCM cancer ward that he released such remarks to attract people's attention.
Facts quickly proved Pan Minqiu's courage and wisdom, and many terminal cancer patients who were judged to be "powerless" by Western medicine began to come to Pan Minqiu for medical treatment.
In the face of these dying patients, Pan Minqiu did not fail to live up to their trust, he combined years of accumulated knowledge of Chinese medicine and home remedies, began to develop personalized treatment plans for these patients, through continuous practice and clinical observation, Pan Minqiu gradually explored the effective way of Chinese medicine to treat tumors.
Pan's treatment soon showed miraculous results in some patients, including one patient who was unable to undergo chemotherapy after surgery for stomach cancer, and then developed prostate cancer.
At a loss, the patient found Pan Minqiu, and through the diagnosis method of "looking, hearing and asking" in traditional Chinese medicine, Pan Minqiu prescribed a targeted prescription for the patient, and after a period of medication conditioning, the patient's life lasted for 11 years, and the quality of life was greatly improved.
With the gradual increase in such successful cases, Pan Minqiu's reputation began to spread in the Chinese medicine community, and many patients who had given up treatment because of the hopelessness of Western medicine have been significantly alleviated after his TCM conditioning, and some patients' lives have even been extended for many years.
On the basis of clinical practice, Pan Minqiu proposed that "stasis, poison and deficiency" are the three major causes of tumors at the end of the 70s of the 20th century, and proposed a treatment plan of "strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, dissolving stasis and softening firmness, clearing heat and detoxifying".
He believes that spleen deficiency will aggravate the spread of stasis, which in turn will exacerbate spleen deficiency, and the two are mutually causal and form a vicious circle, which was initially mainly used to treat liver cancer, but over time, it has gradually been proven to be applicable to many other cancer types.
Persistence in the concept
In 1994, Pan Minqiu's TCM cancer treatment career ushered in a milestone when he successfully developed the first three-class Chinese patent medicine for the treatment of liver cancer in mainland China, "Liver Fule".
This drug has not only been approved by the state, but also quickly spread across the country, and many patients with advanced liver cancer have been significantly prolonged and their pain has been greatly alleviated by taking "Liver Fule" combined with chemotherapy.
This achievement not only marks a major breakthrough in the field of TCM cancer treatment, but also makes Pan Minqiu's position in the field of TCM tumor treatment more stable, Pan Minqiu has always believed that the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine is the best way to treat cancer, Western medicine surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, mainly for the local tumor, while Chinese medicine pays more attention to the overall conditioning and rehabilitation.
The combination of the two is better able to help patients alleviate pain and prolong their lives, and in his practice, many patients have significantly improved their physical condition through TCM conditioning, so that they are better able to receive surgery or chemotherapy from Western medicine.
In 2011, he established the "Pan Minqiu Inheritance Studio" to train new forces in the field of Chinese medicine.
Many of his students have gone on to become leaders in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, enjoying special allowances from the State Council, and in 2022, Pan Minqiu was selected for the fourth "Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine", the highest honor for his life's contribution.
Today, Pan Minqiu's contribution is not only a personal achievement, but also his research results and treatment experience are helping countless cancer patients to regain their lives and continue the vitality of traditional Chinese medicine.
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My master is Pan Minqiu, a Chinese doctor
Rednet2024-04-15 16:01