Waves of the Sea

Waves of the Sea

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Fulfilling One’s Ambition for the Sake of All People

— A Record of Renowned Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Expert Professor Pei Zhengxue, Zhong Chun

In early April of this year, a large-scale medical monograph summarizing integrated Chinese and Western medicine was released in Lanzhou. “Practical Internal Medicine Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine,” a 1.5-million-character medical work, was crafted based on the guiding principle proposed by Professor Pei Zhengxue, Chief Physician at the Gansu Provincial Cancer Hospital and an expert in integrated Chinese and Western medicine: “Western medical diagnosis, Chinese medical dialectics, traditional Chinese medicine as the primary treatment, Western medicine as a supplementary approach.” After elucidating the Western medical diagnosis for various diseases, this book focuses on discussing Chinese medical dialectical treatment methods, making it a classic work that brings together the latest advancements in integrated Chinese and Western medicine and represents a significant step forward in the field of clinical internal medicine. The book was edited by Professor Pei Zhengxue, and was jointly written by renowned integrated Chinese and Western medicine experts from five provinces and regions in Northwest China.

Not long ago, as per prior arrangement, a reporter visited Professor Pei’s office for an interview. This talkative integrated Chinese and Western medicine expert answered the reporter’s questions one by one, occasionally gesturing with expressive hands…

Pei Shen, a renowned physician from Longshan, was his father. Perhaps it was his strict father’s teachings and his inherited genetic traits that gave him a unique talent and spirit. From his youth onward, Pei Zhengxue had a basic understanding of the principles of Yin-Yang, the Five Elements, the internal organs and meridians, as well as the traditional Chinese medicine techniques of observing, listening, asking, and palpating. In Pei Zhengxue’s youthful dreams, he did not aspire to be a merchant—he aspired to become a physician, helping people across the land escape the suffering of illness.

In 1956, he entered the Medical Department of Northwest Medical College. Learning never ends; the vast collection of Chinese and Western medical books is endless, and the human body itself is full of infinite mysteries. At university, his steps were filled with confidence and hope.

In 1961, after graduating, he was assigned to work at Tian Shui Regional Hospital. By 1966, he had already become an outstanding chief of internal medicine. In 1967, a chance encounter changed the course of his life and the direction of his main focus.

At that time, a young soldier named Ma Changsheng was diagnosed with leukemia. Experts from both the military hospital and local specialized hospitals were unable to stop the relentless advance of the disease. When his hemoglobin dropped to just 1 gram, the attending physician shook his head sadly and told the military leadership, “Send him home—let his parents see him one last time…”

After Ma Changsheng was sent back to Tian Shui, his parents were unwilling to watch their son die before their eyes. With tears streaming down their faces, they held onto a glimmer of hope and turned to Pei Zhengxue for help.

The world often presents things that are both complex and simple. If Pei Zhengxue had immediately assumed that leukemia was a terminal illness and devised a meticulous, intricate treatment plan, he might never have become an expert in this field. For this patient who had been given a death sentence, Pei Zhengxue adopted a reverse-thinking approach: since Western medicine had already proven ineffective for Ma Changsheng, why not try an integrated Chinese and Western medicine approach?

Ma Changsheng took the traditional Chinese medicine formula prescribed by Pei Zhengxue, followed it for three months, and supplemented it with Western medical treatment—and a miracle occurred: his hemoglobin rose to 14 grams! A bone marrow smear revealed that the leukemia had been completely cured! Even Pei Zhengxue found it hard to believe—when he showed the slide to Zhang Aicheng, the professor who had previously treated Ma Changsheng, Zhang was astonished: “A miracle—truly a miracle! This was a groundbreaking discovery in China, and it was the first case in the world!”