Chinese Medicine: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 578: Chapter 578: Cancer-Fighting Diary

Li Xu’s fingers rested on Lu Ke’s wrist, his brow furrowed slightly as he seemed to carefully discern the subtle changes in her pulse.

"The pulse is thready and rapid."

Li Xu said slowly, "This is a classic case of qi and yin deficiency with internal accumulation of toxic heat. Combined with your long-term late-night streaming, which has depleted your heart-blood, it has resulted in insufficient righteous qi, leaving you unable to resist pathogenic forces."

He lowered her hand and looked at Lu Ke. "I have a general understanding of your condition now. It’s early-stage, with no metastasis. That’s a silver lining in this unfortunate situation."

"Even though there are no targeted drugs for you, this doesn’t mean it’s a dead end. In TCM, fighting cancer is about ’strengthening the righteous and dispelling the evil’. As long as we change the ’environment’ inside your body, the cancer cells won’t be able to grow."

As he spoke, Li Xu picked up a pen and, with a few quick strokes, wrote out a prescription.

It was the exact one from the intelligence report: Barbated skullcap, white flower snake tongue grass, dandelion, Huang Qin...

"This prescription is mainly for clearing heat and detoxifying, transforming phlegm, and dissipating nodules."

Li Xu handed the prescription to Song Sisi to fill. "You’re in the early stages. Although your constitution is weak, it hasn’t collapsed yet. This medicine is quite potent, making it the perfect time to launch an offensive."

"Go home, take it on schedule, and don’t overthink it. Cancer is the kind of thing that bullies you more the more you fear it. If you treat it like a chronic illness you have to manage, it won’t be able to do anything to you."

Hearing Li Xu’s firm words, Lu Ke’s tears started to fall uncontrollably again.

For some reason, even though it was just a few sentences, they made her anxious heart, which had been suspended in mid-air, finally feel grounded.

...

Back at her place, Lu Ke began her "Cancer Diary."

In her video, she filmed the large and small bags of Chinese medicine, as well as a clay pot bubbling away and steaming.

"Day one of drinking the Chinese medicine. So bitter... My tongue feels numb. I didn’t feel anything special after drinking it, just a little warmth in my stomach."

The comment section was filled with doubt.

"Fighting cancer with Chinese medicine? You’ve got to be kidding. It’s just a placebo."

"Girl, don’t be a fool. Hurry up and go to the hospital for chemo. Don’t get scammed by some quack doctor."

"Exactly. A few handfuls of roots and bark can cure cancer? Then what do we need scientists for?"

Of course, there was also encouragement: "Just try drinking it for now. You’re not checking into the hospital until next week anyway."

Lu Ke replied, "Doctor Li told me to take it for a week and see. If it doesn’t get better, I’ll go check into the hospital next Tuesday and start standard chemotherapy."

The next day.

Lu Ke posted another video.

This time, her complexion seemed a little better. Although she was still pale, there was a new spark in her eyes.

"After drinking the medicine today, I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but my breathing feels a little smoother. The faint stabbing pain in my chest when I took a deep breath seems to have lessened. And... I actually slept through the whole night last night, without much coughing."

Someone in the comments still threw cold water on it: "It’s definitely a psychological effect. Ever hear of the placebo effect?"

"You can feel a difference after only two days? Is that some kind of Immortal elixir?"

The third day, the fourth day...

As time went on, Lu Ke’s changes were visible to the naked eye.

She no longer frowned all the time, and her voice became a bit stronger.

The most obvious change was her characteristic "clubbed fingers." While still present, the red, swollen, and shiny state of congestion at her fingertips seemed to have subsided somewhat.

"It’s the seventh day."

Lu Ke said in her video, "Tomorrow is the day I’m scheduled to be admitted to the hospital. To be honest, I feel so much lighter now, not heavy and weighed down like before. But I don’t know if it’s really working, or if it’s... a final burst of energy before the end?"

"I’m going to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow. We’ll know everything then."

...

City Central Hospital, Oncology Department.

Lu Ke held her registration slip and sat outside the examination room, her heart pounding much faster than usual.

Finally, her number was called.

The doctor who saw her was the same chief physician as last time.

"You’re here? Have you filled out the admission forms?"

The chief physician asked without looking up.

"Um... Doctor, I was hoping... to get another check-up."

Lu Ke said in a small voice, "I took some Chinese medicine this week, and I feel pretty good."

The chief physician looked up, his brows knitting together. "Chinese medicine? What are you taking random medicine for? Do you think you can just take whatever you want for cancer? What if you damage your liver and kidney function? Then you won’t even be able to do chemotherapy."

Although his words were scolding, he sighed when he saw the pleading look in Lu Ke’s eyes. "Fine. Go get another CT scan. We’ll see if it has worsened over the week."

In his opinion, if the cancer hadn’t worsened in a week, she should be burning incense in gratitude. As for getting better?

That was a preposterous fantasy.

The hour of waiting for the results felt as long as a century to Lu Ke.

Finally, her name was called out.

She walked into the examination room with the films in hand, feeling anxious.

The chief physician took the films and casually clipped them onto the light box.

His originally nonchalant expression suddenly froze the moment he saw the films.

He leaned in abruptly, squinting, and looked them over and over again. He even took out the previous films to compare.

"This... How is this possible?"

The chief physician mumbled to himself, a look of utter shock on his face. "The pulmonary nodule... it actually shrank?"

"It shrank?"

Lu Ke asked excitedly, "Really?"

"Really." The chief physician pointed to the shadow on the film. "Look, last time, the edges here were very spiculated, with lobulation, and it was about 1.5 centimeters. But on today’s film, the edges have clearly become defined and smooth, and the size... it’s only about 1.2 centimeters."

"Although the reduction isn’t huge, for this to happen without any radiation or chemotherapy... this is an absolutely impossible natural reversal."

The chief physician turned his head and looked at Lu Ke as if she were some kind of monster. "What on earth... did you take this week?"

Lu Ke burst into tears of joy.

She didn’t check into the hospital.

The moment she walked out of the hospital, she felt the sky was so blue, the air so sweet.

She couldn’t wait to record a video, excitedly shoving the CT report, which read "Lesion has shrunk compared to previous scan," right up to the camera.

"Everyone, it’s a miracle! It’s really a miracle!"

"I don’t have to be hospitalized! The doctor said the tumor shrank! It really shrank!"

As soon as the video was posted, her fans went wild.

All the people who had previously questioned the effectiveness of Chinese medicine and mocked it as a psychological effect were now silent.

With ironclad evidence right in front of them, they had no choice but to believe.

"Holy crap, it actually worked?"

"Dr. Li is practically an Immortal descended to earth!"

"TCM is awesome! Doctor Li is awesome!"

"This isn’t a cancer diary, this is a power fantasy starring a strong female lead!"

At the end of the video, Lu Ke wiped her tears and said with determination, "I’m not completely cured yet, but I believe that as long as I keep taking the medicine, I can definitely get better. Tomorrow, I’m going to see Dr. Li for a follow-up and get a new prescription."

...

The next day.

Lu Ke came to Li’s Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic once again.

Compared to last time, she was in much higher spirits.

"Doctor Li, I’m here."

Li Xu nodded, motioning for her to sit down.

After taking her pulse, he said, "You’re recovering well. The toxic heat and pathogenic forces in your body have begun to recede. And although your righteous qi is still weak, it’s starting to show signs of recovery."

Li Xu picked up his pen and adjusted the original prescription.

"This time, I’m going to add a potent ingredient," Li Xu said. "This is to further strengthen the righteous and consolidate the root, boost your immunity, and allow you to better fight the cancerous toxins in your body."

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