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Alleviating suffering helps the completion of medical procedures and is the perpetual pursuit of medical professions. As early as in Han dynasty, Hua Tuo made the herbal anesthetic potion “Mafeisan” for surgery. The contemporary mannose extracted from cranberry mitigates the side effects to complement chemotherapeutic procedures. See page 904–922 by Yuan-li Ai et al. for details.