Hoo～
Lu Jiu let out a long breath.
Lu Mountain, beside him, laughed, "How was it? Quite tricky, right?"
Lu Jiu nodded, "There are just too many symptoms, I can’t tell them apart at all. Even if the treatnt matches the symptoms, I feel the effect won’t be great. His Du ridian is too critically injured."
Lu Mountain laughed, "Did you ever co across such post-surgery patients in the hospital?"
Lu Jiu couldn’t help but complain, "There are just too many. Sotis when prescribing dicine for these patients, you have to check if their surgical areas’ ridians are clear. If not careful, the prescribed dicine becos ineffective. However, those patients are not as severe as this uncle."
After the herbal dicine enters the body, it travels along the ridians. If they are blocked, the dicine’s power can’t reach through, and naturally, there’s no effect.
For patients like Wang Li, whose Du ridian has been blocked for over ten years post-surgery, it’s not sothing that can be unblocked overnight, and only after unblocking can treatnt truly begin.
Lu Jiu had just used all his life’s knowledge but could only manage to make Wang Li feel a bit more comfortable and prevent his condition from worsening too quickly.
If it weren’t for this acupuncture technique and the Mountain Burning Fire ultimate skill, just relying on herbal dicine, Lu Jiu might’ve done even less.
"They don’t understand, always thinking surgery can cure everything. They co over to try their luck with us only when there’s no other way, even if it’s just to alleviate so pain. Over the years, I’ve seen too many like Wang Li." Lu Mountain said.
Lu Jiu gave a helpless smile, "We might have to continue seeing such cases in the future."
Patients like Wang Li are not isolated cases.
Moreover, it’s a dilemma whether Traditional Chinese dicine should laugh or cry. Clearly, many wouldn’t first consider TCM when sick, but after visiting major hospitals and finding no hope elsewhere, they run to TCM hoping for a miracle.
People say TCM is unscientific, yet when pushed to an extre challenge, they co to TCM like opening a level in a ga. Whereas when it’s simple, they’d rather not acknowledge it.
They claim TCM isn’t scientific, but their belief in TCM seems not entirely scientific either.
Beep beep beep～
Just as Lu Jiu sat down, his phone in his pocket rang. Upon closer inspection, he saw it was from a university roommate.
But as he cheerfully answered, a torrent of scolding ca from the other end, "Have you been poked brain-dead by needles? Why leave a perfectly good hospital just to guard a rundown clinic back ho? I an, seriously..."
Lu Jiu quickly pulled the phone away, letting the other side continue ranting.
When the yelling subsided, Lu Jiu put the phone back to his ear, "Done cursing?"
Peng Yan shouted, "Not yet!"
Lu Jiu said, "Then continue, I’m listening."
Peng Yan grit his teeth, "Are you seriously not planning to co back?"
Lu Jiu laughed, "We’ll see. Can’t speak too firmly about it, or I’ll risk getting slapped in the face."
Peng Yan said, "What the hell were you thinking, staying in a hospital like that? With your skills, in five or six years, you’d definitely beco an attending doctor. Isn’t that better than staying in a small clinic?"
"Who are you treating at the hospital? What salary do you get there? Now compare that with your hotown, who are you treating, and how much can you make?"
Lu Jiu retorted, "Hey, we both joined the Party in college, watch what you say. We’re all treating the common folk, no hierarchy between us. ’Great doctors have sincere hearts,’ you know. Your ideological awareness needs so improvent."
Peng Yan sneered, "Cut the crap. I’m talking about connections. It’s the reality of society. A big city is still a big city. Its resources can’t be compared to a small city, especially Jinling Hospital of Traditional Chinese dicine. The people who co here for treatnt, more or less, have so status. Having these connections can save you a lot of trouble in the future."
"You’re not a fresh graduate anymore. Don’t you get this? When you get married and have kids, will you let them be stuck in a small city their whole lives, starting at a disadvantage?"
Lu Jiu laughed, "Wow, you’ve thought so far ahead. Are you about to end your long-distance romance?"
Peng Yan’s tone intensified, "I’m talking serious stuff here!!!"
Lu Jiu leaned back in his chair, eyes drifting to the street outside, "You know, I’m just not ambitious. Besides treating people, I’m no good at anything else. But a hospital isn’t just about that. There are etings, reports, organizing materials, and handling colleague relations, hierarchies, sotis even obliging social engagents."
"You’re right, big cities are nice. But maybe I am just a small-town person. I just feel out of place over there, so I’ll return when I deem it suitable."
Peng Yan said, "Bullshit, can’t handle it? You just don’t want to! With your diagnostic skills, a few attending doctors might not be better than you. Do you need to deal with colleague relationships or hierarchies? They’d love for you to stay. Ultimately, you just don’t like the hospital’s rules and regulations!!"
"But you have to realize, many things aren’t just about preference. Hospital regulations have been around for so long, there’s obviously reason in them. You can’t just leave because you don’t like it. Even if you do, why not co back and change it instead of running away?"
Lu Jiu laughed, "Change? Who’s joking now. Let ask you, in treating patients, is the process more important or the outco?"
Peng Yan said, "Nonsense, of course the outco is important!"
Lu Jiu said, "Alright, then if during the patient’s treatnt, I used dication exceeding what’s in the national pharmacopeia, what would happen?"
Peng Yan frowned, montarily silent.
In fact, many TCM Hospital experts and professors use doses exceeding the national pharmacopeia limits because without exceeding, the prescriptions have no effect, making them pointless.
While not illegal, this behavior breaches regulations, and if reported, there will definitely be fines.
Many patients, once cured, don’t dwell on whether the dosage was exceeded, so long as they’re healed. However, so with ulterior motives might.
The key issue is that only highly skilled directors or expert professors dare to exceed the national pharmacopeia limits freely—partly from confidence, partly because they have backing.
But how many such people are there?
Seeing Peng Yan’s silence, Lu Jiu continued, "Ultimately, the process is actually more important. No one cares if the patient gets better or not, as long as your procedure isn’t problematic. Anyway, most patients have been cultivated by Western dicine into thinking long-term dication equals treatnt. TCM prescribing for a month or half a year ans nothing. What’s the difference compared to the phrase circulating online, ’Sorry, the surgery was successful, but the patient unfortunately died.’?"
"A bunch of TCM doctors seeing patients, prescribing thousands worth of dicine per case—are you treating or selling dicine? Yet such behavior is not penalized and becos tacitly accepted by all. Ha, I’ve more than once heard leadership in etings talk about strengthening DIP paynt reforms, specialty construction, deepening evaluation systems, yet never heard them advocate for fewer or ideally no hospital visits."
"What, afraid of fewer patients and the hospital not making money? Ridiculous. If the efficacy is good, most patients heal quickly in the hospital, why worry about making money? Must they squeeze a person dry, ruin their family, and leave them destitute!?"
Peng Yan, hearing Lu Jiu’s voice growing louder, softened his tone, "I admit, hospitals do have this issue. But can’t we just not go along with them? Let them do theirs, we’ll do ours. Over ti, patients will naturally discern who genuinely treats them, and if there are more like us, patients will vote with their feet, and the hospital atmosphere will improve."
Lu Jiu shook his head, "That’s just superficial. Without addressing the real crux, these issues will persist and even encroach upon the livelihood of sincere doctors. It’s like tumors or cancer – can they be fixed by excision? Without altering the environnt conducive to diseases, all asures are in vain."
"I’ve always said, if a hospital doesn’t prioritize the people’s life safety as its dical guideline and only pursues procedural correctness, it creates a scenario where, even if the ailnt isn’t solved, the fees are still collected, leading to perpetual tension in doctor-patient relationships, sothing not fixable by one or two good doctors."
"I’ve never run away; rather, I’m standing outside the rules watching them."
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