I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 145 - 119: Why Are Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctors So Afraid of Biopsied Patients?
"Old man, I recently read a book that says the Daoist School believes in ghosts and gods. Do you believe in them?"
Lu Jiu was quite bored after studying for half a day, so he started joking around with the old man.
"I believe in extraterrestrials more than ghosts and gods," the old man laughed.
Lu Jiu was a bit surprised, "Believe in extraterrestrials?"
"You, a Daoist, also believe in extraterrestrials?"
The old man laughed, "Believing in extraterrestrials is legal and not superstitious. What’s wrong with a Daoist being a law-abiding citizen!"
Uh...
Lu Jiu thought that actually made a special kind of sense.
"So do you think extraterrestrials exist?" Lu Jiu asked.
"That depends on how people imagine them. Ghosts and extraterrestrials are just extensions of human nature. When people assign human emotions to an unknown object and use human knowledge to understand it, ghosts and extraterrestrials are merely terms," said the old man.
Lu Jiu said, "I don’t know why, but I always felt that the ancients created the concept of ghosts and gods not to promote superstition, but to restrain human evil and praise human goodness. Otherwise, why would evil people go to hell, and those who promote good become immortals worshipped by future generations?"
The old man laughed, "Known things can govern this world, and unknown things can govern the heart. What the Daoist School believes in is not ghosts and gods, but everything that exists, known and unknown, in this world, which is nature."
"Extraterrestrials, since they are imagined by humans, are just a part of nature. So why not believe in them?"
Lu Jiu curiously asked, "Is human imagination also part of nature?"
The old man laughed, "Did you forget? Your imagination is your thought. All your knowledge and wisdom were born under this sky and earth, so why wouldn’t your imagination be part of nature?"
"All the good accumulated by people in this world will return to nature, and all the evil accumulated will also return to nature. This is why the ancestors advised people to have virtue. To have virtue and do good, only then can disasters be avoided. If one does evil without virtue, and their evil overflows, nature will respond in its own way."
"In recent years, hasn’t humanity released its own evil and faced nature’s retribution? Heaven and earth are not benevolent and regard all things as straw dogs. When there are too many without virtue, those with virtue will also be taken away without distinction."
"Nowadays, people think that the ancestors’ reverence for heaven and god is superstition, not knowing that humans can’t go against nature, only comply with it. The history of civilization is a history of humanity’s self-destruction. War, global warming, environmental pollution—all these have not damaged this world at all. Ultimately, it’s not nature that needs saving, but humanity itself."
Lu Jiu fell into deep thought.
Indeed.
They say the virus was man-made, but the moment it appeared, whether it was man-made became irrelevant. This was a human consequence with a price everyone had to pay.
Was it malicious?
Of course, it was.
Those people didn’t have to die, but they were mercilessly taken in this disaster.
"Old man, does this mean that if even a small group of people do evil, everyone else has to suffer because of them? Isn’t that too unfair?" Lu Jiu said.
"Fairness? The inability of human civilization to choose a virtuous civilization is humanity’s own problem. What does it have to do with fairness?" the old man said.
Lu Jiu was taken aback.
Suddenly enlightened.
He suddenly thought of cancer.
When cancer cells appear in the body and ultimately lead to death, the crime is not the cancer cells themselves, but the opportunity you gave them to grow.
Similarly, the emergence of a small group of evildoers to dominate civilization is a problem of humanity itself. Since it’s humanity’s problem, why distinguish between good and evil when nature brings disaster?
"Old man, your perspective is truly broad. I’ve learned something," Lu Jiu said with a playful smile.
"The principles of nature, mutually encourage," the old man laughed.
"I’m leaving, old man. It’s getting cold. I’ll bring you some white radishes tomorrow," Lu Jiu said.
"Alright." The old man laughed.
...
Lu’s Clinic.
The crowd was as large as ever.
"Mom, so many people," Xu Yuanyuan said.
"Yes, it’s not even open yet, and so many people are already lining up. It seems that what Grandpa Wu said is right; this doctor is indeed very skilled," Zhang Jiaoxia smiled.
"..." Peng Hui didn’t speak; he slowly walked over to ask others about Lu Jiu.
After asking around, the responses he received were all incredibly impressive.
It was said that even doctors from the People’s Hospital had come here for treatment.
This made Peng Hui feel much more reassured.
"Dr. Lu..."
"Dr. Lu is here!"
"..."
Voices calling out rose and fell.
Lu Jiu responded one by one and quickly opened the clinic’s doors.
"Dr. Lu, my wife has breast cancer. Can she see you first?"
At this moment, Peng Hui pushed through the crowd to reach Lu Jiu.
Lu Jiu followed Peng Hui’s gaze to Xu Yuanyuan, and others were stunned by the words "breast cancer" Peng Hui uttered.
Some returning patients were even more surprised.
Another case of breast cancer?
"Sure, no need to register. Come in directly," Lu Jiu said.
Hearing this, the others had no objections. Cancer is certainly a critical condition, so it must be prioritized, and it was a young girl who was ill. The elders present felt a sense of sympathy and made way for Xu Yuanyuan.
In no time, Lu Jiu tidied up everything, put Xiao Tu at the entrance as the guardian beast, and sat down at the table to begin a day’s consultations.
"Come on, sit here," Lu Jiu pointed to the stool in front of him.
Xu Yuanyuan and the other two came forward, with Zhang Jiaoxia still constantly sizing up Lu Jiu, surprised.
Because Lu Jiu was indeed too young.
No matter how one looked, he didn’t resemble a traditional Chinese medicine doctor.
Before coming, she thought he would be an old man.
As a result, this doctor looks about the same age as her daughter.
Such a young age inevitably made Zhang Jiaoxia doubt Lu Jiu’s competence.
Of course, she was just mumbling in her heart. Even if Lu Jiu wasn’t competent, since they were already here, wouldn’t it be a waste not to check it out?
"Dr. Lu." Xu Yuanyuan looked at Lu Jiu curiously.
It wasn’t that she thought Lu Jiu was handsome; it was just like her mom hadn’t expected Lu Jiu to be so young.
"How should I address you?" Lu Jiu asked.
"Xu Yuanyuan," Xu Yuanyuan replied.
"It’s already been diagnosed as breast cancer, right? How many days has it been?" Lu Jiu asked.
"Seven days," Xu Yuanyuan said.
"No surgery, no chemo or radiotherapy either?" Lu Jiu asked.
"Yeah, haven’t had the chance yet," Xu Yuanyuan said.
Luckily.
Lu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.
He was just worried that the girl had her breast removed before coming here, and then Lu Jiu would really be at a loss for words.
Why are Chinese medicine practitioners so afraid of biopsy patients?
Take breast cancer for instance.
The breast has many mammary glands, which are like pipelines connected to various parts of the body.
Now, cancerous cells have blocked these, making the pipelines obstructed, and also taking up space.
Removing the breast is like, since the pipeline is already blocked, why not just destroy it altogether? Without a pipeline, there will be no destruction of it, right?
It’s the same logic as removing the gallbladder.
But even if the gallbladder is removed, bile is still there.
If the breast is removed, will the milk disappear?
Obviously not. Without mammary glands, or if they are cut away and connective tissue replaces them, blocking the glands, milk still can’t flow out. Where does it go?
When it can’t flow out or turn into menstruation, it naturally stays in the remaining breast tissue, becoming a breeding ground for cancer.
If the entire breast is gone, then it will seek other places to reside, who is closest?
The lungs!
So, clinically, patients who have breast cancer treated often develop lung cancer next, and liver cancer follows that.
What’s the point of removal surgery then?
Robbing Peter to pay Paul?
"It’s good you haven’t done it. Come, let me take your pulse and ask a few questions," Lu Jiu said.
"Okay." Xu Yuanyuan extended her hand.
"How old is the child?" Lu Jiu asked.
"One year and three months," Xu Yuanyuan replied. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
"Was the child breastfed after birth?" Lu Jiu asked.
"Uh... not much, I didn’t have much milk during pregnancy, the baby had a hard time feeding, and it was painful for me, so we always used formula," Xu Yuanyuan said.
"Did you often experience breast engorgement?" Lu Jiu asked.
"Yeah, extremely painful, but it wouldn’t come out, it got inflamed later, but it subsided after taking an anti-inflammatory, though the engorgement never really went away," Xu Yuanyuan said.
"Was it a C-section?" Lu Jiu asked.
A hint of surprise appeared in Xu Yuanyuan’s eyes, "Yes, it was a C-section."
"Horizontal incision?" Lu Jiu asked.
Is there a problem?
Xu Yuanyuan nodded, "Yes, horizontal."
"Didn’t you really recover well during your confinement period?" Lu Jiu asked.
Xu Yuanyuan pursed her lips, "Probably not."
"Do you usually eat a lot of snacks?" Lu Jiu said.
Xu Yuanyuan’s eyes started to dodge, "...kind of."
"Have you been drinking carbonated drinks long-term?" Lu Jiu’s gaze turned sharp.
Xu Yuanyuan accidentally caught this look, her heart skipped a beat, as if her little secrets were suddenly exposed, making her increasingly uneasy.
Actually, Lu Jiu already knew the answer from Xu Yuanyuan’s Spleen Earth, and asking again was intentional.
The reason for this approach is twofold. One is to make them believe in him, and the second is to make Xu Yuanyuan realize where her problems lie.
While breast cancer is fundamentally caused by breastfeeding issues, many factors can trigger its mutation, such as emotions, lifestyle, and dietary habits, which are all closely linked.
"It’s okay, you don’t have to answer. Let me ask you, did you have difficulty getting pregnant?" Lu Jiu asked.
Xu Yuanyuan swallowed hard. She was completely unsettled now; just from checking her pulse, he could tell she had trouble getting pregnant?
Memory retrieval?
Uh, wrong universe, this isn’t a fantasy world.
"Dr. Lu, do these things have a lot to do with my illness?" Xu Yuanyuan asked.
Lu Jiu said, "Did you think breast cancer was so easy to get?"
"Without accumulating damage over the years, cancer cells wouldn’t grow. Let me put it this way, your breast cancer is a one-time retaliation for your bad habits over the past twenty-plus years."
Huh?
Xu Yuanyuan didn’t understand.
Isn’t breast cancer said to be related to estrogen?
