Chapter 150: Chapter 124: Shattering Their Worldviews!

Fatty Liu’s Restaurant.

Four dishes and a soup, plus a beef hotpot.

Hu Yaoyuan, in order to show his sincerity, wanted to order ten dishes, but it was Lu Jiu who stopped him several times, and only then did they settle for less.

“Dr. Lu, to be honest, when we saw the immunohistochemistry results, Old Song and I were stunned. We really didn’t expect that you could control an early-stage breast cancer patient in just seven days, not only preventing her cancer cells from growing, but actually reducing them.

“Honestly, my first reaction was that the results were wrong, but then I thought the possibility was low. Why would there be errors with Xu Yuanyuan’s test and not the others’?”

“Hehe, actually before coming here, I also told Old Song about what we discussed last time. You mentioned that one-third of early-stage breast cancer patients can live for more than ten years without surgery. Old Song also told me that indeed, some older patients, due to a lack of funds for treatment after diagnosis, had no major issues for seven or eight years and some even lived for ten years.”

“However, the number is indeed not large, and later on, the breast may sink, ooze pus, or even ulcerate, which causes significant trouble in life. Although not dead, their quality of life is very poor. Of course, it’s uncertain if they had undergone surgery in the first place, whether the situation would be better or worse, because in clinical cases, some treated patients have been fine for more than a decade, while others experience cancer cell metastasis within years.”

“I can only say that with the current medical knowledge, this disease is managed to such an extent, after all, it’s still cancer.”

Hu Yaoyuan was quite honest, with some embarrassment in his words.

Perhaps he realized he was too absolute earlier when he claimed that clinically, breast cancer can’t survive for more than ten years without surgery without researching thoroughly.

“Dr. Lu, I heard you treated breast cancer with acupuncture, is that true?” Song Zhao asked.

“Sort of,” Lu Jiu replied.

“Did you use acupuncture to stimulate acupoints to kill cancer cells?” Song Zhao asked.

“No,” Lu Jiu replied.

“Then did you stimulate the meridians to kill cancer cells?” Song Zhao asked.

“Also no.” Lu Jiu explained after finishing his bite, “Traditional Chinese Medicine doesn’t kill any pathogen; it mainly regulates the patient’s Five Viscera, letting them deal with the pathogens, which includes what you call the cancer cells.”

“Xu Yuanyuan’s breast cancer is actually caused by accumulated residual milk. All I needed to do was expel it from her body. First, I used moxibustion to soften the lumps, then acupuncture to unblock her meridians, and finally a medicinal formula to regulate her Spleen and Stomach, restore her vital energy and blood. Over time, the necrotic residual milk accumulated in the breast could be expelled.”

Lu Jiu’s explanation seemed simple, but to Song Zhao and the others, it was like listening to an enigma.

“Breast cancer is caused by accumulated residual milk?” Song Zhao looked at Lu Jiu in confusion.

This theory was entirely new to him, something he hadn’t heard of before.

Up to now, medicine hasn’t discovered the cause of breast cancer. In other words, science doesn’t yet have a definite answer for its carcinogenic cause, only numerous high-risk factors associated with its onset.

So when Lu Jiu mentioned that breast cancer is caused by accumulated residual milk, Song Zhao was so astonished.

“Dr. Lu, how did you come up with this theory?” Hu Yaoyuan asked.

Lu Jiu shook his head, “This isn’t my theory. It’s been documented in ancient Chinese medical texts for a long time.”

“I believe this theory was first recorded during the Song Dynasty. Later, it was noted in a Ming Dynasty book named ’Jiyin Outline.’ It roughly discusses, ’When a woman doesn’t get along with her husband or in-laws, over time, this creates an emotional accumulation, disrupting the Spleen’s energy, allowing the Liver’s energy to counteract, forming a hidden lump like a turtle’s stone, painless and itchless, which after a dozen years becomes an ulcer known as ’乳岩’… This disease mainly arises from damp-heat and phlegm trapped in the diaphragm, combining with stagnated milk, or due to the air exhaled by a child, or from repressed anger causing stagnation…’”

“Essentially, this illness, also known as ’乳岩,’ is a blend of emotions, residual milk, and lifestyle habits, among others, with the main factor being residual milk. And the symptoms of ’乳岩’ are very similar to those of current breast cancer, and its treatment is also quite similar.”

Jiyin Outline?

Song Zhao took out his phone to search for this book immediately.

Whoa.

It really exists!

Song Zhao appended ’乳岩’ to his search term for the book, and indeed, he found it, with the content matching what Lu Jiu said word for word.

The author of this medical book is a Ming Dynasty person named Wu Zhiwang, a famous doctor skilled in gynecological diseases.

Besides writing ’Jiyin Outline,’ he also authored ’Jiyang Outline,’ discussing health preservation, internal medicine, febrile diseases, the five sense organs, and many other illnesses.

Hu Yaoyuan, seeing Song Zhao staring blankly at his phone, also leaned over to take a look, and was surprised to find that what Lu Jiu said indeed had historical references.

Doesn’t that mean that breast cancer was known to Chinese medicine hundreds of years ago?

Lu Jiu saw them looking up information and simply put down his chopsticks to speak freely.

“The disease known as ’breast rock’ can continue for about fourteen years from discovery. There is initially pink, scaly skin around the areola, followed by the gradual enlargement of hard lumps. The breast swells until it breaks the surface skin, beginning to ulcerate and oozing dark brown fluid with a strong stench detectable even ten steps away. In the late stage, the ulcer can be deep enough to expose the ribs and constantly exude black blood. However, curiously, the patient feels no pain throughout, only experiencing piercing heart pain at the moment of death.”

“Judging from ancient cases, if breast rock patients received no treatment, they could survive about fourteen years. Such cases were possible only in ancient times due to underdeveloped medical care, a lack of physicians, and inconvenient transportation. Nowadays, such examples are hard to find because the ubiquity of Western medicine and commercial healthcare leads most people to seek treatment upon a cancer diagnosis, providing you data showing a one-third chance of a 100% five-year postoperative survival rate for breast cancer patients.”

“Frankly, when I first heard Dr. Hu’s statement, I was furious. The idea of pride in taking a patient’s inherent life expectancy—unacceptable! Yet, I understand it’s not entirely your fault; such things aren’t part of your knowledge system.”

Hu Yaoyuan felt somewhat embarrassed hearing Lu Jiu’s words.

He indeed had been rather confident at the time, utterly unaware of Lu Jiu’s anger.

Now, with everything laid out plainly, Hu Yaoyuan could empathize with Lu Jiu’s feelings.

When one is ignorant enough to claim harming others’ lives as an honor, surely he would have cursed on the spot.

“Sorry, Dr. Lu,” said Hu Yaoyuan.

“No need to apologize to me; it’s not your fault,” Lu Jiu smiled.

Song Zhao suddenly looked up and asked, “But Dr. Lu, we’ve also had patients who received treatments to stop lactation; why do they still get breast cancer?”

Lu Jiu replied, “Because breast milk is like menstruation. When clearing residual milk from women’s breasts, we use medicine to transform it into menstruation, which is then discharged from the body. The injections given to cease lactation merely break down the milk; though the milk disappears, the broken-down residue remains. It doesn’t exit through normal body processes and eventually forms a fibroadenoma. Upon hospital examination, if biopsied, it harms the breast tissue, causing slight blood clots in the breast. These escape from the blood vessels and combine with the residual decomposed milk, leading to necrosis within the breast. Can you see why they might develop breast cancer?”

Breast milk is menstruation!?

This…

Song Zhao was utterly baffled!

The idea that residual lactation accumulations causing breast cancer was already too much to process, and now the notion that breast milk equates to menstruation confused him even further.

Observing Song Zhao’s expression, Lu Jiu chuckled, “Seems absurd, right? Menstruation accompanies cyclical ovarian changes, involving periodic uterine lining shedding and bleeding; how could it relate to breast milk?”

Song Zhao gave a helpless smile, “Dr. Lu, you also understand Western medicine, huh?”

Lu Jiu laughed, “I know a bit.”

Song Zhao asked, “So which do you believe is right, Western medicine or Chinese medicine?”

Lu Jiu said, “For me to answer would be somewhat biased.”

Song Zhao stated, “It’s okay, just a discussion, not implying anything else.”

Lu Jiu nodded, “When it comes to right or wrong, I can’t comment. I can only speak about how Chinese medicine perceives the relationship between breast milk and menstruation. First, before menstruation, women inevitably feel breast swelling, and during menstruation, the pressure drops suddenly. Secondly, pregnant women produce milk without menstruation. Of course, Western medicine offers similar explanations, such as during breastfeeding, increased hormone levels inhibit the cerebral cortex, restraining ovarian function, hence delayed menstruation.”

“In each field, everyone’s understanding is valid, but theories must ultimately confront practice. No matter how good a theory is, if it can’t treat a disease, it’s worthless, particularly in medicine. My ability to treat breast cancer arises because I know breast milk is like menstruation, that’s all. It’s not just breast cancer; once you know breast milk equates to menstruation, there are ways to address breast cancer metastases like lung cancer, liver cancer, brain tumors, even Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.”

What!?

Song Zhao and his companion’s eyes widened in disbelief at Lu Jiu.

Their worldview was shattered by this last statement!

Are there really ways to treat metastatic lung, liver, brain cancer, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus from breast cancer?

Surely, this must be an exaggeration?

“Dr. Lu, is this true!?” Song Zhao’s breathing became rapid.

Lu Jiu didn’t hold back, “Chinese medicine says sorrow impairs the lungs, and the lungs are the source of breast milk. Milk is white, the lungs correspond to white, and nutrients from the Spleen and Stomach enter the lungs before reaching the breasts through the heart’s fire. Hence, some mothers’ first milk during breastfeeding might be yellow before turning white, a normal occurrence. However, if the lungs are harmed, the milk can flow backward into the lungs, transitioning into lung cancer. Similarly, if the heart is harmed, milk backflows into the heart, leading to what Western medicine describes as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.”

“Below the nipple lies the liver meridian. If reverse milk flows through that meridian into the liver, it develops into liver cancer. The lungs are the kidneys’ mother, and the brain is the sea of marrow. Once in the lungs, milk might enter the kidneys; as the kidneys’ rising ability is strong, if a patient remains fearful long, harming the kidneys, milk could directly reach the brain because milk, as a food form, isn’t blocked by the brain. Hence, necrosis there causes a brain tumor.”

“If initially aware that these diseases stem from breast milk, simply obstructing its transfer and converting it into menstruation for discharge could prevent most illnesses. Even when these diseases manifest, treating them through this line of reasoning retains a chance for saving lives. However, this all presupposes one thing—do not operate!”

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