Dr Huang is a professor with over 40 years of experience in the treatment of blood disorders. This article discusses the treatment of nine patients who have survived over five years after being diagnosed with acute leukaemia. There were five women and four men in the group, the age range was from

17 to 62 years, and they had been diagnosed 2-16 months previous to treatment. All had received chemotherapy, from 1-10 courses. In TCM theory all patients showed deficiency of qi and yin mixed with latent damp-heat. When qi deficiency predominated there was leukopaenia and anaemia, when yin deficiency predominated there was thrombocytopaenia with normal white blood cells and korocytes, with phlegm retention there were increased white blood cells and classified korocytes with anaemia and lymphadenectasis. The cases which were in remission showed a normalising of the qi and the disappearance of pathogenic phlegm, damp and latent heat. The treatment strategy emphasised strengthening body resistance to remove pathogenic factors, combined with the removal of pathogenic factors when they predominated and the nourishment of the qi and the yin as the pathogenic factors declined. The following herbs were used according to the diagnosis: for qi and yin deficiency with latent heat, San Cai Feng Sui Dan; for qi deficiency, Yi Gong San and Huang Qi Tang, with Tai Zi Shen (Pseudostellariae Radix) substituted for Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix); for yin deficiency, Liu Wei Di Huang Wan and Da Bu Yin Wan; for latent heat affecting the blood, Xi Jiao Di Huang; for exuberant heat with dampness, Yu Nu Jian and Huang Lian Jie Du Tang or Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang; for latent damp-heat, Si Ling San with the addition of Ban Zhi Lian (Scutellariae Barbatae Herba), Tu Fu Ling (Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma), She Mei (Duchesneae Herba) and Ku Shen ( Sophorae Flavescentis Radix). The article concludes with illustrative case histories.