I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 99 - 82: Traditional Chinese Medicine Is Precision Medicine
Health Committee.
"Zhang Nu, where are you going?"
"I got tipped off by someone saying there’s a doctor practicing illegally on Garden Street, so I’m going to check it out."
"Alright, I’m free, I’ll go with you. Does the doctor have credentials?"
"Yes, I asked."
"Is he a local?"
"Yes, just a few days ago his clinic was investigated for failing to meet environmental standards. He’s a traditional Chinese medicine doctor named... Lu, Lu Jiu, right, that’s the name."
"Ah? Last name Lu?"
"What’s wrong?"
"Uh... Zhang Nu, maybe we should delay a bit, I’ll report to the leader first."
"Brother Ma, can you be clear? You’re playing riddles with me!"
"All I can say is, our deputy director’s last name is also Lu."
"Hiss~~ Director Lu Feng?"
"Wait a moment, let me report it first, don’t get used as a pawn. I always feel Lu Jiu is being set up."
"Hmm, Brother Ma, thank goodness for you, I’ll treat you to dinner tonight."
"Hehehe, let’s talk when I’m free..."
...
Garden Street.
Lu Jiu is still blocking the entrance to Li Daoqing’s clinic.
Anyone who wants to see a doctor at his clinic is stopped by Lu Jiu in various ways.
Even a group of onlookers started to help Lu Jiu, and they seemed to be quite interested.
However, Li Daoqing still had a few loyal patients who ignored Lu Jiu and walked straight into the clinic for injection treatments.
Yet for Li Daoqing, that small number of people was barely noticeable.
Li Daoqing looked at the clock.
An hour and a half had passed, why hadn’t the Health Committee shown up yet?
How can government offices be so inefficient!?
Li Daoqing wasn’t worried about business for a day or two, he feared Lu Jiu’s disruptions would last too long. Once word spread, when that kid’s clinic opens normally, the impact on him would be deadly.
If Lu Jiu was incompetent, Li Daoqing wouldn’t care.
The problem is, this kid was too fierce a few days ago, curing quite a few patients with acupuncture and herbs. Patients like that would easily earn him thousands, allowing him to survive on Garden Street, yet he’d be restless.
This would be like going from frugality to extravagance, from extravagance to frugality is difficult.
You’ve earned over a million annually, suddenly your income is halved, would you be willing?
Li Daoqing never expected the situation to be like this now!
Lu Jiu is too reckless, yet this reckless guy knows how to be sneaky, rash yet strategic, who can he complain to?
Really report him for illegal practice?
Nonsense.
This matter is very complex, going through the motions requires effort, plus gathering evidence for his illegal practice might be necessary.
Focusing on these matters, can his clinic still operate?
What to do?
Just wait around?
Where’s his dignity then?
He’s been operating for twenty years, could a young kid push him out?
Got it!
While the Health Committee might not handle it, could city management ignore it?
You’re disrupting public order, with everyone crowded around affecting the city’s appearance, let’s see if they’re going to do anything!
With the idea in mind, Li Daoqing dialed another number...
Outside the clinic, with Lu Jiu at the center, the surrounding crowd had formed a circle, inside and out several layers thick, an ignorant passerby might think it was a pyramid scheme.
"Does modern medical research make targeted drugs effective? Of course they’re effective, but everyone should understand what targeted drugs mean. Are targeted drugs really special medications, right?"
"Why do the Western medications we take for illnesses now have such strong side effects? Because once they enter the body, they wander aimlessly. They can’t pinpoint where the illness is, nor can your body differentiate them, so they treat where they land. Where they don’t reach, they might harm other organs."
"Simply put, today’s medical research has created targeted drugs by giving the medicine a target site. The effective component can directly hit the disease site, minimizing harm to our bodies, and improving effectiveness. Modern medicine considers targeted drugs the ultimate goal of drug research, yet this concept, thousands of years ago, was already explored by our traditional Chinese medicine."
"The meridian points on our body are individual target sites. These can target specific diseases. Combined, they can yield certain results; our ancestors studied them thoroughly."
"And traditional herbs, Shennong Tasted Hundred Herbs was about experimenting with herbs’ flavor and meridian compatibility. It’s about how herbs act once inside our body, where their efficacy travels, all clearly documented."
"For instance, in spring, you feel irritable, have dry mouth with bitterness, red eyes, headaches, dizziness; that’s heat issue from Liver Fire. Then we can choose herbs like chrysanthemum or prunella to clear Liver Heat. Honeysuckle can clear heat too, why not use it? Because this herb doesn’t enter the liver meridian, where you have heat. Honeysuckle’s properties don’t target that, it clears Lung Fire, Heart Fire, and Stomach Fire. Taking it won’t help, but rather harm Spleen and Stomach with its cold nature."
"Our ancestors used no advanced instruments; through extensive practice and observation, they concluded this idea of targeted medication. Look at Lung Cleansing and Detoxifying Decoction, it was the most potent targeted drug over the last three years, nearly like foreign-promoted special medications. I ask you, if special medications truly exist, why are there more Western medicines in our country now but health issues haven’t decreased, instead increased?"
