Chapter 408: 408
“I’ve told you that you should lose some weight, but you wouldn’t listen to me . ” Apparently, the two middle-aged men were friends .
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“Have you been here before?” asked Wang Yao .
“Yes, I’ve come to see you before . You didn’t even charge me . You gave me a massage and I got much better . Because you are such a wonderful and nice doctor, I recommended my friend come see you,” said the middle-aged man with a smile .
A person’s reputation was like a shadow in that it tended to grow larger than the person himself . By now, Wang Yao’s name was well-known to quite a few people living nearby . After all, he was truly a fantastic doctor . With the assistance of licorice roots and Qi therapy, his treatment methods were unique and absolutely effective . Most of people coming to see Wang Yao had fully recovered . Sometimes he only used Qi therapy to cure certain patients .
In small cities and even smaller counties and villages, some reputable doctors, even those ones without certification, had a lot of patients . Because smaller areas had limited medical resources and it was inconvenient to go to a hospital in a big city, residents would rather see a local doctor . It was the same case in Lianshan, not to mention the fact that Wang Yao was a truly extraordinary doctor and had a medical certificate . Even unqualified practitioners had a lot of patients .
“Please lie down, I’ll give you a massage,” said Wang Yao .
“Okay,” said the overweight man .
He laid down on his back with his stomach popping out, like a woman who was several months pregnant .
“You must lose weight, otherwise my treatment will only work temporarily for you . Your problem will come back,” said Wang Yao .
“Oh, I see,” said the overweight man .
Wang Yao started to massage his abdomen .
He didn’t need to use his Qi while massaging the man’s abdomen . He only used some techniques to stimulate some meridians and acupuncture points in his abdomen . He tried to increase the man’s gastrointestinal mobility to create bowel movement .
Chronic constipation was very harmful to a person’s health .
The poison absorbed from three days constipation was worse than smoking two packs of cigarettes .
After Wang Yao had massaged the man’s abdomen for a while, the man felt warm and comfortable inside his belly . Then he heard his stomach rumbling .
Prrr! The man passed gas, which was very smelly .
“Sorry about that,” said the overweight man . He was embarrassed, but he couldn’t control it .
“Never mind,” said Wang Yao with a smile .
The massage lasted for about 20 minutes . The overweight man kept passing gas, which made the room fill up with an unpleasant smell .
“I’ll prescribe a formula for you,” said Wang Yao .
He wrote down Coptis chinensis, Astragalus, Forsythia, Angelica dahurica, and licorice on a piece of paper .
All the herbs Wang Yao chose were able to reduce excessive heat energy and had a detox effect .
After he had written the prescription and packed the herbs, he also told the overweight man of precautions he needed to take in daily life .
“Oh, I see . Okay . ” The patient kept nodding .
“Dr . Wang, is my problem serious?” asked the patient .
“At the moment it is not life-threatening . However, a minor problem may end up a bigger health concern if it is ignored . You need to nip the problem in the bud . Otherwise, it will get worse . The Yin and Yang energies are imbalanced in your body . As a result, your blood flow and Qi are blocked . Your liver has also been seriously affected . If you don’t do anything about it, your liver will get worse,” said Wang Yao .
“Oh,” The patient started to feel scared after listening to Wang Yao’s explanation . “Doctor, please don’t scare me like that . ”
“I was telling you the truth . If you don’t change your lifestyle, you’ll face terrible consequences,” said Wang Yao honestly .
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“Okay, I’ll follow your instructions . ” The patient nodded hard .
A massage therapy session plus a prescription cost over 400 yuan .
“Is it that serious?” The patient said to his friend after they had left the clinic .
“You should listen to Dr . Wang,” said his friend .
“That young doctor?” questioned the patient .
“If you don’t trust him, just stop coming . ” His friend seemed to be unhappy .
“Don’t take it the wrong way,” explained the patient .
The two of them got into the car and left the village . The construction of new road around the village was almost complete . The new road was much wider . There was a river at one side of the road, and fields on the other side .
The overweight guy’s stomach kept rumbling, then he kept passing gas, one after another . The car was full of awful smell .
“Wait, stop the car, I need to go to the toilet,” said the overweight man .
His friend pulled over the car . The overweight man opened the door and rushed out of the car . He ran into the field and found a place with shade . His face was red . He pulled down his pants, squatted down, and released the stuff he accumulated for days out of his body .
“Gee! It’s so comfortable,” said the overweight man .
One sentence from a classic advertisement could describe his feelings now: You’ll feel relieved after the toxin has been driven out of your body .
“That doctor is pretty good,” said the overweight man .
Initially he didn’t take Wang Yao’s words seriously . He knew he needed to lose weight . However, he couldn’t control himself when in front of delicious food . He was also not keen to exercise as he was overweight . He seemed to have entered a vicious cycle . The more he ate, the less he wanted to exercise . It became increasingly difficult for him to lose weight . As a result, he had more and more health problems .
“I’ll start to lose weight!” said the overweight man .
He had said the same thing more than once . However, he never put it in action .
Meanwhile, Wang Yao documented the treatment session in his notebook in the clinic . The treatment session included massage therapy and a prescription of herbal formula . He used neither Qi therapy nor licorice roots . He reckoned such treatment method was good and should be promoted .
After he had finished documenting, he started to read Treatise on Miscellaneous Diseases . This book was given to him by the system . It contained a lot of information about weird diseases . The book was a good guide and inspiration for Wang Yao to treat tricky diseases
The mission had become quite difficult now . Wang Yao had only three months left to finish the mission . However, he only cured three people .
“Hmmm, it’s not going to be easy to complete the mission,” murmured Wang Yao .
He needed to cure Sun Yunsheng as soon as he could . He also needed to cure Su Xiaoxue and Zhou Wuxing . Those patients had made good progress . His treatment had been effective .
It suddenly occurred to him that he had also seen the women brought by Professor Lu . She had serious problem with her kidney, so-called renal failure .
“Let them all see me . ” He called Sun Zhengrong and Zhou Xiong after thinking for a while .
“Okay, I’ll come to your clinic tomorrow . ” Sun Zhengrong was happy to bring his son to the clinic . He promised to go the next day . After all, it was related to his son’s well-being .
Zhou Xiong’s uncle was better, but it was too much for him to travel long distance . Therefore, Wang Yao decided to pay him a visit .
At the same time in Bingzhou, which was thousands of miles away, Long Yunfei was completely wheelchair-bound . He had seen a number of medical experts, none of whom could make him better . Up till now, he realized that his condition started after his meeting with Wang Yao at a restaurant . He blamed himself for being too greedy .
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Did that little bastard drug me? He started to suspect that Wang Yao was responsible for his condition . However, he couldn’t think about what poison could do such weird harm to him . More importantly, he didn’t know where he could find Wang Yao . He only knew that Wang Yao lived in Lianshan, Haiqu City . Fortunately, he kept Wang Yao’s contact number, which he got from the secretary of the village .
He attempted to call Wang Yao .
“Hello? Dr . Long?” Wang Yao was a bit surprised to hear from Long Yunfei . The call came later than he had expected .
“Is my problem related to you?” asked Long Yunfei directly .
“Your problem? Are you sick? If so, you should see a doctor . Oh, I almost forgot that you are a doctor yourself . Is your problem serious?” said Wang Yao calmly .
“What can make it stop?” asked Long Yunfei .
“How can a smart person like you not get it?” said Wang Yao .
Long Yunfei hung up the phone . Then he pressed a button on his phone . The phone repeated his conversation with Wang Yao . He had recorded his conversation with Wang Yao .
“What do you think?” asked Long Yunfei to a middle-aged man sitting next to him .
“You can’t use the conversation . It’s too short and can’t prove that your condition was caused by him . The law nowadays is very strict with audio evidence,” said the middle-aged man .
Long Yunfei looked unhappy .
My problem must be caused by him! Now he’s become more and more certain about it .
He was in Qinzhou while Wang Yao was in Qizhou . Even he knew a lot of important people in Qinzhou, he could do little to someone in Qizhou .
On the same day, Wang Yao went to see a person in town in the afternoon .
“You want to see patients with tricky and weird conditions?” Pan Jun was curious about Wang Yao’s request . He didn’t expect Wang Yao to ask to see patients from him .
“Yes,” said Wang Yao .
“Well, what are considered tricky and weird conditions?” asked Pan Jun .
“Hmmm, it’s not easy to define tricky and weird conditions . I think renal failure is one of them,” said Wang Yao after thinking for a moment .
“Seriously! Don’t tell me you can cure renal failure!” Pan Jun was completely astonished . The only way in western medicine to treat renal failure nowadays was to have kidney transplant . Even if a suitable kidney was found, the patient could face other problems, such as organ-graft rejection .
“I can’t cure renal failure at this stage,” said Wang Yao .
“So, what about paralysis?” asked Pan Jun .
“I’m not sure until I see the patient,” said Wang Yao .
“Well, one of my relatives has been paralysed for over three years . He has lost ability to take care of himself,” said Pan Jun .
“Does he live far from here?” asked Wang Yao .
“No,” said Pan Jun .
“I can take a look at him, but it will cost a lot,” said Wang Yao .
He thought that he would probably need Meridian unblocking powder to treat Pan Jun’s relative . Meridian unblocking power was very expensive .
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“How much it might cost?” asked Pan Jun .
“Could be over a million,” said Wang Yao .
Pah-tah! Pan Jun dropped his cigarette . “Gosh, it is really expensive! Let me think about it . ”
Not every family could afford such a high medical expense . In fact, most families in China wouldn’t have over one million of savings .
“Too expensive . My relative is a farmer . He can’t afford it,” said Pan Jun after a moment .
Wang Yao didn’t say anything . He was staring at the cup and thinking .
He had thought about situations like this . Given his current situation, he could treat those conditions effectively with Qi therapy and licorice roots . Qi therapy didn’t cost anything, but licorice roots could cost a lot if he used the prescriptions from the system . Even though the system occasionally gave him prescriptions for free, it had its restrictions . After all, not everyone was as rich as Sun Zhengrong, who was a billionaire, or from a powerful family like Su Xiaoxue .
I have to make smart use of the rules established by the system .
“Let me take a look at him first,” said Wang Yao . He hoped that he could just treat him with Qi therapy .
“Okay,” said Pan Jun .
He drove Wang Yao to his relative’s house right away .
His relative was an old man in his 60’s . He was lying on the bed . He looked very skinny and old, like someone in his 80’s .
Wang Yao took at close look at him .
The old man’s problem was basically in his head . He had multiple thrombosis in his brain . Thrombosis could be tricky, because the formation of thromboses indicated that he had problem with blood flow . A thrombosis was like a small snowball, which would become bigger as it was moving . The existing thromboses would become bigger, and new thromboses would appear . Once a thrombosis had been formed in a blood vessel of the brain, the person would have a stroke . As a result, the person would be paralysed . Once a thrombosis was formed in a blood vessel of the heart, the person’s life would be threatened .
The system considered the old man’s condition difficulty to treat .
“What do you think?” asked Pan Jun .
“His condition is difficult to treat,” said Wang Yao .
The old man had thrombosis in multiple locations .
Wang Yao thought for a while after he had seen the old man .
“Let me try,” said Wang Yao .
He decided to give the old man Qi therapy at this stage to see if it worked . However, the treatment process could be risky . The old man’s blood vessels could rupture due to blocked blood flow . If it happened, the old man would start bleeding in his brain and his condition would become worse .
Therefore, Wang Yao gave him a very gentle massage to test his response .
The old man felt warm and full in his head .
After massaging the old man for over 10 minutes, Wang Yao stopped to check him again .
“This is not going to work, he needs herbs,” said Wang Yao .
Wang Yao needed an herb which could resolve the thromboses but wouldn’t rupture the blood vessel .
He thought about Wuteng, which could strengthen the meridians .
He needed another herb to resolve thrombosis and improve blood flow .
“I have a good understanding of his condition now . Let’s go,” said Wang Yao to Pan Jun in private .
“Okay,” said Pan Jun .
He left his relative’s house with Wang Yao after saying goodbye .
“How is he?” asked Pan Jun .
“He is very unwell . I need to go back to think about how to treat his condition,” said Wang Yao .
“I see . Can I ask why you are picking those patients with conditions difficult to treat?” asked Pan Jun curiously . He wanted to ask Wang Yao a long time ago .
“I need to improve my medical skills and experience urgently,” said Wang Yao .
“Why urgently?” asked Pan Jun .
“Because God wants me to,” said Wang Yao as he pointed to the sky . “Not much time left . ”
Pan Jun was dazed .
“Watch out! There is a car in front!” shouted Wang Yao .
“What do you mean?” asked Pan Jun .
“Is he your uncle?” Wang Yao didn’t answer Pan Jun’s question .
“Yeah, my father’s cousin . He came to me when he was in the hospital,” said Pan Jun .
“Did you feel powerless when someone in your family was seriously ill, especially you are a doctor?” asked Wang Yao .
“Well, I did feel powerless at the beginning, but I gradually got used to it . I am a doctor, but I can’t cure everyone . Some conditions are beyond cure,” said Pan Jun with a sigh .
“You are right . ” Wang Yao nodded .
Something he asked himself was what he would do if one of his family members got ill and he couldn’t cure him or her .
“I heard you took a trip to Qinzhou a while ago?” asked Pan Jun .
“Yes,” said Wang Yao .
“There was an outbreak of some sort of disease in Qinzhou . Were you there at that time?” asked Pan Jun .
“Yeah, but how do you know about the disease?” asked Wang Yao curiously .
“I saw it online by accident . I’m an online group with my university colleagues . One of them was in Qinzhou . He mentioned it to me . Then I noticed Mingbao’s posts on WeChat which said that that he was in Jia county of Qinzhou at that time,” said Pan Jun .
“Yes, we were at Jia County,” said Wang Yao .
“So, you helped them prevent the disease from spreading?” asked Pan Jun .
“No, how was I supposed to do that?” said Wang Yao, smiling .
“Do you have to go home tonight? How about I bring you and Mingbao over for dinner?” asked Pan Jun .
“Okay,” said Wang Yao .