I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 282 - 248: Learning to Package Yourself

Really got published?

Lu Jiu was also somewhat surprised.

He thought it was a long shot!

"Director Fang, where can I see it?" Lu Jiu asked.

"They've already finished the finalization meeting. You can find the latest finalized articles on their website; our paper is listed first!" Fang Qian added, "Forget it, so you don't have to bother searching, I'll just send a screenshot to your WeChat."

After saying that, Fang Qian hung up, and a few seconds later, Lu Jiu's WeChat pinged.

It was a message from Fang Qian.

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Lu Jiu opened it.

The finalized articles from Huaxia Medical Journal.

The first one was indeed their paper.

After Lu Jiu finished reading, Fang Qian called again.

"How's it? I wasn't lying, right?" Fang Qian's voice was still full of excitement.

Lu Jiu laughed, "This call from Director Fang must be about more than just notifying me about the paper, right?"

Fang Qian replied, "Haha, indeed it is. A few reviewers from Huaxia Medical Journal called me yesterday. After reading the paper, they are particularly eager to meet you, if you're available."

Lu Jiu was puzzled, "Meet me? Why?"

Fang Qian said, "I asked the same question yesterday. They said they want to conduct further research on sugar, and as the first author of the paper, they obviously want to talk to you. But I guess those coming are not the reviewers but possibly renowned doctors from the national level."

Oh?

That's great news!

If renowned doctors could recognize the value of sugar, then many diabetic patients developing diabetic foot in clinical settings would have their issues resolved, without needing amputation.

How wonderful!

"Sure, let them come," Lu Jiu said.

Fang Qian laughed, "Then I'll get back to them."

After saying that, Fang Qian hung up.

Peng Yan, who was next to him, immediately asked, "Paper? What paper, is it related to traditional Chinese medicine?"

Lu Jiu replied, "It's about treating a patient with diabetic foot. We used sugar to draw out pus and accelerate wound healing. Once Director Fang from the People's Hospital learned about it, he joined me in an experiment to verify the efficacy of sugar in wound contraction."

Sugar can accelerate wound healing?

Peng Yan and the other two were a bit surprised.

During school, while they did learn about Chinese medicinal herbs, they hardly covered sugar.

They hadn't even heard about it much.

For wound contraction, they only knew a few traditional Chinese medicines like Astragalus and Bai Lian.

Sugar was something they heard about for the first time.

"I've heard that white sugar can treat skin ulceration, but whether sugar is effective, I'm not sure," Sun Yuanwen said.

Peng Yan then asked, "Are you the first author of the paper, or is it that Director Fang?"

Lu Jiu replied, "It's me."

Peng Yan asked, "Has it been published?"

Lu Jiu said, "They just finished the finalization meeting, and it has been confirmed for publication."

Peng Yan asked, "Which journal?"

Lu Jiu answered, "Huaxia Medical Journal."

What!?

Peng Yan's eyes widened, "Huaxia Medical Journal!?"

Sun Yuanwen and the others were also somewhat unsettled.

That's the top journal in the country; they hadn't had a single paper published there so far.

On one hand, writing papers on traditional Chinese medicine is challenging. There's hardly anything innovative to write about; if you understand traditional Chinese medicine, analyze diseases, the root cause will always relate to the Five Viscera.

Ultimately, it's explaining what the ancestors taught.

This makes it nearly impossible for our papers to make it to the top domestic journals.

Secondly, not many traditional Chinese medicine papers get published in Huaxia Medical Journal. Each issue contains between twelve and fifteen articles, with about thirty-some issues annually.

Year after year, only a few, around a dozen, are traditional Chinese medicine papers; the rest are all Western medicine papers.

Securing one of these limited slots is incredibly challenging!

Typically, those who get published are seasoned Chinese medicine doctors.

How easy could it be for us?

"Just wrote about the function of sugar, and it got into the Huaxia Medical Journal!?" Peng Yan's voice grew sharp.

"Yes." Lu Jiu replied.

"Do you have the content of the paper?" Peng Yan asked.

"I have it. Do you want to see it?" Lu Jiu asked.

"Of course, I want to check if you bribed the reviewers," Peng Yan jokingly said.

Lu Jiu chuckled and then sent the electronic draft of the paper to Peng Yan.

After receiving it, Peng Yan immediately opened it, with Sun Yuanwen and Zhang Xiaoyong peering over as well.

The three of them gathered around the phone, not blinking as they stared at it.

It was as if their eyes were being drawn into it.

Before long, the three finally finished reading the paper.

The perfect integration of traditional Chinese medicine theory and Western medical data finally made them understand why this paper might have made it to Huaxia Medical Journal.

Once the paper spreads, it will definitely be a blessing for diabetic patients.

Even if many diabetic patients can't find a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to treat them, after long-term use of hypoglycemic drugs, they won't have to worry about amputation.

This equates to giving these people a permanent patch, and this patch is extremely affordable, accessible to everyone.

"Where did you learn about this thing's function?" Peng Yan asked.

"It's written right in the book, isn't it? The sweet taste enters the spleen, which governs the muscles, and the spleen also controls blood. Oral sugar can help the spleen control the blood, drawing back spilled blood, while topical application can clean necrotic pus and accelerate wound and muscle healing. Isn't this quite straightforward?" Lu Jiu said.

Uh...

Alright.

Discussing medical issues with such a brilliantly inventive mind is practically self-imposed humiliation.

But despite the humiliation, at least we learned something.

In the future, they can also use sugar on similar issues.

"Hey? Do you know any other cheap medicines that have effects similar to sugar? If there are, we could create another paper for Huaxia Medical Journal," Peng Yan suddenly realized.

"It's not that simple," Lu Jiu paused, then suddenly thought of something, "Now that you mention it, there is something cheap and effective, greatly beneficial for many young patients nowadays."

"What is it?" Peng Yan eagerly looked at Lu Jiu.

"Qing Ning, drinking water infused with it can lower uric acid. Nowadays, many people have high uric acid, even getting gout at a young age. In reality, just a glass of lemon water a day can solve it, without the need for long-term medication," Lu Jiu said.

Lemon water can lower uric acid?

This once again touched on Peng Yan and the others' knowledge blind spots.

"Then what are we waiting for, let's write a paper! If it's truly effective, that's another paper for a top journal!" Peng Yan excitedly exclaimed.

He hardly doubted whether what Lu Jiu said was true or not.

"Indeed, Director, if this can be truly researched, while also adopting an integrative approach of Chinese and Western medicine, then once spread widely, it would greatly benefit many people. It's worth researching!" Sun Yuanwen said.

"The most crucial part is, with Western medical data supporting it, and the authority of the paper, no one will think it's just an unscientific folk remedy. Times have changed, we must learn to package ourselves," Zhang Xiaoyong said.

Exactly!

Learning to package ourselves!

This idea is key!

Quite a few folk remedies within traditional Chinese medicine are truly effective. But because they're associated with traditional Chinese medicine and are very cheap, they're often unjustly labeled as folk or home remedies, dismissed by many as superstitious methods.

In reality, methods like pediatric spinal manipulation for fever reduction, or finger bloodletting for fever, all originate from traditional Chinese medicine.

Many elders in the past knew a little about these, and if a child at home had issues, they could attend to it themselves.

Nowadays, many no longer know these simple treatment methods.

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