“Dr. Lu, I’m here.”

Yu Guolai pushed his elderly mother in a wheelchair, slowly entering Lu’s Clinic.

Today was already the fourth day. For the past three days, Lu Jiu had been using acupuncture and herbal medicine to adjust his mother’s body.

How should I put it? The recovery speed was faster than he had imagined.

Originally, Lu Jiu thought that three days should only restore partial sensation to the patient’s body, such as the paralyzed side might regain feeling even if it couldn’t move, and while she couldn’t speak, the stupor might improve to some extent.

To his surprise, after three days, Yu Guolai’s mother not only regained some feeling in her fingers, but they could slightly move, and remarkably, the facial droop stopped worsening. She could even utter one or two words, albeit hard to hear, but undeniably, her consciousness was clearing, and she regained normal cognitive abilities.

Such a big change made Yu Guolai very excited.

Three days!

In these three days, his mother’s visible improvement was like a roller coaster ride for Yu Guolai.

At one moment, he was happy about his mother’s fast recovery; at another, he worried it was only temporary.

But in any case, compared to no progress over the past half-year, the current state had already filled Yu Guolai with gratitude.

“Hmm, please wait here for a moment.” After responding to Yu Guolai, Lu Jiu turned to the mother of the young patient in front of him, “Allergies aren’t really an illness. Let me give you an example: Is hunger an illness? You’ll likely say no, but can people die from it? If I now define hunger as an illness that will kill, wouldn’t you find it absurd?”

“Similarly, allergies are like hunger; they aren’t illnesses but because they can’t be easily resolved, they’re often treated as such, which is incorrect. Your son’s pollen allergy is essentially a lung issue, not a nasal one. The symptoms appear mostly in spring, and other times are fine, right?”

“In essence, it’s just that your son’s constitution is a bit weak. After the season changes, climate alters, causing internal discomfort, leading to sneezing and a runny nose. Just taking anti-allergy pills is like taking medicine when you’re hungry instead of food—it won’t help.”

“When you get home, add some Chinese yam to his meals three times a day. Now that it’s getting colder, you can make some silver ear soup for him in the morning. Kids like sweet things, but don’t make it too sweet; a few Chinese dates will be sweet enough. Have him eat normally at other times, and by the end of winter, into spring, your son’s hay fever should be gone.”

Many allergies are actually caused by diet.

If children aren’t fed a variety of whole grains but only refined foods, they’ll definitely have allergies when they grow up.

Because refined food doesn’t provide enough exercise for the Five Viscera and the six viscera.

The Five Viscera and six viscera are like sieves. Coarse food, which hasn’t been chemically synthesized, has larger size, more distinct colors, and more complex nutrients. When it enters the human body, it allows the Five Viscera and six viscera to autonomously choose the nutrients they need.

After long-term exercise, the Five Viscera and six viscera will naturally distinguish various nutrients and distribute them accordingly.

But if too much refined food is consumed from a young age, leaving the Five Viscera and six viscera under-exercised, the body won’t recognize these nutrients. Instead, it will be overwhelmed by these pure nutrients when it starts consuming complex food, causing discomfort in the fragile Five Viscera and six viscera.

This discomfort is called allergies.

Apart from food, other things like pollen, hair, and dust also reflect the fragility of the Five Viscera and six viscera. Treating only the symptoms, like sneezing by treating the nose, will never fully resolve the issue.

These days, many people die from severe allergic reactions, too.

Reaching such a state indicates that allergies are somewhat similar to sub-health.

They may appear harmless, but if ignored, they could become very serious.

However, if you identify the root issue at the start of an allergy and adjust the Five Viscera and six viscera, it won’t become severe and daily life won’t be disrupted by such ailments.

“Just these foods?” The child’s mother found it surprisingly simple.

“For kids, dietary supplements are enough; no medicine is needed,” Lu Jiu replied.

“What if he starts having allergies again next spring without medicine…” the child’s mother worried.

“You can come back and scold me if that happens, but first you have to follow my advice, understand? I’m not treating just one patient and leaving; there’s no need for me to deceive you,” Lu Jiu said.

“Alright then, thank you, Dr. Lu.” The child’s mother finally felt reassured.

After the mother and son left, Lu Jiu turned to Yu Guolai.

Yu Guolai quickly pushed his mother over to Lu Jiu.

“Any changes after taking the medicine yesterday?” Lu Jiu asked with a smile.

“No major changes, just a bit more control over her mouth now; there’s no drooling like before when she was lying in bed,” Yu Guolai smiled.

“That’s good. It seems the recovery is quite remarkable. Just continue this medication for another week, and adjust the dosage based on further recovery. Acupuncture will also continue, and at this recovery rate, she should be able to walk in half a month,” Lu Jiu said.

“Really?” Yu Guolai looked at Lu Jiu with surprise.

“If it were someone else it might not be this fast, but given your mother’s recovery speed, half a month is a conservative estimate,” Lu Jiu smiled.

“Dr. Lu, I… I really don’t know what to say.” Tears welled up in Yu Guolai’s eyes, and his mother’s breathing quickened, clearly excited by Lu Jiu’s words.

“It’s nothing. You’re paying, and I’m treating; it’s only right. Alright, enough chit-chat, time to start acupuncture.” Having said this, Lu Jiu promptly had Yu Guolai help his mother onto a small bed and resumed acupuncture treatment.

After a few treatments, Lu Jiu clearly felt that the patient’s energy channels were much smoother.

The Qi introduction was faster too.

[Patient Sun Dan, blood and qi deficiency recovery progress 10%, spleen deficiency and stomach weakness recovery progress 41%, symptom recovery progress exceeded ten percent, activate ordinary reward, would you like to claim it?]

Sun Dan is the patient with advanced-stage breast cancer that has metastasized to lung cancer.

After such a long time, her spleen and stomach functions have improved from just a few percent to now forty-one percent.

Recovering to this extent, the deficiency of both blood and qi will naturally also recover.

Ever since Shi Zixiong’s mother, Rao He, took that medicine, Lu Jiu has been considering whether Sun Dan could also try it.

After all, Sun Dan’s breast cancer has already metastasized to lung cancer, even though her condition is somewhat different from Rao He.

But from the concept of treating different diseases with the same method in traditional Chinese medicine, both of them might as well use the same medicine, although the dosage would differ.

If the method of draining the south to supplement the north can be used to regulate Sun Dan’s lungs and slowly return those cancer cells to the breast, it would be easier to treat moving forward.

Because although they are the same cancer cells, their presence in the viscera versus the organs represents two completely different diseases.

Simply put, visceral diseases can easily be fatal, whereas organ diseases are not as likely to be fatal.

However, before using the medication, Sun Dan’s spleen and stomach should improve a bit more to achieve better medication effects.

[Receive.]

[Reward: Basic TCM Diagnosis.]

“Dr. Lu, please look at my granddaughter, she’s been crying out in pain. It seems to be her arm. Do you think it’s a fracture? Does she need to go to the hospital?”

As Lu Jiu was performing acupuncture, an elderly lady rushed into the clinic, holding a sobbing little girl.

The crowd initially wanted to scold her for not waiting in line, but when they saw the little girl’s pained expressions, they remained silent.

They all knew Lu Jiu’s rule: emergencies take priority.

Lu Jiu turned to look at the little girl in the elderly lady’s arms, then went forward to gently touch her arm.

With the skill of bone touching, Lu Jiu only needed to make contact with the skin to understand the condition of the bones beneath.

And with just one touch, he immediately detected the little girl’s dislocated bone.

Without saying a word, Lu Jiu simply twisted and pressed gently on the little girl’s arm before letting go, “It’s done, try lifting your right hand.”

All done?

The elderly lady was taken aback.

The little girl, hearing Lu Jiu, didn’t lift her arm, as if the pain in her right arm still lingered.

Lu Jiu simply pulled out a lollipop from his pocket and placed it in front of the little girl, “Here, uncle has a lollipop for you.”

Tempted by the treat, the little girl immediately extended her left hand, but Lu Jiu quickly withdrew the lollipop and placed it in the direction of her right hand, “Use this hand to take it.”

Her attention drawn to the lollipop, the little girl momentarily forgot the pain and slowly reached out with her right hand, grasping the lollipop under Lu Jiu’s guidance.

The elderly lady saw this and immediately asked with a smile, “Honey, does your arm still hurt?”

The little girl nodded softly.

The elderly lady quickly turned to Lu Jiu, “Thank you, Dr. Lu, really, thank you so much.”

The crowd was amazed to see that Lu Jiu could also perform bone setting.

Acupuncture, prescribing medicine, bone setting, Dr. Lu is truly versatile!

“No need, just a small issue,” Lu Jiu said with a smile.

The elderly lady quickly asked, “Dr. Lu, how much is it?”

Lu Jiu replied, “Thirty yuan.”

So cheap!

Everyone couldn’t help but compare it to hospital prices.

At a hospital, you wouldn’t even think of walking out the door for less than three hundred yuan.

The elderly lady hurriedly scanned the code to pay, feeling quite satisfied with the transaction.

“Dr. Lu, you can perform bone setting too?” Yu Guolai asked.

“Why wouldn’t I? What’s strange about a traditional Chinese doctor knowing bone setting?” Lu Jiu replied.

“Not just that, you just seem to know a lot. By the way, can bone setting fix my uneven shoulder?” Yu Guolai asked.

“Yes, but bone setting isn’t a permanent solution. I can adjust it to normal right now, but in a few days, it will revert back to its uneven state,” Lu Jiu explained.

“Can’t it be completely cured?” Yu Guolai inquired.

Lu Jiu chuckled, “That depends on how you interpret the term ‘complete cure’…”

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