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The external pernicious influences of wind and dampness cause liver Qi to stagnate, and excess damp heat in liver and weakness of spleen Qi result.

— From the teachings of traditional Chinese medicine

Just as traditional Chinese medicine teaches us to respect the external forces that may affect the liver, modern Western medicine continues to uncover the maleficence of these influences in the forms of viral hepatitis. Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma, which is the eighth most common cancer in the world. In developing countries, liver cancer is one of the three leading causes of morbidity . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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