"Dr. Lu..."
At the entrance of Lu’s Clinic, an uncle walked in hunched over.
He wasn’t tall, didn’t walk quickly, and kept his left hand on his lower back, but looking at him, he seed to be accustod to it.
"It’s Xiao Wang." Lu Mountain smiled.
Wang Li was a regular at Lu’s Clinic. In the two years Lu Jiu had worked here, he almost ca twice a week.
"Dr. Lu, I need your help again." Wang Li said.
Lu Mountain said, "This ti let my grandson handle it for you."
Wang Li smiled and said, "Sure."
After speaking, Wang Li moved forward and skillfully lay down on the small bed.
Lu Jiu whispered, "Grandpa, is it his back?"
Lu Mountain nodded, "It’s an old issue. He had lower back muscle strain surgery early on. Not only did it not get better, but it got worse. The pain was so unbearable two years ago that he ended up here."
"The surgery was over ten years ago, and honestly, there’s nothing much we can do, just so therapy to relieve the pain so that his daily life can improve slightly."
Low back muscle strain surgery?
Lu Jiu couldn’t help frowning.
To be honest, many hospitals now don’t recomnd surgery for such patients. Most use dication because surgery can’t actually solve the problem.
Surgical treatnt is nothing but minimally invasive surgery to relieve local adhesion, restore the contraction and relaxation range of the lower back muscles, and remove any fibrous nodules to free up movent.
But cutting doesn’t an healing; it rely provides temporary relief, and the aftereffects can be terrifying, especially if the surgeon was inexperienced, which would be much worse.
Why?
Our chest and back have two major ridians: the Ren ridian on our chest and the Du ridian on our back.
Both ridians are centrally located and connect from the crown of our head to the perineum, forming a channel for the circulation of Qi and blood.
If the twelve ridians are likened to rivers, then the Ren and Du ridians are like the sea, where the Qi and blood of the twelve ridians eventually flow into.
Martial arts novels often describe that a martial artist must open the Ren and Du ridians to beco a top master. However, in reality, everyone’s Ren and Du ridians are naturally open. It’s congenital, only to beco inclined to close due to life experiences.
It’s like a baby’s fontanelle, which closes as they grow older.
In other words, for normal people, the Ren and Du ridians must not be blocked. When blocked, the body will face significant problems.
Imagine if the Yellow River and Yangtze River were blocked, what would happen to Huaxia?
It’s the sa with people; if the small streams of the twelve ridians are blocked, many traditional Chinese dicine doctors find it tricky. If the Ren and Du ridians are blocked, it’s truly difficult.
Originally, the symptom of lower back muscle strain is mostly a Bladder ridian issue. Once the Bladder ridian is cleared, back pain can be relieved. But once surgery opens the lower back and the Du ridian is severed, even after it’s healed, it’s not the original path.
At this mont, whether using acupuncture or dicine, the effect is greatly reduced because acupuncture and dicine ultimately work to balance your Qi and blood, facilitating natural healing.
Now, when the channel for Qi and blood is gone, what effect can it have?
It was just muscle strain, but after the Du ridian blockage, over ti, the patient could develop other diseases.
That’s why many TCM practitioners feel helpless when encountering patients who had unnecessary surgery for minor issues.
So TCM doctors even set rules to not treat patients who had surgery.
Because treating such patients is troubleso and unsuccessful treatnt bears responsibility, they simply refuse those cases from the start.
"Grandpa, you tried it?" Lu Jiu asked.
"Yes, I tried to restore his Du ridian before, but the effects of Chinese dicine were too poor. No matter which formula I used, the dicinal power couldn’t reach the ideal place. We tried acupuncture and cupping; maybe it’s beyond my level. Hey, maybe you can." Lu Mountain’s eyes brightened.
Lu Jiu, with his recently demonstrated acupuncture skills, had already surpassed him. If acupuncture is used to stimulate the ridian acupoints, restoring the Du ridian channel is not impossible.
"?" Lu Jiu looked at Lu Mountain in surprise.
He didn’t think he could cure soone who had undergone back surgery.
"Just take his pulse first and see if you can treat him." Lu Mountain said.
In Chinese dicine, besides learning from ancient classics, one must also learn from patients. Each patient’s life condition is different. The more you experience, the more adept you’ll beco in treating similar symptoms in the future.
"Let give it a try," Lu Jiu said.
He was curious to see the state of the internal organs in a patient who had undergone surgery.
Listening to the conversation between the grandfather and grandson, Wang Li, lying on the small bed, smiled slightly, "Dr. Lu, from how you speak, your grandson’s dical skills are even better than yours? Isn’t traditional Chinese dicine supposed to get better with age?"
Lu Mountain laughed, "Don’t underestimate him just because he’s only twenty-seven. He’s been seriously studying dicine for nearly twenty years, knows no less than I do, just lacks experience. This kid attended Jinling Hospital of Traditional Chinese dicine.
Wang Li, upon hearing this, looked at Lu Jiu with newfound respect, "Oh wow, Jinling’s university; that’s remarkable."
Lu Jiu waved his hand, uncomfortable with such praise, "Let’s focus on the consultation. We can chat after."
Wang Li laughed, "Then let sit up first."
Lu Jiu pressed Wang Li’s back, "No need, just stay comfortable. Lying down won’t affect pulse reading."
Wang Li smiled and said, "Alright then."
Lu Jiu then brought over a stool, sat by Wang Li’s side, and grabbed his hand, placing his fingers on the Cun Guan Chi area...
"Heart Fire, I’ve been exhausted again today, what do we do?"
"Sigh, too. I’m getting worse and can’t process many things anymore."
"Will we die? If Hydronephrosis continues like this, we might all die. What’s it like to die?"
"Fei Jin, shut up, now’s the ti to solve problems. Why so pessimistic?"
"Solve? It’s been so many years. If it could be solved, it would’ve been. His body is far from before; don’t you know how weak Hydronephrosis is now?"
"Liver Wood, you’re always talking about death. Why so different today?"
"Can’t we even vent our frustrations?"
"Stop arguing. What good does quarreling do? Haven’t you realized over the years? He has never listened to us, not once. We gave him so many hints to protect us, but did he? Since he doesn’t care about our well-being, we should teach him to face the consequences of his actions!"
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