I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 170 - 143: I Am the Most Docile Pig in the World
"This feeling is just temporary; once the stimulation of the acupoint is over, the warmth will disappear."
"I used acupuncture to mobilize the Qi and blood of the meridian points, which is why you feel this way. Next, I’ll perform moxibustion on you, and the warmth will be even stronger."
"Moxibustion is different from acupuncture; it has medicinal power that penetrates your body. The acupuncture just stimulated your Qi and blood, and now with the medicinal power, it achieves full yang replenishment."
"I won’t prescribe any medication for you in the next three days. Once your hands and feet regain warmth, it indicates that the yang in your body has begun to be sufficient. At this point, I’ll use medicine to nourish the kidney essence you’ve lost. So, within these three days, if you can maintain warmth after the acupuncture sessions, the treatment has truly started."
Luo Chaojun didn’t quite understand and could only nod in agreement.
In the next moment, Lu Jiu removed the needles and prepared the mugwort and ginger.
Although ginger moxibustion for yang replenishing is powerful, Lu Jiu doesn’t perform too much of it.
Given Luo Chaojun’s current condition, too much yang replenishment could damage the yin, which would be troublesome.
So Lu Jiu, during the moxibustion, only applied five lots to Luo Chaojun and then stopped immediately.
It’s not difficult to notice that Lu Jiu uses a similar method when treating yin diseases.
Luo Chaojun was treated this way, and so was Sun Dan, who had reached Jueyin.
In fact, the principle is quite simple: seeking yin within yang.
Many patients with Taiyin, Shaoyin, and Jueyin conditions exhibit heat symptoms. Why?
Because yang doesn’t enter yin.
Either the organs are damaged, or there’s too much cold dampness.
The yang energy can’t penetrate deep inside the body, so it can only escape outward.
Once it’s almost exhausted, the patient will feel cold.
That’s why these patients often experience alternating cold and heat.
Actually, as long as one understands the principle of seeking yin within yang, as long as the symptoms aren’t too severe, long-term sun exposure can also solve the problem.
However, most people don’t understand this, and they often hear experts say that sunlight contains ultraviolet rays that can damage the eyes, harm the skin, accelerate aging, and can even cause neurological pain.
Logically speaking, as long as you don’t stare directly at the sun, who can actually get sunburnt eyes just by sunbathing?
As for skin damage, that’s somewhat understandable. However, Chinese medicine never advises patients to sunbathe in summer, and accelerated aging isn’t even mentioned. In the theory of Chinese medicine, yang replenishment does not lead to aging.
As for the so-called neurological pain, headaches, or toothaches, in simple terms, it’s because too much yang is replenished, and the body’s yin cannot balance this portion of yang, so it’s pushed out, commonly known as getting "heated."
So, this sunbathing method, essentially, isn’t anything new.
Everything grows towards the sun; without the sun, humans wouldn’t survive. Yet, people today fear sunlight.
Whenever they see the sun, they wish they could wrap themselves up, only exposing their eyes.
In fact, seven or eight years ago, scientists discovered that sunlight has two kinds of energy that can cure cancer, which are ultraviolet and infrared rays.
But because ultraviolet cannot be used on human skin for long, even though it can kill cancer cells, this technology cannot be directly used in cancer treatment. Otherwise, it would only cause more serious problems.
Clearly, current science doesn’t understand that the sunlight of different seasons varies.
Although all have ultraviolet rays, the ultraviolet of summer and the ultraviolet of winter are essentially different. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Lu Jiu doesn’t know to what extent current scientific research has advanced, but Chinese medicine definitely advocates that patients should sunbathe more in winter. It doesn’t matter how long, as long as they avoid the wind.
"Alright, for these three days, you have to come every day. After the treatment, try to sunbathe as much as possible when you get home. It’s best to find an open but sheltered place, lie on a recliner, and expose your back to the sun. This is the best effect. Additionally, about your mood, no matter how stressed you are, you need to learn to release it. If it’s really unbearable, find a way to cry it out, don’t hold it in, okay?" Lu Jiu said.
Sunbathing the back.
Luo Chaojun usually likes to stand in the sunlight.
Not for any other reason, just because it feels good.
Now hearing Lu Jiu say this, he thought of taking a few days off just to sunbathe.
As for his mood, Luo Chaojun couldn’t help but smile bitterly, "Dr. Lu, how should I put it? Since leaving Shinkawa, my stress has lessened a lot. After all, Jianghan is my home. Although I’m still delivering food, after selling the house, there’s not as much burden. My parents can also take care of the kids."
"But sometimes, I find myself zoning out and thinking about things. Without stress, I’m relaxed, but I’ve also become lost. It’s like suddenly losing my sense of direction. I know your advice is good, but I really don’t know how to release my emotions."
"Sometimes, when I’m riding my e-bike, looking at the hustle and bustle on the streets, I wonder, is my life truly meaningful? All these news about rampant food additives, real estate crises, doctors casually removing patients’ organs just to make money, keep spinning in my head every day."
"Nowadays, we buy toxic, harmful food made from fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. In the age of consumerism, we cautiously spend our savings, getting into thirty-year debt to support the real estate industry, while consuming these chemically saturated farm products, developing various illnesses, and then supporting the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, making them sustainable and capitalized. In such an environment, I want to know, am I a human being... or just an animal fed with processed food?"
"Today, all mainstream voices tell me that this is normal, that this is the path each of us should adapt to. We’re supposed to do our own thing, not complain about society. A girl can’t succeed just because she pursues someone, houses can’t be bought at a low price, jobs can’t be found easily. I completely agree with this view; people indeed need goals. Only with goals does one’s effort become meaningful. But now, after living for twenty or thirty years, I find myself lost."
"Since elementary school, I was an active participant in class. In junior high, I was among the top three in class. In high school, I went to the best school in the city, and with excellent grades, I got into a 211 University. I didn’t do anything wrong, did I? I should be considered a good student, at least that’s what I think. So why, after working hard in my studies and job, has my life turned out like this?"
"I don’t understand, honestly. I love life, but I’m gradually losing sight of reality."
"I could be the most gentle pig in the world, but I truly can’t fathom where I went wrong."
"Dr. Lu, tell me, where exactly did I make a mistake?"
Lu Jiu looked at Luo Chaojun’s rather aggrieved and helpless face, momentarily speechless...
