Physician’s Odyssey

Under the leadership of He Chong, Su Tao entered the ward where Old Xia was.

Under the persuasion of his three children, Mr. Xia has accepted Su Tao's treatment for himself.

Although he is reluctant in his heart, he also knows that he is in this situation and must seize every opportunity.

Faced with the hope of living, even the proudest person will lower his head.

Lao Xia knew that Shui Lao almost passed away due to illness not long ago, and that Su Tao was able to gain the trust of Shui Lao.

And Xia Lao also saw Su Tao cleverly cure his friend Miao Lao's hidden illness for many years. In fact, he still has some hope in his heart. Su Tao may really create miracles.

Su Tao placed the practice box by his feet, and first observed Xia Lao's complexion. It was worse than imagined. His complexion was pale, and there seemed to be sporadic white spots. His breath was like a gossamer, and he snorted in his throat without breathing. His voice can judge that he has a serious phlegm syndrome.

Su Tao walked to Xia Lao's side, unbuttoned his shirt, and observed his chest, but he saw that the lungs were swollen high.

Old Xia exudes a decadent breath every time, because the air in the whole room smells bad.

Su Tao was accustomed to seeing this kind of patients, and he didn't care, and he paid attention to the smell, because it was also a clue to the diagnosis.

Su Tao put his finger on Xia Lao's wrist, closed his eyes, and felt Xia Lao's pulse with his fingers.

The room leakage pulse is a kind of Qijue pulse. The pulse beats once for a long time, and the intermittent time is uneven, like water dripping from the room leakage.

He Chong stood beside him silently. Although he was not a Chinese medicine doctor, he was an experienced master as seen from Su Tao's tolerance and technique.

He Chong is very knowledgeable and knows that many Chinese medicine doctors are indeed very good, and can turn corruption into magic.But he didn't have much confidence in Su Tao. He didn't judge people by appearance, but He Chong contacted many famous Chinese medicine practitioners. They also tried to treat Xia Lao's disease, but they all ended in failure.

"How is it?" He Chong waited for Su Tao to retract his hand and asked softly.

"Let's go out and talk." Su Tao glanced at Old Xia, and felt that some things were not suitable for him to speak in front of him.

"Let's just say it here, life and death are destiny, wealth is in the sky." Old Xia opened his eyes, although his tone was weak and his eyes were muddy, his will was very firm.

Su Tao can understand the feelings of Old Xia, he has experienced various difficulties in his life, and he can always understand it.Now he knows that he is dying and he does not want to be kept secret.

"Then I will tell you the truth." Su Tao said solemnly, "Your condition is called carbuncle in Chinese medicine."

Pulmonary carbuncle is a pulmonary disease, and it is also a common disease. Heat toxins stasis in the lungs, causing sores in the lungs, septic and blood decay, forming abscesses. The main symptoms are: fever, cough, chest pain, vomiting, smelly Phlegm, or even vomiting pus and blood sputum.

He Chong nodded secretly next to him. Su Tao's judgment was very accurate. He had also invited other Chinese medicine practitioners to diagnose Xia Lao.

Old Xia showed disappointment in his eyes, and said lightly: "It's not good to be able to break out lung carbuncle."

He Chong added softly next to him: "Mr. Liu Ruzhen, I used to prescribe Chinese medicine to Xia Lao, which are all prescriptions for treating lung carbuncle. Although the old man took it, the condition improved for a while, but it deteriorated afterwards."

Su Tao shook his head and continued: "If you only focus on treating lung diseases, but don't cure the source, even the gods will be hard to cure."

He Chong frowned slightly. Although Su Tao said that he was very talented in Chinese medicine, Liu Ruzhen, a senior who questioned Chinese medicine, was obviously not polite.

"What is your opinion?" He Chong's tone was slightly flat.

Su Tao knew that what he said just now caused He Chong to feel uncomfortable, but to treat a patient and save people, right is right, and wrong is wrong. He can't conceal the facts. This will only make Old Xia question his level.

"Old Xia should have had lung transplants twice, right?" Su Tao sighed softly, "Why is the lung transplant operation very successful, but it still recurs?"

There was a look of surprise in He Chong's eyes. During the treatment shown to Su Tao, there was no information about lung transplantation, and this information is also confidential.

It wasn't that He Chong was unwilling to disclose to Su Tao. First, Su Tao did not take the initiative to ask. Secondly, it was the first time that Su Tao saw Xia Lao, so it was not time to tell him all the treatment.

Su Tao had seen Xia Lao's chest just now. There was a trauma from the transplant operation. It was not too difficult for everyone to see this.

In Xia Lao's condition, treating lung carbuncle is actually not a big problem.Although the drugs were not controlled, the lungs had already rotted, so a new lung would be transplanted directly.

Although Xia Lao is very old, according to the truth, it does not meet the age limit for lung transplantation, but with the insistence of the Xia family, Xia Lao has done two lung transplants in two years.

This is also the treatment logic of Western medicine.Patients suffering from lung disease should be treated with drugs first. If irreversible symptoms appear, they should be removed directly and replaced with a new one.

But what makes He Chong and the others feel weird is that although Lao Xia was given a new lung, he would relapse soon after.

Although Mr. Xia can invite the world's top doctor to perform surgery on him, his body really can't bear the third lung transplant.

"Why?" He Chong asked.

He also didn't know the reason. It was obvious that the transplanted organs were all strictly examined organs, and the operation was very successful, and there was no rejection. Why did it eventually turn into carbuncle?

He doesn't quite believe that Su Tao can explain why!

"Lingshu·Benshu" says: The lungs are integrated with the large intestine. That is to say, the lungs and the large intestine are on the outside and inside. This relationship between the outside and the inside affects each other in the physiology and pathology of the lung and large intestine, and complements each other, forming An inseparable dependence." Su Tao paused. "To put it simply, the root of the disease lies in the large intestine. If you want a radical cure, you have to treat the problem with the large intestine together. Otherwise, just replacing the lungs is of no use. "

He Chong was stunned, Su Tao's conclusion made him a little broken.

Although organ transplantation is very popular now, colorectal transplantation has not yet appeared.

It's not that large intestine transplantation is very difficult, but the large intestine can be directly removed in the eyes of Western medicine.

However, through various examinations, Xia Lao's large intestine has no disease, and there is no need to remove it.

This is the difference between the theories of Western medicine and Chinese medicine, leading to differences in treatment methods.

Although Xia Lao's large intestine has no inflammation and no disease, it is the culprit that caused Xia Lao's lung carbuncle.

He Chong didn't particularly understand the theory of Chinese medicine, frowning and said: "We have done a systemic test for Xia Lao, and his gastrointestinal function is not obviously abnormal!"

Su Tao knew that he had to explain the logic clearly to He Chong, so that He Chong could trust himself.

"Senior Ho, let me ask you a question. In addition to the clinical manifestations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, such as shortness of breath, shortness of breath, full chest, unfavorable phlegm, etc., what other complications are there?" Su Tao whispered Asked.

"It will also be accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal distension, constipation, or poor bowel movements, and anorexia." He Chong's eyes lit up. "This is the meaning of the internal and external aspects of the lung and the stomach in Chinese medicine?"

Su Tao nodded and continued to explain patiently, "Lung diseases can cause gastrointestinal complications. Similarly, if the large intestine will not only affect the suppression of lung qi due to its abnormal conduction and excretion function, it will also be easily transmitted. Lung lesions or intestinal and lung diseases appearing to the lungs are usually manifested as intestinal disease causing asthma and intestinal disease causing cough. Xia Lao’s lung carbuncle is due to damage to the large intestine. I am not wrong, Xia Lao Before I got carbuncle, constipation was frequent, right?"

Old Xia nodded, his constipation is quite serious, ordinary people will not be in a large size for three or five days, and Xia has not been in a large size for the longest half month.

He Chong frowned and said, "Why didn't Old Doctor Liu see this?"

"The lungs and intestines are the most basic knowledge of Chinese medicine. I think Old Chinese Medicine Doctor Liu has also seen the cause and prescribed prescriptions, but the effect is not very good, so you did not continue to insist." Su Tao analyzed. "Did Lao Doctor Liu prescribe croton as a Chinese medicinal material? Lao Xia had diarrhea for many days after eating?"

He Chong widened his eyes and nodded awkwardly: "You guessed it, Xia Lao had severe diarrhea at the time. We searched for many reasons and asked Old Chinese Doctor Liu. He said that it was a normal reaction. Someone in Xia's family objected to continue. Use that prescription."

He Chong didn't say something. When Xia Lao had severe diarrhea, his third son, Xia Lianfeng, went to Liu Ruzhen's place of work in a rage and made a big fuss, which embarrassed Liu Ruzhen.

The trouble was so serious that it spread in the circle of traditional Chinese medicine. Many national players were scared and stupid. Even if Xia Lao was treated, they would not dare to use croton.

Of course, this happened two years ago. In the past two years, Mr. Xia has mainly sought medical treatment for himself.

After changing his lungs, Old Xia relied heavily on Western medicine, so he didn't even think about solving his patients from the perspective of Chinese medicine.

"Is that if you continue to use croton now, it will be effective?" He Chong asked curiously.

Su Tao did not ask for the details, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "At the beginning, the symptoms of lung carbuncle were relatively mild, so the three main medicinal materials of croton, fritillaria, and platycodon are used to make platycodon grandiflorum, which has a good effect. But now Xia Lao His condition is very serious, and it is no longer an ordinary prescription that can be effective."

The heat toxin that was originally hidden in the lungs has actually spread in the body to the point of dying.

According to Western medicine, Xia Lao is now not only changing his lungs, but also some other organs have disease, and they have to be changed together.

But Xia Lao's physical condition really couldn't resist major surgery.

"What should I do?" He Chong asked.

"Let me give Xia Lao acupuncture first!" Su Tao explained, "Acupuncture and moxibustion will relieve the deterioration of Xia Lao's condition by hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. As for the medicine, I will write a prescription now. Senior is going to grab the medicine and make it, and when I finish the acupuncture, I can give it to Xia Lao."

He Chong knew that the acupuncture process should be quiet, so he quit the ward first.

Old Xia's children saw He Chong walk out and quickly surrounded him.

Xia Lianjing asked anxiously, "How is my father?"

He Chong told the truth: "Doctor Su has seen the cause of Xia Lao's illness, but because of his serious illness, he is not completely sure."