Fatty Liu’s Restaurant.
Four dishes and a soup, plus a beef hotpot.
Hu Yaoyuan, in order to show his sincerity, wanted to order ten dishes, but it was Lu Jiu who stopped him several tis, and only then did they settle for less.
"Dr. Lu, to be honest, when we saw the immunohistochemistry results, Old Song and I were stunned. We really didn’t expect that you could control an early-stage breast cancer patient in just seven days, not only preventing her cancer cells from growing, but actually reducing them.
"Honestly, my first reaction was that the results were wrong, but then I thought the possibility was low. Why would there be errors with Xu Yuanyuan’s test and not the others’?"
"Hehe, actually before coming here, I also told Old Song about what we discussed last ti. You ntioned that one-third of early-stage breast cancer patients can live for more than ten years without surgery. Old Song also told that indeed, so older patients, due to a lack of funds for treatnt after diagnosis, had no major issues for seven or eight years and so even lived for ten years."
"However, the number is indeed not large, and later on, the breast may sink, ooze pus, or even ulcerate, which causes significant trouble in life. Although not dead, their quality of life is very poor. Of course, it’s uncertain if they had undergone surgery in the first place, whether the situation would be better or worse, because in clinical cases, so treated patients have been fine for more than a decade, while others experience cancer cell tastasis within years."
"I can only say that with the current dical knowledge, this disease is managed to such an extent, after all, it’s still cancer."
Hu Yaoyuan was quite honest, with so embarrassnt in his words.
Perhaps he realized he was too absolute earlier when he claid that clinically, breast cancer can’t survive for more than ten years without surgery without researching thoroughly.
"Dr. Lu, I heard you treated breast cancer with acupuncture, is that true?" Song Zhao asked.
"Sort of," Lu Jiu replied.
"Did you use acupuncture to stimulate acupoints to kill cancer cells?" Song Zhao asked.
"No," Lu Jiu replied.
"Then did you stimulate the ridians to kill cancer cells?" Song Zhao asked.
"Also no." Lu Jiu explained after finishing his bite, "Traditional Chinese dicine doesn’t kill any pathogen; it mainly regulates the patient’s Five Viscera, letting them deal with the pathogens, which includes what you call the cancer cells."
"Xu Yuanyuan’s breast cancer is actually caused by accumulated residual milk. All I needed to do was expel it from her body. First, I used moxibustion to soften the lumps, then acupuncture to unblock her ridians, and finally a dicinal formula to regulate her Spleen and Stomach, restore her vital energy and blood. Over ti, the necrotic residual milk accumulated in the breast could be expelled."
Lu Jiu’s explanation seed simple, but to Song Zhao and the others, it was like listening to an enigma.
"Breast cancer is caused by accumulated residual milk?" Song Zhao looked at Lu Jiu in confusion.
This theory was entirely new to him, sothing he hadn’t heard of before.
Up to now, dicine hasn’t discovered the cause of breast cancer. In other words, science doesn’t yet have a definite answer for its carcinogenic cause, only nurous high-risk factors associated with its onset.
So when Lu Jiu ntioned that breast cancer is caused by accumulated residual milk, Song Zhao was so astonished.
"Dr. Lu, how did you co up with this theory?" Hu Yaoyuan asked.
Lu Jiu shook his head, "This isn’t my theory. It’s been docunted in ancient Chinese dical texts for a long ti."
"I believe this theory was first recorded during the Song Dynasty. Later, it was noted in a Ming Dynasty book nad ’Jiyin Outline.’ It roughly discusses, ’When a woman doesn’t get along with her husband or in-laws, over ti, this creates an emotional accumulation, disrupting the Spleen’s energy, allowing the Liver’s energy to counteract, forming a hidden lump like a turtle’s stone, painless and itchless, which after a dozen years becos an ulcer known as ’乳岩’... This disease mainly arises from damp-heat and phlegm trapped in the diaphragm, combining with stagnated milk, or due to the air exhaled by a child, or from repressed anger causing stagnation...’"
"Essentially, this illness, also known as ’乳岩,’ is a blend of emotions, residual milk, and lifestyle habits, among others, with the main factor being residual milk. And the symptoms of ’乳岩’ are very similar to those of current breast cancer, and its treatnt is also quite similar."
Jiyin Outline?
Song Zhao took out his phone to search for this book imdiately.
Whoa.
It really exists!
Song Zhao appended ’乳岩’ to his search term for the book, and indeed, he found it, with the content matching what Lu Jiu said word for word.
The author of this dical book is a Ming Dynasty person nad Wu Zhiwang, a famous doctor skilled in gynecological diseases.
Besides writing ’Jiyin Outline,’ he also authored ’Jiyang Outline,’ discussing health preservation, internal dicine, febrile diseases, the five sense organs, and many other illnesses.
Hu Yaoyuan, seeing Song Zhao staring blankly at his phone, also leaned over to take a look, and was surprised to find that what Lu Jiu said indeed had historical references.
Doesn’t that an that breast cancer was known to Chinese dicine hundreds of years ago?
Lu Jiu saw them looking up information and simply put down his chopsticks to speak freely.
"The disease known as ’breast rock’ can continue for about fourteen years from discovery. There is initially pink, scaly skin around the areola, followed by the gradual enlargent of hard lumps. The breast swells until it breaks the surface skin, beginning to ulcerate and oozing dark brown fluid with a strong stench detectable even ten steps away. In the late stage, the ulcer can be deep enough to expose the ribs and constantly exude black blood. However, curiously, the patient feels no pain throughout, only experiencing piercing heart pain at the mont of death."
"Judging from ancient cases, if breast rock patients received no treatnt, they could survive about fourteen years. Such cases were possible only in ancient tis due to underdeveloped dical care, a lack of physicians, and inconvenient transportation. Nowadays, such examples are hard to find because the ubiquity of Western dicine and comrcial healthcare leads most people to seek treatnt upon a cancer diagnosis, providing you data showing a one-third chance of a 100% five-year postoperative survival rate for breast cancer patients."
"Frankly, when I first heard Dr. Hu’s statent, I was furious. The idea of pride in taking a patient’s inherent life expectancy—unacceptable! Yet, I understand it’s not entirely your fault; such things aren’t part of your knowledge system."
Hu Yaoyuan felt sowhat embarrassed hearing Lu Jiu’s words.
He indeed had been rather confident at the ti, utterly unaware of Lu Jiu’s anger.
Now, with everything laid out plainly, Hu Yaoyuan could empathize with Lu Jiu’s feelings.
When one is ignorant enough to claim harming others’ lives as an honor, surely he would have cursed on the spot.
"Sorry, Dr. Lu," said Hu Yaoyuan.
"No need to apologize to ; it’s not your fault," Lu Jiu smiled.
Song Zhao suddenly looked up and asked, "But Dr. Lu, we’ve also had patients who received treatnts to stop lactation; why do they still get breast cancer?"
Lu Jiu replied, "Because breast milk is like nstruation. When clearing residual milk from won’s breasts, we use dicine to transform it into nstruation, which is then discharged from the body. The injections given to cease lactation rely break down the milk; though the milk disappears, the broken-down residue remains. It doesn’t exit through normal body processes and eventually forms a fibroadenoma. Upon hospital examination, if biopsied, it harms the breast tissue, causing slight blood clots in the breast. These escape from the blood vessels and combine with the residual decomposed milk, leading to necrosis within the breast. Can you see why they might develop breast cancer?"
Breast milk is nstruation!?
This...
Song Zhao was utterly baffled!
The idea that residual lactation accumulations causing breast cancer was already too much to process, and now the notion that breast milk equates to nstruation confused him even further.
Observing Song Zhao’s expression, Lu Jiu chuckled, "Seems absurd, right? nstruation accompanies cyclical ovarian changes, involving periodic uterine lining shedding and bleeding; how could it relate to breast milk?"
Song Zhao gave a helpless smile, "Dr. Lu, you also understand Western dicine, huh?"
Lu Jiu laughed, "I know a bit."
Song Zhao asked, "So which do you believe is right, Western dicine or Chinese dicine?"
Lu Jiu said, "For to answer would be sowhat biased."
Song Zhao stated, "It’s okay, just a discussion, not implying anything else."
Lu Jiu nodded, "When it cos to right or wrong, I can’t comnt. I can only speak about how Chinese dicine perceives the relationship between breast milk and nstruation. First, before nstruation, won inevitably feel breast swelling, and during nstruation, the pressure drops suddenly. Secondly, pregnant won produce milk without nstruation. Of course, Western dicine offers similar explanations, such as during breastfeeding, increased hormone levels inhibit the cerebral cortex, restraining ovarian function, hence delayed nstruation."
"In each field, everyone’s understanding is valid, but theories must ultimately confront practice. No matter how good a theory is, if it can’t treat a disease, it’s worthless, particularly in dicine. My ability to treat breast cancer arises because I know breast milk is like nstruation, that’s all. It’s not just breast cancer; once you know breast milk equates to nstruation, there are ways to address breast cancer tastases like lung cancer, liver cancer, brain tumors, even Systemic Lupus Erythematosus."
What!?
Song Zhao and his companion’s eyes widened in disbelief at Lu Jiu.
Their worldview was shattered by this last statent!
Are there really ways to treat tastatic lung, liver, brain cancer, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus from breast cancer?
Surely, this must be an exaggeration?
"Dr. Lu, is this true!?" Song Zhao’s breathing beca rapid.
Lu Jiu didn’t hold back, "Chinese dicine says sorrow impairs the lungs, and the lungs are the source of breast milk. Milk is white, the lungs correspond to white, and nutrients from the Spleen and Stomach enter the lungs before reaching the breasts through the heart’s fire. Hence, so mothers’ first milk during breastfeeding might be yellow before turning white, a normal occurrence. However, if the lungs are hard, the milk can flow backward into the lungs, transitioning into lung cancer. Similarly, if the heart is hard, milk backflows into the heart, leading to what Western dicine describes as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus."
"Below the nipple lies the liver ridian. If reverse milk flows through that ridian into the liver, it develops into liver cancer. The lungs are the kidneys’ mother, and the brain is the sea of marrow. Once in the lungs, milk might enter the kidneys; as the kidneys’ rising ability is strong, if a patient remains fearful long, harming the kidneys, milk could directly reach the brain because milk, as a food form, isn’t blocked by the brain. Hence, necrosis there causes a brain tumor."
"If initially aware that these diseases stem from breast milk, simply obstructing its transfer and converting it into nstruation for discharge could prevent most illnesses. Even when these diseases manifest, treating them through this line of reasoning retains a chance for saving lives. However, this all presupposes one thing—do not operate!"
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