I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 177 - 150: Late-Stage Lung Cancer [Double Length]

Chapter 177: Chapter 150: Late-Stage Lung Cancer [Double Length]

The next day.

As expected, Lu Jiu received a notification from An Xianda that three days later, he would officially go to teach traditional Chinese medicine to the third graders at the Experimental Primary School, one class per week, even less than gym class.

Along with this notification, An Xianda also added Lu Jiu to a group chat with ten other people, making it eleven total.

Six of them were seniors he just met, three seemed to be leaders of the Experimental Primary School, and the last one was actually Tang Yi.

Tang Yi, upon learning that he would be a traditional Chinese medicine teacher, immediately messaged Lu Jiu.

He truly didn’t expect to be selected.

It can only be said that although Li Wei had the skills, his personality was really poor, letting Tang Yi pick up the opportunity.

Other people, due to their insufficient level in traditional Chinese medicine, weren’t selected.

However, Lu Jiu felt that Elder Huang and the others intentionally chose young people.

First, there were already six traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in the team, making it unnecessary to recruit older people who couldn’t compare in skill.

Selecting young people could just offer a chance to see if a generational gap of twenty years might spark some different ideas.

Of course, this was just Lu Jiu’s conjecture; whether this was the reason was hard to say.

In any case, in three days, he would start teaching these kids their first class in traditional Chinese medicine.

For such a fresh experience, Lu Jiu hoped it would be unforgettable for a lifetime.

...

Lu’s Clinic.

People lined up as always to see Lu Jiu, like it was impossible to finish seeing all the patients.

Most of them were unfamiliar faces; familiar ones usually came back for a few follow-ups, and then didn’t come back.

Since the last announcement that Lu Jiu would see children for height-related issues, many parents started coming, causing Lu Jiu quite a headache.

It wasn’t that the conditions were difficult to treat, but the children were particularly noisy. If one started yelling or fretting, the other children would catch the emotion and start making a fuss together.

Lu Jiu couldn’t help it and had to run to the supermarket the next day to stock up on a tub of lollipops, otherwise their parents would spend a lot of time coaxing the children, and the efficiency of seeing patients wouldn’t be guaranteed.

Of course, for such refined sugar like lollipops, Lu Jiu naturally wouldn’t recommend children eat a lot, but having it occasionally wasn’t a big problem.

Recently, Lu Jiu also noticed that many children had issues with their Spleen and Stomach, either due to eating too many snacks, dulling their palate, and not being able to eat staple foods, resulting in spleen deficiency, poor digestion, insufficient blood and energy, hence not growing.

Or they were overnourished, leading to children being big but with a false fat, perspiring easily with minor movements, and trembling with a bit of exertion.

When adjusting these children’s conditions, Lu Jiu always patiently explained parenting methods to their parents.

Most of these children’s conditions were actually due to the responsibility of adults.

If the adults’ perspectives didn’t change, these children’s issues would never be resolved.

Lu Jiu aimed at treating the symptom while also relentlessly focusing on treating the root cause.

This process was relatively tiring because not every pair of parents could be particularly rational.

During communication, Lu Jiu often encountered parents who kept repeating themselves, no matter how he explained, it seemed like they blocked out his signal, talking to themselves, not listening or changing, and always blaming the children.

This was what Lu Jiu found most exhausting.

At 6:30, after seeing the last patient, Lu Jiu packed up his things, closed the clinic, and went home for dinner.

However, just as he closed the door, preparing to leave, a young man suddenly rushed over and grabbed Lu Jiu’s arm.

"Dr. Lu, Dr. Lu, could you take a look at my mom? We came all the way from West Shaanxi."

From out of town?

Recently indeed many out-of-towners came to Jianghan to find him.

Lu Jiu turned to look at the newcomer, and the next moment his sight was instantly caught by the aunt behind him; she looked very weak, her complexion dull, without any luster even under the glow of the setting sun, and two people supported her, she seemed to have difficulty even walking.

Just one glance, and Lu Jiu furrowed his brow.

Swollen face, dark mole on the nose, shoulders strained with each breath as if it took all her strength to inhale, is this a sign of Yang Qi collapse?

Did he see it wrong?

A typical sign of Yang Qi collapse involves extreme internal cold, meaning too much cold Qi, excessive Yin Qi, and the failure of Yin and Yang to harmonize, causing Yang Qi to get trapped outside, leading to this condition.

What illness could cause someone to have so much cold Qi internally?

"Cough, cough..."

Coughing?

Originally, Lu Jiu thought it must be a Spleen and Stomach issue because facial appearance suggested problems with the nose, typically indicating Spleen and Stomach issues.

But if there’s coughing, then the situation is complicated.

"Where’s the discomfort?" Lu Jiu asked.

Shi Zixiong bit his lip, eyes downcast, "Lung cancer, late stage..."

What!?

Lu Jiu’s eyes widened at Shi Zixiong, instantly unsure of what to say.

When he looked back at the aunt, he asked quietly, "How about your mom’s bowel movements? How many times a day?"

Shi Zixiong sighed, "I don’t remember, maybe a dozen or twenty times, didn’t count carefully, but she’s always in the bathroom, my mom seems unable to control it."

It’s over.

Loss of bladder and bowel control.

Lu Jiu’s heart sank to the bottom.

"Rising Qi, facial swelling, shoulder breathing, and a floating, large pulse, along with worsening diarrhea—it’s untreatable."