I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 230 - 197: Rhinitis Exercise, Unblocking the Nasal Passages!

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Lu Jiu listened to the conversation of the Five Viscera for a little while, finding nothing noteworthy and judging based on the pulse.

After confirming that Huang Qi indeed had symptoms of Spleen deficiency and Kidney Yang deficiency, he stopped the pulse diagnosis.

"Your illness results from long-term irregular eating habits, combined with overeating, leading to a weak Spleen. With a weak Spleen, internal dampness increases. This dampness cannot be excreted, affecting the Kidney Yang. Problems in these two areas cause the Lung Qi to weaken, unguarding the body's surface, allowing wind and cold to enter and affect the nasal orifices. Simultaneously, the Lung Qi cannot properly regulate, causing fluid retention. This results in blocked nasal passages, which you experience as difficulty breathing."

"To cure this illness, the first step is to clear your nasal passages. The second step is to treat your Spleen deficiency and Kidney Yang deficiency. Addressing both issues is the only way to completely cure your rhinitis. But therein lies the problem: can you change your eating habits? Can you sleep earlier? And in the future, will you increase your physical activity? If we can't agree on these changes, I still recommend using Western medicine."

"Because without any changes, you can't completely cure rhinitis. In symptom management, Traditional Chinese Medicine isn't necessarily superior to Western medicine. Of course, long-term use of Western medicine can harm your body, which I'm sure you understand too."

To Traditional Chinese Medicine, rhinitis isn't considered a major illness.

But whether it can be cured depends entirely on the patient.

Put it this way, those who develop rhinitis often do so due to their own lifestyle habits.

Many people with mild rhinitis don't even need to see a doctor.

There's a massage technique in Traditional Chinese Medicine specifically for unblocking nasal passages.

"Hum...change my lifestyle?" Huang Qi looked troubled, somewhat conflicted.

He initially thought he could come here to get some miracle cure and recover immediately after taking it.

Turns out, it's not that magical.

Actually, doctors at the Western Hospital also told him that maintaining a healthy diet is essential for alleviating rhinitis with medication.

But what Lu Jiu offers isn't relief, but a cure.

Yet the root of the cure doesn't lie in him, but in himself.

Honestly, Huang Qi was still a bit resistant.

Changing his lifestyle habits wouldn't be easy.

But when he thought about the daily discomfort, he wavered a little.

He hadn't felt a clear nasal passage in a long time.

So long that he forgot what it feels like to breathe freely.

Others might be able to take a deep breath with ease, but as soon as he tries, he feels the blockage in his nasal cavity, sometimes so frustrating that he wants to cut his nose off.

"Not willing?" Lu Jiu saw Huang Qi's pained expression.

"No, it's not that I'm unwilling, hum...I just don't know how to change. Without a direction, hum...I can't make up my mind," Huang Qi said.

"It's simple. Start today. Make your three meals as simple as possible. Dishes like tomato scrambled eggs, green pepper eggs, shredded potatoes, radish soup, as long as they're simple home-cooked dishes, you can eat them. But the premise is moderation, that is, when you feel you could still eat half a bowl of rice, stop."

"The feeling of fullness is delayed. From the moment you start eating until you feel full, your Spleen and Stomach are working all the time, but their feedback is always slower than your mouth. By the time they signal you're full, you've actually eaten too much. So, as soon as you feel almost full, but still slightly hungry, immediately stop."

"As for sleep, my advice is: after work, do nothing else. Go directly to shower and sleep, as early as possible. Don't lie in bed scrolling on your phone and repeatedly tell yourself to sleep after five more minutes. That's definitely a bad idea, understand?"

"For exercise, I'll teach you a rhinitis exercise."

As Lu Jiu spoke, he extended his hands, pressing his fists against his cheeks near his nostrils.

Huang Qi looked at Lu Jiu curiously, "Rhinitis exercise?"

Lu Jiu smiled, "It's a method to unblock nasal passages. These days, any nose problem is called rhinitis, so we'll just stick with that name for the condition."

"Watch carefully. The place where my thumb joints are pressing is called the Yingxiang point. This point is on the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, and it helps disperse wind, clear heat, and unblock nasal passages. Use your thumb joints to press there, then push upwards along the sides of the nose to the inner corners of the eyes, eight times in total."

As Lu Jiu taught, Huang Qi began to press his thumb joint against his Yingxiang points, pushing upwards along the sides of his nose.

"Then, starting from the brow center, use your thumbnail to scrape down along the bridge of your nose with some strength, but not too much. This action is also done eight times. After this, press the Yingxiang points with your thumb joints another eight times."

"Yes, it's simple, isn't it? Okay, after this, pinch the wings of your nose with your thumb and index finger, pull down while exhaling outward. No, you breathed out too slowly, exhale while pulling down, right, good. Alternate hands, pinching, pulling down, and exhaling."

"Remember the key steps: push up eight times, scrape down eight times, press eight times, and exhale eight times. How is it? Does your nose feel better after doing the exercise?"

After Lu Jiu finished teaching, Huang Qi pretty much followed through with the exercise.

Truth be told, after doing this simple rhinitis exercise, Huang Qi really felt a difference in his nose.

The feeling of discomfort while breathing subsided significantly!

"Dr. Lu, where did you learn this move? It's superbly effective. It feels like my nose actually cleared up a bit," Huang Qi said.

"As long as it's effective. How about it? If you can change your lifestyle habits and practice the rhinitis exercise daily, and I'll also adjust things with acupuncture, I guarantee your rhinitis will be cured soon and never relapse," Lu Jiu replied.

"Change, I'll change immediately!" Huang Qi didn't dare to hesitate anymore.

Without any treatment methods, just a rhinitis exercise cleared up his nose a bit.

It was a testament to Lu Jiu's medical skill.

If he says it's curable, then it must be curable.

If he were still hesitant, why did he bother to travel all the way to Jianghan to see a Chinese medicine doctor?

And the requirements that Lu Jiu mentioned weren't as difficult as he had imagined.

"Don't lie to me. Whether you change or not, I can tell by feeling your pulse." Lu Jiu warned.

"Uh...I'll change, I really will, Dr. Lu, don't worry, if I lie, I'll write my name 'Huang' backward!" Huang Qi said, half-laughing and crying.

Honestly, he wouldn't dare deceive a Chinese medicine doctor.

They can grasp all your secrets from your pulse alone, and you'd still lie? You'd lose confidence as soon as you tried to lie.

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