I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 79 - 70: Bipolar Disorder

Beep beep~~

The frequency of this ambulance being dispatched has been quite high recently.

However, the patient influx the old man talked about, Lu Jiu still hasn’t really experienced.

His clinic is as usual, only seeing about three to five patients a day.

Meow~

Xiao Tu jumped on the table, staring at Lu Jiu and licking its tongue incessantly.

Lu Jiu chuckled, took out a pack of fish snacks from the drawer, and handed it over.

Since it’s growing, three meals a day seem insufficient, so Lu Jiu can only prepare some snacks for it.

With the fish snacks, Xiao Tu bent down and started munching away happily.

On the Chinese Medicine Home forum, the discussion threads about Lu Jiu have cooled down, but each time Lu Jiu responds in the posts, there are always some clowns jumping in to make sarcastic remarks.

Lu Jiu can’t be bothered with them, as arguing with fools is the most time-wasting behavior. But because of their interference, many posters have become less trusting of Lu Jiu.

After browsing for a while and finding nothing interesting, Lu Jiu simply turned off the computer and quietly picked up the "Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor."

[Patient Xia Xing, Heart and Kidney Imbalance recovery progress 10%, reward activated for symptoms recovery exceeding 10%, would you like to claim?]

[Claim.]

[Reward received: Basic Acupuncture]

Oh?

Looks like it’s working!

Lu Jiu was very curious about when this basic reward would run out, and whether it would advance after it’s all given out?

After thinking about it, Lu Jiu found it unlikely. The basic acupuncture reward provided him with nothing more than knowledge related to acupuncture point selection—only changing him from ignorance to awareness, while also speeding up his understanding of this knowledge.

If one must talk about progression, it could only be him converting knowledge into clinical experience. If inferred this way, the system will eventually finish granting rewards, as Chinese medicine has an extremely complete system, and its core has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

So when all the basic rewards are given out, could he truly become someone comparable to ancient physicians?

If the National Master of Chinese Medicine is Lu Jiu’s current goal, then becoming someone who stands shoulder to shoulder with ancient physicians is Lu Jiu’s ultimate dream.

Master Li Huo once openly said that ancient Chinese physicians, whose names are known, had the ability to bring people back from the dead. To say something like this means his understanding of Chinese medicine is approaching that of the ancient great physicians.

After all, he was once someone who stood up to the King Yama to save lives!

Lu Jiu also wishes to reach the heights of Chinese medicine’s wonders, perhaps on that day, in different moments and places, he could use Chinese medicine to converse with ancient physicians.

In this way, life would be worthwhile!

"Dr. Lu, you’re still here, haha."

At the clinic’s entrance, Zhang Yu walked in with a smile, but the worry on his face was unmistakably evident.

Hearing this, Lu Jiu closed the book and then smiled, "Where are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Zhang Yu shook his head, "I’m fine, just something has been troubling me recently."

Lu Jiu smiled and said, "Tell me about it."

Zhang Yu pressed his lips together, hesitated, but finally chose to speak, "Actually, I shouldn’t be meddling with this matter, but I just can’t help it. It’s about my uncle’s daughter. She’s been diagnosed with something called bipolar disorder. Sometimes she’s so depressed, doesn’t say anything when asked, and sometimes she just breaks out, yelling and screaming, really scary."

"At first, I didn’t know about it. My uncle said that when she loses her temper, she shatters things around the house and even hits her mom. My uncle said he’d take her to the hospital in Hidden Dragon City to see a psychiatrist, and I thought at the time, it shouldn’t be that serious. My cousin was always headstrong as a kid, but not to the extent of having mental health issues."

"At that time, I even advised my uncle over the phone, saying that when she was in junior high, they were away working; during puberty, when she was rebellious, they weren’t around. They returned when she was in high school, so they’re unaccustomed to her temperament. That’s understandable. But when I went to their house, I realized it’s not her just being rebellious."

"She’s truly a bit unrecognizable now. Not only does she hit her mom, but she also curses her dad, saying the harshest things. Sometimes she laughs to herself, almost childlike, but when the topic touches her sensitive points, she explodes like a powder keg, yelling and shouting uncontrolled."

"I don’t know if the doctors in Hidden Dragon City can treat her. My uncle’s family worked away for years, and they bought her a house here in Jianghan City, thinking life would be better. And then this happened, sigh..."

This... could be a Heart and Kidney Imbalance.

Lu Jiu, after listening, was diagnosing in his mind. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

In cases of great emotional fluctuation, along with some mental problems, they’re often related to the heart and kidneys.

Because the heart governs the mind, meaning all our emotional activities are governed by the heart.

Like reading a book, whether you read it with focus or not makes all the difference.

Meanwhile, the kidneys govern the bones, the bones generate marrow, and the brain is considered the Sea of Marrow, so the brain is actually governed together by the heart and kidneys. The heart governs depth, and the kidneys govern breadth—how profound the thoughts are is decided by the heart, and how broad and profound they are, the extent of them, is decided by the kidneys.

For example, decline in memory, forgetfulness, cerebral atrophy, lack of ambition, are all due to the Sea of Marrow being not full, indicating insufficient marrow generation from the bones, and insufficient bone marrow means there’s undeniably a problem with the kidneys.

If the Heart and Kidney Imbalance persists, the liver, spleen, and lungs will all eventually become problematic.

If the liver damage is serious, mental problems could also arise.

Because the liver houses the soul. We often hear expressions like "being lost in spirit," "soul-stirring," "scared out of one’s wits." Here, the soul mainly refers to attention, sub-consciousness, planning, judgment, etc. If the liver is damaged, we experience liver blood deficiency, and the mind loses its nourishment, resulting in difficulty concentrating, excessive dreaming, and mental distraction.

Therefore, such mental issues are often caused by an imbalance between the heart and kidneys.

This symptom is similar to the calcium-deficient child Lu Jiu diagnosed earlier, yet with both being Heart and Kidney Imbalance cases, why are the symptoms so different?

It boils down to emotions, environment, and several other factors.

Like a place frequently having traffic accidents, but the cars in the accidents won’t always be the same model.

"Although psychiatric medications have significant side effects, they should help suppress the illness, but she might have to rely on them for life," said Lu Jiu.

Lifelong medication.

To be honest, Zhang Yu felt heartbroken.

His cousin is only sixteen. At such a young age, having to rely on medication lifelong—what about her future?

If her friends find out about her condition, how will they perceive her?

Life, work—how would those be affected?

Sigh, this illness...

Eh?

Suddenly, Zhang Yu looked at Lu Jiu, "Dr. Lu, can you treat this condition?"