I Can Talk to the Internal Organs

Chapter 404 - 369: He Alone Is a Team

"Where does it hurt?"

"Here at the waist, ay, it hurts, hurts, hurts."

"Come, I’ll do some acupuncture... How does it feel now?"

"...Eh!? How... why did it stop hurting so quickly?"

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"Is your stomach uncomfortable?"

"Yes, I’m not sure why, but it feels uncomfortable, and I can’t seem to go."

"You’ve caught a cold; it’s nothing serious. I’ll do some acupuncture, and you’ll be fine."

"...Huh? I really don’t feel uncomfortable anymore..."

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"Xiao Zhang, go get some sugar and apply it on this patient’s leg. There should be quite a bit of Vital Energy Warming Formula decocted by now, right? Let all the patients with skin ulcers and infected wounds drink it."

"Okay, I’ll get on it right away."

"Xiao Li, how’s the Blood Activating and Pain Relieving Decoction coming along?"

"We’ve already brewed over twenty pots."

"Alright, promptly notify the patients with swelling to come and drink the medicine."

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Before coming to Nanhe, Lu Jiu carefully prepared the medicinal herbs.

Given the limited resources, he naturally had to prepare some commonly used herbs.

The illnesses brought on by the flood disaster for the common people could actually also be deduced.

For example, swelling – after prolonged immersion, many people would experience body swelling, often accompanied by pain.

Some people might have skin ruptures, or experience internal trauma, leading to internal bleeding.

And after suffering the flood disaster, being severely frightened, leading to excessive mental tension, and so on.

By analyzing these symptoms, Lu Jiu could combine them with general pathological mechanisms to simply deduce which medicinal herbs were most urgently needed to bring along.

Facts proved that Lu Jiu’s advance predictions were correct.

The Chinese medicinal herbs he brought perfectly matched the diseases brought to the common people by this flood disaster.

Moreover, after arriving at Jingcheng Hospital, he conducted another case analysis on the existing patients, promptly optimized a new formula based on the Blood Activating and Pain Relieving Decoction in the "Complete Collection of Traumatology," for all the hospital’s patients to use.

With a universal formula, the pressure on Jingcheng Hospital was greatly reduced.

After continuous use of Chinese medicine for three days, many patients with similar symptoms experienced varying degrees of relief.

"Huh~"

After four or five days of sleepless treatment, Lu Jiu was already numb.

He felt as if his head no longer belonged to him, like a computer suddenly hitting a blue screen; he felt his brain was a bit stalled.

Evidently, after long periods of exertion, blood could no longer circulate to the brain and enrich the marrow.

At this point, only rest could restore him!

Fortunately, after these days of relentless effort, Jingcheng Hospital has gone through the most difficult period, and Lu Jiu could finally rest well.

At noon, by twelve o’clock, as Lu Jiu slowly exhaled a breath, he leaned back on his chair and instantly fell into a deep sleep.

"Director, it’s time to eat, Direc—"

Zhang Xu came into the office, ready to call Lu Jiu for a meal, only to find that Lu Jiu had already fallen asleep against the chair back, immediately lowering his voice.

These days, he had been by Lu Jiu’s side, seeing everything most clearly.

Since setting out that day, arriving in Zhouru City, and then engaging in four or five days of treatment, Lu Jiu had slept less than ten hours in total.

Even a man of steel could not endure it.

Several times, Zhang Xu advised Lu Jiu to get some sleep.

But Lu Jiu would usually sleep for just a bit over an hour, and then rush back to treat patients.

As the flood disaster continued to grow, the number of affected people also increased, naturally transporting more and more people to Jingcheng Hospital every day.

In the initial days, all the doctors in the hospital worked in shifts, and several nurses even collapsed on duty.

It could be said that compared to the patients, the hardships faced by the doctors during these days were indescribable.

If it hadn’t been for Lu Jiu’s research into an extensive formula that could be widely used, offering all medical staff in the hospital a chance to breathe, more doctors and nurses would likely have collapsed at their posts.

Seeing Lu Jiu asleep, Zhang Xu found a blanket and covered Lu Jiu, then quietly left the office, gently closing the door behind him.

When he returned to the hall to pick up a lunch box, An Xianda asked Zhang Xu, "Where’s the director?"

Zhang Xu replied, "He’s asleep, let’s call him later to eat."

An Xianda said, "That sounds good, he’s indeed been too busy these past few days."

The others empathized as well, although they were tired, compared to Lu Jiu, it was the minor leagues compared to the majors.

Moreover, when Lu Jiu was consulting in the miscellaneous diseases department, people only knew that he had methods for treating difficult and complicated diseases.

Many incurable diseases according to modern medicine responded well under his treatment.

Even if he couldn’t cure them completely, he could ensure some patients live unaffected by their ailments.

Though according to Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, this is indeed possible,

the gap between theory and practice still remains considerable.

What Lu Jiu could accomplish was enough to prove his medical skills surpassed many others.

But what they didn’t expect was that Lu Jiu was not only adept at treating difficult diseases, he was also quite skilled in other areas of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

For example, bone setting.

They observed Lu Jiu setting bones for several patients, usually with immediate effect, sometimes the patients didn’t even realize their bones had been set before he finished.

Also cupping therapy.

Many TCM practitioners can do it, but not expertly.

Lu Jiu not only performed cupping but mastered many techniques in cupping therapy.

Some patients exhibited swelling and signs of poisoning after prolonged immersion in floods.

Lu Jiu employed cupping to extract the toxins lurking in the patients’ interstitia.

Following it up with Chinese medicine treatment, their recovery speed was considerably faster.

It can be said, among all the doctors, Lu Jiu cured the most patients.

The time it took others to treat one, he could treat five or six; his acupuncture skills left many, especially the doctors at Jingcheng Hospital, astonished.

They never imagined the reinforcement the director invited would be this formidable, that Lu Jiu alone was like an entire team.

In this medical response, regardless if it was people from Lu Jiu TCM Hospital or Jingcheng Hospital, they were completely awed by Lu Jiu’s prowess.

A Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner adept in acupuncture, herbal medicine, bone setting, and cupping, all with proficiency; such a person is hard to find across the country.

Even if there were, they certainly wouldn’t be as young as Lu Jiu.

Of course, what impressed them most was Lu Jiu’s foresight.

The medicinal herbs he brought were almost entirely essential.

It’s important to know, in such major disasters, the official response often includes forming a medical treatment group.

Doctors in this group must investigate the causes, symptoms, and signs of injuries and illnesses, analyze basic pathogenesis and pathology, and design detailed treatment plans, considering the disaster characteristics.

But Lu Jiu had completed all this work single-handedly before arriving as support.

Considering Lu Jiu’s age, he never experienced a flood disaster, yet could accurately analyze which medicinal herbs were needed for this flood.

This aspect, among many others, made many people believe that Lu Jiu already possessed all the qualities of a contemporary renowned physician.

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