I Can Talk to the Internal Organs

Chapter 373 - 339: Boasting About Lord Lu 9

The dietary therapy recipe doesn’t need to be too complicated, just ensure the most basic nutrition, and add a little Yang-replenishing and Yin-nourishing herbs.

And you can’t use too many herbs, or it will have the opposite effect.

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy will have progressively worse Spleen and Stomach function, not only losing their appetite but also unable to digest and absorb food.

Patients who can endure chemotherapy are generally in relatively good health, but children like Jiang Shu, who are inherently weaker and still developing, naturally cannot withstand it well.

"You should check into the hospital, stay here for today, and I’ll prescribe a week’s dietary therapy for the child. Let him eat as much as he can without forcing him. This dietary therapy is a combination of food and traditional Chinese medicine, aimed at restoring the child’s qi and blood, which you can understand as bolstering his immunity."

"The child will still feel very uncomfortable in the coming days, especially feeling cold, with nights being the hardest to endure. So in the morning, take him outside to get some sunlight and then go to the health and rehabilitation department for some activities. Again, don’t force him, just do as much as he can, taking it easy."

"Let’s observe for a week first, and when his qi and blood are mostly restored, I’ll prescribe further medication for him."

After listening to Dr. Lu, Jiang Hongming nodded earnestly.

Although he doesn’t understand Dr. Lu’s treatment methods, he knows to follow the doctor’s advice since they’re at the hospital.

Whether it works or not, they need to try it to know.

"Dean Lu, we’ll go through the admission procedures now," Jiang Hongming said.

"Go ahead," replied Lu Jiu.

The couple left the consultation room with their child in their arms.

They quickly completed the admission procedures and, with the help of the nurse, handed over the dietary therapy prescription to the medicinal food department.

After doing all this, the couple stayed by Jiang Shu’s side.

Before long, an old man walked in.

"Oh, you’ve got company. What’s the little guy sick with?"

The old man clasped his hands behind his back, cheerfully looking at Jiang Hongming and his family.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Hongming replied, "Leukemia."

Mao Yongqing took a sharp breath, "That’s a tough one to treat. Have you consulted Dr. Lu?"

Jiang Hongming replied, "We have."

Mao Yongqing laughed, "Then there’s nothing to worry about. Dr. Lu can even treat cancer; this disease won’t stump him."

Jiang Hongming was startled, "Is that true?"

He had heard from relatives and friends, but all his life, he’d heard cancer was incurable, a certain death sentence.

So even though family and friends had praised Lu Jiu’s skills, he was skeptical about Dr. Lu’s ability to cure cancer.

Of course, he didn’t foolishly question others about it.

Mao Yongqing smirked, "What, you don’t believe it?"

"Almost half of the patients on this floor are treated by Dr. Lu. Ask anyone, and you’ll know how skilled Dr. Lu is. I’m not just boasting."

The inpatient department at Lu Jiu TCM Hospital doesn’t have many beds, mainly because traditional Chinese medicine treatment doesn’t require patients to stay in the hospital continuously. Minor ailments can often be managed at home with medication.

Patients with severe, complex conditions that are inconvenient to travel for treatment are the ones who stay here.

That’s why Mao Yongqing remarked that half the patients on this floor are treated by Lu Jiu.

Especially patients like Mao Yongqing, who have a good retirement pension and whose medical expenses are mostly covered by insurance, find it hardly costly to get medical help here.

Here, they’re provided with lodging, meals, and health care, so it’s more comfortable than living at home.

They eat their meals and take their medicine on time, and then stroll around.

The hospital has recently built a game room, giving these admitted seniors a place to play cards or chess in their spare time.

Many patients say Lu Jiu TCM Hospital feels more like a care home than a hospital.

Some older patients have even suggested that the doctors establish a VIP system, as they can fully rely on their retirement benefits to live here in old age.

This suggestion has been approved by Lu Jiu.

As a result, Lu Jiu instructed the management to hire plenty of caregivers, moving towards a care home model.

This initiative naturally received praise from people like Mao Yongqing.

Subconsciously, older patients like Mao Yongqing became loyal customers of Lu Jiu TCM Hospital, singing praises of Lu Jiu to anyone they met.

"Sir, what illness do you have?" Jiang Hongming asked.

Mao Yongqing laughed, "Me? Rheumatoid arthritis."

Rheumatoid?

That’s another seemingly incurable condition.

Since his son was diagnosed with leukemia, Jiang Hongming has learned quite a bit about medical terms.

He knew there are five major incurable diseases in the world: AIDS, ALS, cancer, leukemia, and rheumatoid arthritis.

For this reason, when he first learned his son was diagnosed with leukemia, Jiang Hongming felt as if the sky were falling.

The old man in front of him had rheumatoid arthritis, similar to his son’s condition, so why could he still smile?

"Sir, you seem so unaffected. Doesn’t rheumatoid arthritis hurt?" Jiang Hongming asked.

Mao Yongqing laughed, "How could it not hurt? Look at my hands; the bones were deformed initially, and you can still see the deformation. But it’s gotten a lot better, and it’s all thanks to Dr. Lu. Several others like me have improved too."

Jiang Hongming looked closely and indeed saw that Mao Yongqing’s finger bones were almost all deformed. Yet when he gripped, he could still apply force like normal hands, though his finger joints were a bit stiff.

"Is it... cured?" Jiang Hongming asked.

Mao Yongqing laughed, "Of course not. Finger joints aren’t that easy to normalize. But after three months of treatment, I no longer feel significant pain. As Dr. Lu said, as long as there’s no pain, the disease doesn’t affect life, whether it’s cured or not."

"As long as life has quality, you can eat, sleep, and move without any pain. Who cares if there are viruses in the body? Look at Li Chunlan next door. She has liver cancer and has been treated by Dr. Lu for half a year. Her recent check-up showed no reduction in cancer cells, and the tumor is still there. But she’s now living independently, sleeping soundly at night, snoring so loudly you’d have to shout in her ear to wake her."

"But did you know that half a year ago, she couldn’t sleep at night and suffered in bed for years. The hospital said she only had a few months to live, yet now, who would guess she has cancer from just looking at her? So, in the realm of traditional Chinese medicine, don’t worry about whether the disease can be cured. As long as your child can live like a normal child, who cares if the leukemia is cured? You just need to live life, oblivious to the diagnosis."

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