I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 54 - 49: 8 Vajra Skills [2-in-1]

After lying down for a while, Tian Xuelin felt much better.

It’s the first time he felt dizzy after taking the medicine.

But since Lu Jiu said it was nothing, he didn’t pay much attention to it.

"Since it’s still early, go to the hospital for a B-ultrasound examination and take a good look at your liver’s condition," Lu Jiu said.

"Didn’t you complain to me about such examinations before? Why are you asking me to do it now?" Tian Xuelin asked curiously.

Lu Jiu said, "I complained about unnecessary and random examinations, like that liver biopsy. It claims it can diagnose fatty liver and other liver diseases, but in my view, liver diseases are either liver deficiency, liver stagnation, or liver reality."

"For the first two, a biopsy doesn’t matter, but you can’t find liver deficiency or liver stagnation that way. As for liver reality, the mild one is fatty liver, the severe one is liver cirrhosis, and the critical one is liver cancer. At that stage, observation and pulse diagnosis are enough for diagnosis. Do you really need a liver biopsy to confirm it?"

"The worst part is, if you create a wound with a biopsy and confirm liver cancer, there’s a chance the cancer cells might metastasize. It’s like poking a hornet’s nest; if you don’t disturb it, it stays in its own corner, but once you touch it, it swarms out. Is this examination necessary?"

The most typical case of this is pancreatic cancer, which modern medicine calls the king of cancers, with an extremely low cure rate.

There are four ways to check for pancreatic cancer: tumor markers, pancreatic ultrasound, pancreatic CT, and pancreatic biopsy.

The first three can only roughly determine if it’s pancreatic cancer; only the last one, by obtaining patient tissue for pathological examination, can accurately diagnose pancreatic cancer.

But if you cut the patient’s tissue and it turns out to be pancreatic cancer, it will 100% metastasize.

It’s like a vicious circle; you can’t confirm it without cutting, and to confirm, you have to cut tissue for testing.

Even now, Western medicine doesn’t have a better way to diagnose pancreatic cancer without touching the pancreas.

"Then it seems unnecessary for me to take this examination," Tian Xuelin said.

"I know you trust me, but those medical devices can let you see the condition of your organs, which is better than just my vague words. Plus, with an image to compare, at the end of treatment, you can take another scan to see if you’ve improved. I think it’s somewhat useful for you," Lu Jiu said.

In traditional Chinese medicine, diagnosing involves asking the patient about their feelings to identify the disease mechanism among multiple symptoms and then address the cause.

But this brings a problem, where doctors say you’re better, but the patient doesn’t have a concrete feeling.

It’s like a doctor saying, you can eat, drink, and sleep, and you don’t hurt anywhere, so you’re better. But patients might feel, if you could give me some data or a chart, I would understand better whether I’m actually well.

So, in this regard, traditional Chinese medicine is not as clear as Western medicine.

Tian Xuelin knew that Lu Jiu wouldn’t deceive him, but from diagnosis to treatment, he has been trusting Lu Jiu as a person. As for his disease, the concept is still a bit vague to him. Until now, he doesn’t have a very obvious feeling, just that the pain in his thigh has gone from severe to mild, that’s all.

"Alright, I’ll go for a scan now and see how much fat has accumulated in my liver over these past months," Tian Xuelin said.

"Okay," Lu Jiu replied.

"I’m off," Tian Xuelin said.

After he left the clinic, a familiar notification sounded in Lu Jiu’s mind. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

[Patient Zhang Yu, spleen deficiency recovery progress 36%, energy deficiency recovery progress 100%, symptoms fully recovered by ten percent, cured, ultimate skill reward activated, would you like to claim it?]

An award again.

Previously, when Zhang Yu’s spleen deficiency recovery progress surpassed ten percent, it gave him a basic acupuncture reward. Unexpectedly, when energy deficiency recovery reached 100%, it activated an ultimate skill reward.

It seems that this ultimate skill reward isn’t necessarily activated only when the patient’s symptoms are completely cured on the spot.

[Claim it.]

[Reward received: Acupuncture of Piercing Cold]

Lu Jiu smiled.

He wasn’t surprised to receive this reward; Piercing Cold and Mountain Burning Fire are a set of acupuncture techniques, one for draining, one for supplementing, one for treating actual heat syndrome, and one for treating deficiency cold syndrome.

With this Piercing Cold acupuncture technique, Lu Jiu has made up for one of his weaknesses.

The system is quite humanized.

Now his acupuncture can either supplement or drain, and he can use Dong’s Acupoints techniques for balanced supplement and drain, almost achieving comprehensive coverage.

What he’s lacking is just clinical experience!

Don’t underestimate the value of experience. Even though Lu Jiu has numerous techniques, knowing when to use which method, and which has the best effect, is something that must be slowly accumulated and summarized through clinical practice.

Just having many skills doesn’t necessarily enhance medical skills, these are two different matters.

Unfortunately, with the current patient flow at Lu’s Clinic, if Lu Jiu wants extensive practice, it’s evident that he’ll only rely on time to accumulate it.

Why did he have to return to this small, shabby clinic?

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Several hours later, Tian Xuelin sent Lu Jiu two images via WeChat.

One was the ultrasound image, and the other was the diagnosis report.

After Lu Jiu opened it, he saw the content of the diagnosis report.

[Exam findings: The liver’s transverse shape is normal, volume enlarged, the largest oblique diameter of the right liver lobe is 152mm, uneven echo distribution inside the liver, denser and enhanced in the front half, sparse and attenuated in the back half, intrahepatic pipeline structure faintly visible, and the liver surface light band is still present. No obvious mass echo was seen inside the liver. CDFI: No significant abnormal blood flow signal inside the liver... Exam indication: Mild fatty liver. Gallbladder, bile duct, spleen, and pancreas; no significant abnormal echo images. Portal venous system shows no significant abnormalities.]