I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 317 - 283: Hidden Truths?

Treating both internally and externally?

Liu Xing and the others showed expressions of joy.

"For external treatment, use sugar. For internal treatment, we use the Vital Energy Warming Formula. This formula is very simple, with just three ingredients: Atractylodes, roasted aconite, and baked licorice. The reason I recommend this formula for internal treatment is because the dosages don’t need to be too precise. Any patient with diabetic foot can use it. It not only helps sugar to heal from the inside out but also softens the hardened legs. In this way, achieving the goal of saving limbs should not be much of a problem," said Lu Jiu.

To truly cure diabetic foot, one must restore the body’s function of producing body fluids, thus achieving medication cessation.

But reaching this point requires prescription differentiation according to symptoms.

Even if Lu Jiu explained it, these people might not understand, and even if they did, they probably wouldn’t be able to implement it on a large scale.

That’s why he recommended the Vital Energy Warming Formula.

Traditional Chinese medicine speaks of a thousand prescriptions for a thousand people, and also one prescription for a thousand people.

After years of taking hypoglycemic drugs, diabetic patients with diabetic foot symptoms typically exhibit leg symptoms that are quite similar.

Since the symptoms are similar, treating a symptom with a formula naturally doesn’t require much variation.

Therefore, for internal treatment, use the Vital Energy Warming Formula, and for external treatment, use sugar.

Diabetes might not be cured, but the legs can certainly be saved.

"So it’s traditional Chinese medicine? You’re saying this Vital Energy Warming Formula is a universal remedy for diabetic foot patients, requiring no dosage adjustments?" asked Mo Linxun.

"Isn’t Aconite toxic? How many grams of Aconite are in this formula?" Feng Shaohua asked.

Lu Jiu laughed, "Don’t worry, about 15 grams, and roasted aconite itself isn’t really toxic. This formula can definitely be used as a universal formula."

Liu Xing nodded and, after inquiring about the dosages of the other two ingredients from Lu Jiu, looked at Wen Congyi, signalling him to note down the formula.

"Dean Lu, we just took a tour around other departments of your hospital and found that your hospital is quite unique. You have departments for medicinal cuisine, beauty and skincare, and health rehabilitation, which seems quite different from traditional Chinese medicine hospitals."

Upon hearing Liu Xing’s words, Lu Jiu laughed, "It’s indeed an innovation. We hope to explore a new path for traditional Chinese medicine hospitals through this novel model. As you all know, there are currently two types of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals: one that is traditional in name but operates as a Western hospital, and the other, a pure traditional Chinese medicine hospital. However, such hospitals generally face the problem of having a single revenue model, making it difficult to expand."

"Since traditional Chinese medicine needs to modernize, we can’t build it following the old ways. Our current model is just in the experimental stage. Whether it can scale remains to be determined, and we can only take one step at a time."

Mo Linxun asked, "But how did Qi Gong end up in your hospital?"

Qi Gong?

Was Mo Linxun referring to the Eight Vajra Skills?

As soon as Lu Jiu heard Mo Linxun’s words, he realized he probably had no knowledge of the Eight Vajra Skills.

"Elder Mo, I think you might have misunderstood. The Eight Vajra Skills is a health cultivation technique, different from the Qi Gong you perceive," Lu Jiu said.

Mo Linxun skeptically asked, "Isn’t Qi Gong used to deceive people? At the end of the last century, Qi Gong was completely banned by the state. I can understand you dabbling in medicinal cuisine and beauty, but if you’re branded as promoting superstition with Qi Gong, won’t that lead to trouble?"

Coming from that era, he clearly remembered the Qi Gong craze.

In the late fifties and sixties, the Qi Gong craze encompassed over a hundred million people.

That means, at that time, almost more than a hundred million people were practicing Qi Gong.

It wasn’t until the fraudulent practices associated with Qi Gong were exposed that the situation spiraled out of control, prompting the state to enforce a complete ban.

Mo Linxun had witnessed some so-called Qi Gong masters in action, which turned out to be sheer deception, and couldn’t understand why people from the last century were so easily duped.

Seeing Mo Linxun’s absolute disdain for Qi Gong, Lu Jiu couldn’t help but smile and say, "It seems you have some understanding of Qi Gong’s history, though perhaps not comprehensively, right?"

Mo Linxun curiously asked, "What do you mean? Is there more to it?"

"Many ordinary people were deceived possibly due to limited knowledge. However, when even intellectuals highly revered it, it’s difficult to explain it purely as superstition. After all, Mr. Qian Sr. suggested to the state in the last century to bypass gasoline and diesel and directly adopt new energy vehicles, which has now proven prescient."

"This segment of Qi Gong history remains unknown to many, and some interpret it as a reflection of our ignorance at the time, prompting a desire to hide it. But is that truly the case?"

"When I was young, I read about Zhang Jiao’s Yellow Turban Rebellion from the Late Eastern Han Dynasty. The history books stated that he used Talismanic Water Spell to heal and manipulate people into rebellion. I naively thought he was a rebel, a villain. Growing up and revisiting this history, I felt that in that era, Zhang Jiao was one of the few who genuinely cared about the common folk."

"I believe many things now need to be rectified. Traditional Chinese medicine was once considered superstitious but wasn’t completely dismantled. Qi Gong, as long as there’s merit in it, shouldn’t be indiscriminately dismissed."

Lu Jiu’s words made Mo Linxun pause.

But soon, Mo Linxun continued, "But what about the real evidence of Qi Gong fraud? There are videos; isn’t that enough proof?"

Lu Jiu smiled, "Extreme prosperity often leads to decline. Qi Gong fraudsters were inevitable products of that era. But you can’t let a few rotten apples spoil the whole barrel, can you?"

The Qi Gong craze in the last century was partly due to its curative effects. Additionally, with low productivity levels at the time, people had limited access to doctors, so practitioners shared their ancestral cultivation techniques generously, much like Daoist Zhang did with the Eight Vajra Skills online.

Those who lived through that era exhibited selflessness to an extreme degree.

Moreover, people back then were simpler and had fewer desires. Even when illness affected them, it mostly remained superficial and hadn’t yet invaded the Five Viscera.

One just needed to engage in movement, elevate yang energy, and routinely stretch the meridians, gradually expelling sickness over time.

Numerous experts have repeatedly asserted online that our life expectancy continues to climb, and our happiness index surpasses that of the last century.

In reality, we can’t even compare ourselves to those from the last century in terms of hair health alone.

You rarely saw someone in their thirties or forties balding back then; instead, everyone had thick, lush black hair.

The life expectancy statistics were largely uplifted by those from that era. Once this generation of long-lived seniors passes, Huaxia’s life expectancy might plummet suddenly.

Mo Linxun stared at Lu Jiu, "So, you believe Qi Gong can indeed heal?"

Lu Jiu laughed, "The instructor once said, social practice is the sole criterion for validating truth. Whether it heals or not, mere trials will determine. I understand that just browsing historical documents won’t persuade you, no matter how eloquent my arguments. Fortunately, the practice isn’t complex. If you’d like to stay in Jianghan for a few more days and practice the Eight Vajra Skills with our doctors, then your skepticism might convert into conviction!"

"After all, it seems you have some minor health concerns yourself..."

What?

Mo Linxun stared dumbly at Lu Jiu.

There’s a problem with my health? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

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