I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 182 - 152: Even a Hero Can’t Withstand Three Bouts of Diarrhea

Lu Jiu hung up the phone, feeling more confident.

With Huang Fusheng as a backing, Lu Jiu had a clearer understanding of his own thoughts.

The next step was to select the appropriate classical prescription based on the patient's condition, and make necessary adjustments.

No mistakes could be afforded in this stage.

"Dr. Lu, I've written it down. I'll go to the law firm to notarize it tomorrow," Shi Zixiong said.

Lu Jiu waved his hand, "There's no need to notarize the guarantee letter. Just having both parties agree and sign is enough."

Lu Jiu had learned about this while working at the hospital.

The guarantee letter only needed the person to have corresponding civil capacity, both parties to express true intentions, and the content must not violate any mandatory provisions of law or administrative regulations, nor public order and good customs, to be legally effective.

With this document, Lu Jiu could treat boldly and with peace of mind.

"Oh, okay." Shi Zixiong immediately signed his name, then handed the pen to Lu Jiu.

Lu Jiu glanced at the contents of the guarantee letter, and after confirming there were no issues, he signed his name as well.

"You sit here for a moment, I'll go gather the medicine."

"Alright." Shi Zixiong pulled a chair over and sat beside his mother, holding her cold hands, and quietly waited for Lu Jiu to collect the medicine.

His mother now had to use all her strength even to breathe, and with each cough seemed to want to cough out her internal organs. She clearly didn't have the strength to speak.

Lu Jiu took a glance, then walked to the medicine cabinet, carefully considering how to use the medicine.

Even though treating the lungs requires draining the kidneys and reinforcing the spleen, after receiving pointers from Huang Fusheng, Lu Jiu also understood that besides draining the kidneys and reinforcing the spleen, the liver also needed to be soothed.

Because the pathogenic energy in the lungs has been attacking the liver, hindering its function. If the liver cannot perform its normal soothing function, then even if the Spleen Earth is reinforced and its transforming ability is strengthened, once the patient eats something, converted into fine nutrients, the liver cannot help the Spleen Earth distribute nutrients normally to the various organs. Meanwhile, abnormal draining makes it very difficult for Lu Jiu to eliminate the accumulated dampness from the patient's body.

So, one had to balance the Yin Yang Five Elements, and also consider the inherent functions of the organs.

Meticulously considering every aspect, such in-depth research consumed a lot of Lu Jiu's brain cells.

For soothing the liver, Lu Jiu thought of four medicines.

Bupleurum Root, Baical Skullcap, Turmeric, Gentiana.

These four medicines not only soothe the liver but can also clear the liver.

While restoring liver function, they can also help clear out unclean substances from the liver.

With these four medicines, Lu Jiu didn't need to worry about the liver anymore.

The next step was to drain the kidneys and reinforce the spleen.

Lu Jiu then pulled out three drawers from the medicine cabinet.

Alisma, Poria, and Polyporus.

These three herbs are the three treasures for treating water, they can drain water and relieve dampness, diuretic and reduce swelling.

For instance, with Poria, herbalists used to have an experience that after the rain, the stumps where Poria were located would dry quickly. Often, just finding a dry stump in a damp place would indicate the presence of Poria, because this mass of Yang Qi in Poria absorbs a lot of Yin essence. So, once mature, Poria becomes a composite of Yang absorbing Yin.

Once Poria enters the body, without the pine roots to provide it with Yang Qi, this state of Yin-Yang attraction cannot be maintained and can only split.

The light and clear part floats upwards becoming the sky, while the heavy and turbid part settles becoming the earth. Thus, after entering the body, the clear Yang ascends to replenish the heart and spleen, generating fluids and opening pores; the turbid Yin descends to relieve the water and dampness.

The crucial point is, once Poria enters the body, it can self-regulate. As the ancient saying goes, "If urination is excessive, it can stop; if urination is difficult, it can facilitate."

This means if urination is already excessive, indicating that the body's Yin-Yang has a tendency to separate excessively, divisibility is relative, and Poria helps restrain the body at this time, preventing excessive urination. Conversely, if urination is obstructed, it indicates stagnant qi in water, and Yin-Yang cannot separate, the body shows excessive conjunction of Yin-Yang, and at this time, Poria helps the body drain.

Polyporus is actually quite similar to Poria, both are composite medicine of Yin and Yang, but Poria has more Yang while Polyporus has more Yin.

One can flexibly regulate and slightly drain, the other can flexibly drain and slightly regulate.

The combination of the two can help the patient drain dampness while preventing excessive draining from taking away too much Yang Qi.

Why do people say, "a mighty man can't hold up under three watery stools"?

It's because if a person drains too much without any residue, they are actually draining energy.

Urination is the same; too much urination takes away energy.

The combination of Poria and Polyporus allows the body to urinate but retains the energy, preventing it from escaping.

Alisma serves one purpose, removing the old to make room for the new.

The literal meanings are easy to understand; draining as removal of the old, and Alisma for welcoming the new.

It can remove both fire and water, so when treating the kidneys, Alisma is often used for most symptoms.

With these three medicines, the goal of draining the kidneys is essentially achieved.

The final step of reinforcing the spleen is straightforward; Lu Jiu hardly needs to think about it.

Astragalus, Poria, Atractylodes, baked licorice.

Astragalus to tonify Qi, Atractylodes with Poria to invigorate the stomach and strengthen the spleen, and baked licorice to harmonize the numerou herbs.

This prescription of ten ingredients is refined to its utmost simplicity.

If considering the patient's coughing and lung pain, adding Purple Ginseng is also possible.

With these eleven ingredients, soothing the liver, draining the kidneys, reinforcing the spleen, and relieving pain, this is the most perfect prescription Lu Jiu could write at present.

After collecting the medicine, Lu Jiu lit the stove, added water, and started decocting the medicine.

"Cough cough cough..."

"Cough cough cough..."

Shi Zixiong quickly patted his mother's back.

Seeing this, Lu Jiu walked over to them, supporting her back with one hand and pressing on Shi Zixiong's mother's Tian Tu point with the other.

This point is located in the depression in the middle of the collarbones.

Pressing this point can relieve coughing to some extent, although it can only provide temporary relief.

After pressing for about ten minutes, Shi Zixiong's mother's severe coughing noticeably decreased in frequency.

"Dr. Lu, let me settle the medical fees first," Shi Zixiong said.

"Okay, the consultation fee is fifty yuan, and the prescription costs eleven yuan and four cents, making a total of sixty-one yuan and four cents," Lu Jiu said.

Sixty-one yuan... and four cents!?

Shi Zixiong held his phone, momentarily stunned. After a while, he aimed at the QR code on the table and paid while saying, "Dr. Lu, do you know how much I've spent on treating my mom over the years?"

"Four hundred thousand, almost exhausting all the family's savings, and still left with a huge debt, haha."

"As the saying goes, there's only one illness in this world: poverty!"

"With money..."

Lu Jiu said, "Some diseases, no matter how much money you have, may not be cured."

"Money can certainly solve many problems, but health is something that can never be bought. Just think, if money could buy health, would the rich still fall ill?"

Shi Zixiong said, "But at least they can buy medicine to maintain their health, right?"

Lu Jiu replied, "If you rely on medication for health rather than changing your emotions and lifestyle habits, you'll end up taking one medicine after another, until eventually, no medicine can cure you, and you'll quietly wait for death."

"Our bodies are very fair; treat them well, and they will reciprocate. Treat them poorly, and they will repay in kind, without changing their attitude based on your wealth or poverty."

"Moreover, do you really think those who take medicine their whole lives are killed by their disease?"