Lu Jiu TCM Hospital.

Department of Difficult and Complicated Cases.

[Patient Rao He, Heart Yang deficiency recovery progress 50%, Spleen and Stomach weakness recovery progress 78%, Kidney Essence deficiency recovery progress 32%, Lung Mass recovery progress 0.24%. Symptom recovery progress exceeds 50%, activate skill reward, claim?]

[Claim!]

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

That’s it!

After these days of treatment, Lu Jiu finally mastered the Official Needle Twenty-Six Stabs.

Compared to Basic Acupuncture, Official Needle serves as the foundation of foundations. Mastering the Official Needle Twenty-Six Stabs means grasping the basic techniques of all acupuncture methods.

Whether it’s Mountain Burning Fire and Piercing Cold, or ultimate techniques like Nine Yang Needles and Navel Needle, the Official Needle Twenty-Six Stabs provides enhancement.

It can be said that once Lu Jiu mastered the Official Needle Twenty-Six Stabs, his acupuncture skills were practically a great success.

“Dr. Lu, I’m just a bit afraid of the cold right now, and also feel weak, particularly sleepy, occasionally my body has slight pain, but besides that, nothing else,” said Rao He.

She has been receiving treatment for nearly four or five months.

During this period, her life has greatly improved. Compared to the time when she couldn’t eat anything, now Rao He is no different from a normal person.

Her son also returned to work in West Shaanxi a while ago, and comes to see Rao He on weekends.

Obviously, with Rao He’s current condition, taking care of herself is completely fine.

“After spring starts, it’s important to keep warm. There’s a saying ‘Cover in spring, freeze in autumn’. As the spring weather warms, the temperature fluctuates, it’s not advisable to wear thin clothes too early. Especially since your lungs still have issues, if you catch a cold, chill and wind invasions will quickly be drawn in by the tumor, and by that time, the cold will not only be hard to treat but will also worsen your condition,” said Lu Jiu.

Spring is windy.

Rao He herself has lung cancer.

The lungs govern the skin. If they get cold, the chill and wind burrow into the skin, and immediately the tumor will carry it into the viscera.

Even though Lu Jiu commands the Five Viscera daily to clear cold and damp pathogens, as long as these pathogens have a chance, they will relentlessly strengthen themselves, continue to transform the environment within Rao He, adapting for its survival.

“Hmm, I will definitely be careful,” said Rao He.

“Alright, let me give you two more needles,” said Lu Jiu.

Lu Jiu felt that Rao He’s Five Viscera and Six Bowels had overall recovered significantly, and this time should clear away a lot of cold and damp pathogens.

Pang Yan and others watched Lu Jiu’s actions carefully from the side.

This was a genuine cancer patient.

And a late-stage cancer patient.

Reportedly, she had already been given a death sentence by the hospital back then.

Yet she persisted here with Lu Jiu for four or five months.

Now, aside from being a bit weak, you wouldn’t even feel she was a late-stage cancer patient.

Such methods made Sun Yuanwen and Zhang Xiaoyong greatly marvel.

Jinling Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine also has a few directors who can treat cancer. Like Lu Jiu, they can keep many cancer patients surviving with the disease.

But those directors are all over sixty years old, and for them to achieve this is quite reasonable to the two.

How old is Lu Jiu?

Just in his twenties!

Just thinking about it made them envious.

If only they had Lu Jiu’s medical skills, how wonderful it would be!

Unfortunately, this is but a fantasy.

“Eh? Look, the Director is applying needles while taking the pulse. What technique is this?” whispered Sun Yuanwen.

“Isn’t it said that applying needles affects the pulse? Besides, the diagnosis is done, taking the pulse during treatment seems pointless,” said Zhang Xiaoyong.

“Not necessarily, many Chinese doctors have their unique methods. For instance, at last year’s National TCM Forum, I saw a folk practitioner specializing in treating the deaf and mute. He applied needles without looking at acupoints, observing his treatment, he just kept inserting needles into the patient’s head swiftly, you couldn’t tell what he was targeting, but the deaf patient indeed could hear immediately after,” said Sun Yuanwen.

“You mean that hereditary doctor Zu Yaoceng from East Mountain?” said Zhang Xiaoyong.

“You’ve seen him too?” asked Sun Yuanwen.

“My family went there for treatment. My distant cousin’s son, who was four or five and couldn’t speak, went to his place for a week and could speak simple daily words. But I heard his cure rate isn’t high. Of those who visit him, only about 60% are cured, and the remaining 40% see no improvement,” said Zhang Xiaoyong.

“A 60% cure rate for deaf and mute patients is already quite impressive. You know, for some deaf patients, getting a cochlear implant costs two hundred thousand, two hundred thousand! What family can afford to pay two hundred thousand in one go? Curing one patient is like saving a family,” said Sun Yuanwen.

“That’s true, there are quite a few deaf and mute people in our country, unfortunately, there are too few doctors like him,” said Zhang Xiaoyong.

“That’s why we need to study diligently!” said Peng Yan.

Lu Jiu did not join their chat. His hand continuously pressed on Rao He’s Cun Guan Chi, constantly receiving feedback from the Five Viscera, while also adjusting his techniques to align with them.

Now, Lu Jiu and Rao He’s Five Viscera had become one, fighting together for so long, they had developed a deep understanding of each other.

The Liver Wood’s efforts to dispel the cold and damp pathogens were becoming increasingly vigorous.

Coupled with the Spleen and Stomach’s recovery reaching 70%, the logistics were catching up, thus extending the clearing time.

Previously, after driving them away for about ten minutes, the Heart Fire had to command the Liver Wood to stop at the right time.

But now, after more than half an hour, the Liver Wood was still pushing them away.

This phenomenon was clearly good news for Lu Jiu.

This means that once all of Rao He’s symptoms begin to alleviate, and the Five Viscera functions reach a balance and continue to recover,

the speed of clearing the Lung Mass, or of attacking the space where cancer cells thrive, could drastically reduce.

It might not even take decades.

But that’s an ideal state. With Rao’s age, changes in external weather, and whether she can maintain stable emotions, a healthy lifestyle, and so on, all affect whether the Five Viscera can continuously and stably recover.

In the end, people are not machines, and it’s impossible for them to progress towards the best outcome that Lu Jiu envisions.

Even though in his heart Lu Jiu desperately hopes to completely cure a late-stage lung cancer patient, reality might not allow him to get his wish.

Even if it does, it would require years of continuous follow-up visits!

Beep~

At this moment, Lu Jiu’s phone rang.

Seeing that he no longer needed to operate the Finest Needle, as the Five Viscera were finishing up, Lu Jiu relaxed and answered the call.

“Hello.”

“Dr. Lu, oh no, I should call you Dean Lu now, hahaha, I have some good news for you, our paper has been published in the Huaxia Medical Journal!”

On the other end of the line, Fang Qian laughed with great joy.

The Huaxia Medical Journal!

It’s the top journal in the country!

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