The heart governs blood vessels, acting as the monarch, akin to a wise character in a game, specializing in command.

The liver governs dispersion, serving as the general, a typical vanguard, always leading the charge. Of course, it is not reckless; it also understands strategy to some extent.

The spleen governs transformation, a warehouse equivalent, the god of wealth, overseeing logistics. Troops need provisions when marching, and on the path to combating pathogens, consuming qi and blood is inevitable.

The lungs govern purging, akin to the prime minister, assisting the heart in leading the blood vessels. The qi of the whole body is mobilized by it, and though its main base is gone, as long as the patient’s qi is intact, it continues to roam freely, unaffected by its stolen home. After all, this isn’t a tower-pushing game.

The kidneys govern storage, representing strength, akin to the army’s combat power. The stronger the kidney essence, the higher the combat strength. The liver, as the general, cannot wage war solely with strategy, lacking a formidable army.

Of course, beyond these five, each of the six hollows has its own function.

Presently, all are being coordinated by Heart Fire.

Facing the cold-damp invasion of my lung territory, the five viscera and six hollows are poised for collective action.

Additionally, with Lu Jiu as external support, the outcome of this battle remains uncertain!

“Hydronephrosis, begin to mobilize your life essence, and first attempt to expel a portion of the cold-damp.” Heart Fire commanded.

“Ah? Again depleting my life essence, after so much effort to store it…” Hydronephrosis replied.

“Don’t procrastinate. Thoroughly drive them out, and you can store more. Such a simple logic, are you unaware?” Heart Fire responded.

“Alright, I’ll follow your lead.” Hydronephrosis conceded.

“Liver Wood, prepare to mobilize life essence for offense. Ensure you take advantage of its unpreparedness for a stealthy assault, and if it becomes aware, afford it no reaction time.” Heart Fire advised.

“Understood, I’m on it.” Liver Wood reassured.

“Spleen Earth, Fei Jin, assist me in controlling qi and blood, aiding Liver Wood in its offense. Additionally, Fei Jin must effectively manage qi, and once liver expels some cold-damp, immediately guide it out of the five viscera, either through differentiation by the intestines or by excretion, or dissipate through pores.” Heart Fire instructed.

“Yes!” Spleen Earth and Fei Jin affirmed.

“Pericardium, stay vigilant, ensure cold-damp won’t invade my lungs. Triple Jiao, open the waterways, harmonize the three qis — ancestral, nutrient, and defensive, remaining on standby.” Heart Fire directed.

“…”

During Heart Fire’s command, Lu Jiu listened intently.

It was indeed fascinating.

It felt almost like strategizing military formations.

When Heart Fire, the Commander-in-Chief, acts, it moves decisively.

However, this is normal; the five viscera and six hollows are inherently a collective, needing to adjust each aspect for lung cold-damp. Should any segment falter, the entire endeavor might culminate in failure.

“Doctor, can your acupuncture enhance our abilities further?” Heart Fire queried.

“Certainly!” Lu Jiu confirmed.

“Great, let’s commence!” Heart Fire announced.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jiu instantly began employing the Mountain Burning Fire Needle Technique.

Twisting, lifting, inserting!

Lu Jiu’s pace wasn’t swift, but his rhythm was exceptionally precise.

At the acupoint, Lu Jiu clearly sensed a current of qi hooking the needle tip.

“Add some more!” Heart Fire requested.

Lu Jiu moved to the Guan Yuan acupoint, continuing the needle application.

“Engage!”

With Heart Fire’s command, Liver Wood initiated an assault on the lung cold-damp.

Lu Jiu couldn’t perceive the internal state, merely audibly the sounds emanating from the five viscera.

Yet soon, the five viscera commenced exchanging battle reports.

“Heart Fire, I’ve succeeded, though only with a slight cold-damp; I dared not expel too much, fearing detection.” Liver Wood reported.

“Good, Fei Jin, assist in guiding this cold-damp towards the small intestine. The doctor is currently fortifying the small intestine’s fire, facilitating its combustion and passage to the large intestine. Caution is imperative; ensure it goes unnoticed.” Heart Fire instructed.

“Triple Jiao, lend a hand.” Spleen Earth requested.

“Okay, Triple Jiao will promptly aid Fei Jin in smoothing the waterway, paving a path for the cold-damp!” Heart Fire responded.

“Then I’ll leave this matter to you all, I’ll continue!” Liver Wood resumed.

“Liver Wood, act within your means, as kidney essence isn’t abundant, offensive strikes mustn’t deplete.” Heart Fire cautioned.

“Understood, just another stealth attack and I’m done.” Liver Wood acknowledged.

Oh?

There seems to be progress!

Lu Jiu felt a sense of joy.

Thus, in future acupuncture treatments, he could engage with the five viscera, enhancing their functions targetedly, enabling them to develop disease-fighting capabilities briefly, optimizing and expediting disease resolution.

If complemented by the Acupoint Opening Technique to temporally augment the five viscera’s performance, how much the effect might amplify?

Following conventional treatment approaches, even when the five viscera are balanced, they merely ensure minimal impact on the patient’s life, with lung cancer being unmanageable.

It’s analogous to individuals with scoliosis; strictly speaking, a slight curve is problematic, yet the body adapts other regions’ curvatures to accommodate, minimizing the impact on daily activities and life.

This balance is essentially a trade-off for other parts.

The same applies to cancer patients; Rao He faces late-stage lung cancer, her lungs suffering severe damage. Complete recovery to normal levels is impossible.

When Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) adjusts the balance of the five viscera, the goal is not to bring all the organs to a healthy state, but to cooperate with the lung and simultaneously weaken the other organs to achieve a pathological balance.

Once the balance of the five viscera is achieved, then slowly raise the yang, suppress the living space of cancer cells, and thereby shrink the tumor and reduce cancer cells.

However, this final step is extremely difficult and requires a long time to adjust. The patient must also maintain a healthy lifestyle consistently. For various reasons, TCM can only manage to allow patients with serious conditions to live relatively freely.

Of course, it’s just a matter of living freely. Compared to life before illness, there is definitely a gap in quality.

But now, things are different.

Lu Jiu can precisely assist the five viscera, allowing them to actively eliminate cold and dampness in the lungs. Although the amount cleared at one time may not be much, doing this every day would allow the cold and dampness to decrease as the five viscera gradually balance out. Therefore, the speed towards a healthy balance would greatly improve in this pathologically balanced state.

In other words, a TCM practitioner who can manage cancer might need one or two years to bring the patient’s body to a balanced state and then take several years or even more than a decade, using medication or acupuncture, to gradually restore the functions of the five viscera and eliminate tumor cells.

Ultimately, whether they can be completely cleared remains unknown.

Even a National Master of Chinese Medicine like Huang Fusheng does not have a one hundred percent confidence.

Now, with Lu Jiu’s precise assistance, although it may not be particularly easy to manage patients in the late stage of cancer after chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the early and middle stages are different.

If it hasn’t deteriorated to a certain degree, and the organs have not undergone surgeries, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or other series of treatments that damage the Righteous Qi, then with this method, Lu Jiu might be stronger in treating cancer than a National Master of Chinese Medicine!

“Doctor, quickly help the Fei Jin, the energy is a bit insufficient, if cold and dampness driven by the Liver Wood move too slowly it will be detected!” Heart Fire said.

Hearing Heart Fire’s call, Lu Jiu immediately inserted a needle into the Qi Sea and twisted it to boost Qi.

“How is it now?” Lu Jiu asked.

“Fei Jin, speak.” Heart Fire said.

“Enough.” Fei Jin said.

“He hasn’t recovered fully yet, speaking is not smooth, you keep the needle in, I’ll tell you when to stop.” Heart Fire said.

“Okay.” Lu Jiu said.

“By the way, why does your acupuncture make me feel much more comfortable this time, what’s the reason?” Heart Fire asked.

Previously, Lu Jiu had also given acupuncture to Rao He a few times, but the previous instances felt ordinary to Heart Fire, yet this time, the sensation felt much stronger.

Clearly, the acupoints remained the same, and the feeling of needle insertion was also identical, so why was the effect different?

Lu Jiu understood upon hearing this.

This should be the effect of tuning the spirit.

Lu Jiu was stimulating acupoints through acupuncture while also helping Heart Fire tune and nourish the spirit, which was a comprehensive enhancement.

“Probably because my medical skills have improved.” Lu Jiu felt that explaining too much to an organ would waste his breath.

“Then you should be able to cure us, right?” Heart Fire said.

“I can only say I will do my best.” Lu Jiu said.

“Alright, these two strands of cold and dampness have been dealt with, you don’t need to help us anymore.” Heart Fire said.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jiu promptly removed the needle.

At the same time, the system timely displayed a notification.

[Patient Rao He, Heart Yang deficiency recovery progress 21%, Spleen and Stomach weakness recovery progress 50%, Kidney Essence deficiency recovery progress 15%, Lung mass recovery progress 0.02%, recovery progress of symptoms exceeding 50%, activate skill reward, claim it?]

Oh?

Spleen and Stomach weakness have recovered to 50%.

No wonder there’s a notification.

Hmm?

Lung mass recovery progress 0.02%?

So these moves were indeed effective?

Well, it looks promising!

However, with only 0.02% recovery in one day, calculating this, even if treated once daily, it would take over a decade.

According to Heart Fire’s directives, secretly expelling cold and dampness doesn’t guarantee a 100% success rate, and expelling requires consuming Qi and blood and Kidney Essence, which definitely can’t be done every day. Therefore, even if taking over a decade, it may not necessarily clear all the lung cancer cells.

But looking at it from another perspective, as long as recovery is possible, it’s better than having no changes at all.

Moreover, in the case of Rao He, who is in the late stage of lung cancer and has undergone surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, what if it were replaced with a cancer patient in not such a dire condition?

Wouldn’t the recovery progress be faster with this method?

In any case, this prompt gave Lu Jiu a direction.

In the future, when dealing with some stubborn terminal illnesses, he can work in coordination with the five viscera. Furthermore, as curing patients improves medical skills, double-pronged, the diseases that can stump him will become fewer and fewer.

Hey!

Lu Jiu felt quite positive!

[Claim!]

[Reward obtained: Official Needle Twenty-Six Stabs – surface stab]

Another Official Needling Technique!

A double blessing.

“Dr. Lu, why do I feel a bit like going to the toilet?”

Lying on the small bed, Rao He suddenly spoke up…

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