Dr. Meng was graduated from Shanghai New China Medical College and Southeast Medical College. He was Director of two hospitals and Deputy Director of a major hospital in Shanghai and served as the chief doctor of their department of pediatrics with a concentration on the combined therapy of traditional Chinese and Western medicine.
Dr. Meng excels in the treatment of various pediatric diseases, particularly diseases in the respiratory system such as pneumonia, asthma, interstitial pneumonia, and bronchial disease, as well as intractable cough. His combined therapy of traditional Chinese and Western medicine for such diseases often produces satisfactory results. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that he often complements medical treatment with the dietetic therapy for a number of hard-treat diseases such as deficiency of the splenic Qi, anorexia, and repeated infections of the respiratory tract, which has proved to be very effective for the quick recovery of the patients.
A three-year-old boy visited Dr. Meng on September 17, 1992 for symptoms of teasing cough, excessive phlegm, recurrent fever, loss of appetite, excessive perspiration, poor sleep and bad temper. He had received both traditional Chinese and Western therapies for over a year without much improvement. At the time of the visit, Dr. Meng found that he had pharyngeal hyperemia (++). His temperature was 101 degrees Fahrenheit. A blood routine examination showed: red blood cells 300,000/mm3, white blood cells 12,000/mm3, neutrophils were 42%, lymphocytes were 53%, eosinophils were 3%, and monocytes were 2%. Hemoglobin was 10.5%. His weight was 11 kg. Dr. Meng diagnosed those symptoms as syndrome of the post-infectious pediatric deficiency of the splenic Qi He first treated him with the method of strengthening the Pi (spleen) and reinforcing the body resistance, which was followed by the method of tonifying the Shen (kidneys) to help the lungs. By the end of the fourth week the boy had completely recovered. After that he had several re-examinations by Dr. Meng but nothing was found abnormal.
2. Pneumonia
A nine-year-old girl visited Dr. Meng for pneumonia in 1995. She had had contracted the disease for ten times due to repeated infections of the respiratory tract since she was five years old. Each time she had high fever, cough and short breath, as well as excessive phlegm. The use of antibiotics was able to relieve the symptoms and cure her in about two weeks, but the cough and phlegm would last for a much longer time. The same symptoms and pneumonia took place again every few months, twice to three times a year. At the time of the visit, the patient was suffering from a relapse of pneumonia. He parents decided to try traditional Chinese medicine as Western medicine had produced little effect. Her temperature was 102 degrees Fahrenheit. An X-ray examination showed that she had bronchial pneumonia, particularly in the middle and lower parts of the lungs. A blood routine examination showed: white blood cells 12,000/mm3, neutrophils were 65%, lymphocytes were 35%. Hemoglobin was 11%. Dr. Meng treated her with the method of strengthening the Pi (spleen) and eliminating the phlegm, clearing heat and astringing the lungs, and activating the Xue (blood) and eliminating the stagnant. After taking Dr. Meng’s prescriptions of traditional Chinese medications for three consecutive weeks, the patient recovered. Dr. Meng then stopped giving her medications and instead adopted the dietetic therapy. Half a year later, she had a light relapse of the disease but was cured in a week by the same methods. She has never had any relapse since then.