I Can Hear the Heart's Voice of Traditional Chinese Medicine-Chapter 317 - 140: Coexisting with Cancer, Not Battling Cancer (2)

Chapter 317: Chapter 140: Coexisting with Cancer, Not Battling Cancer (2)

Don’t easily push patients into aggressive therapies. Try various effective anti-cancer treatments that do not harm the body. "Whether it’s a black cat or a white cat, the one that catches the mouse is a good cat." The goal is not a quick decisive battle, nor is it the so-called "complete cure." Therefore, for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the treatment principle is "better to coexist with cancer than fight against it."

For curable cases, there should be no hesitation to adopt radical treatments. For incurable ones, it’s advisable to adopt a treatment approach that aims at living with the tumor, extending life, and improving the quality of life."

Hearing this, Yu Xiaowan’s face gradually returned to normal, and she smiled, saying: "Dr. Lu, when you mentioned that every one of us is living with a tumor, it really scared me, but upon thinking carefully, this is indeed the case.

You’re right, living with cancer might be the best choice.

If I had known you were so capable, I would have brought my dad to see you two years ago."

Lu Xuan wore an expression between a smile and a grimace, for two years ago he was still in school.

However, Lu Xuan didn’t bring this up. Instead, he thought for a moment and said: "It can’t be said that Western medicine methods are completely inappropriate; each has its own ideology. Some diseases can be cured by Western medicine, where Chinese medicine might be powerless, and there are some conditions where Western medicine is at a loss, but Chinese medicine can achieve excellent results, even a cure.

Especially in terms of surgical operations, although there’s also surgery in Chinese medicine, it is still far inferior to Western medicine."

After speaking, Lu Xuan did not explain much more but instead looked at Yu Yunxing: "Uncle Yu, let me take your pulse first."

"Okay."

After listening to Lu Xuan’s long talk, Yu Yunxing seemed to gain some confidence, speaking with improved energy during the jokes.

In fighting cancer, a good mood is also a magic weapon for victory, perhaps even the key among all keys.

Many cancer patients aren’t defeated by cancer cells but are scared to death by themselves.

Once they learn they have cancer, they are half-scared out of their wits, feeling depressed every day, thinking they won’t live for many more days, and even taking as much medication won’t save them.

Yu Yunxing placed his wrist on the pulse diagnosis, and Lu Xuan stretched out his hand to feel the other’s pulse while also looking at Yu Yunxing’s tongue, silently sensing.

After a while, Lu Xuan directly withdrew his hand and recorded the diagnosis result in Yu Yunxing’s medical record book.

The patient has recurrent renal cancer with bone metastasis, no chance for another surgery, stomach pain, fatigue, weakness in the waist and knees, pale tongue, little coating, thin and weak pulse.

Diagnosed as kidney edema, indicating deficiency of both spleen and kidney, with insufficient Qi and blood.

Treatment should focus on nourishing the spleen and kidney, regulating Qi, and relieving pain.

Prescription: Dried Astragalus Root, Codonopsis, Dodder Seed, Eucommia, Fo-ti, Goji Berry, Rhizoma Polygonati, Taxillus, Achyranthes, Dipsacus, Sand Plantain Seed, Baked Licorice, fresh Rehmannia, prepared Rehmannia, Fuling, raw Coix Seed, Nine Aroma Bug, Corydalis, Psoralea.

Total of 15 doses, decocted in water, one dose daily, taken once in the morning and once in the evening.

After writing, Lu Xuan looked up at the two people: "Shall we give it a try?"

"Alright."

Ji Xiuwen was eager to take the opportunity, knowing he couldn’t miss it, so he quickly placed his fingers on Yu Yunxing’s wrist after getting his consent.

After a while, he hesitated and said: "Thin and weak pulse, pale tongue."

"Differential diagnosis?" Lu Xuan asked.

Ji Xiuwen thought for a moment and said: "A fine, weak pulse is a reflection of disease in the pulse, with a thin, weak pulsation that feels like fine thread under the fingers, but the rise and fall are clear. Generally, fine and weak pulse indicates deficiencies in both Qi and blood, dampness syndrome, heat disease, etc.

Common in diseases caused by deficiencies in Qi and blood or by all kinds of labor-induced debilitation, where a deficiency in Qi and blood fails to fill the pulse path, and insufficient Qi means the blood lacks the strength to move, causing the pulse to be thin and weak.

Common symptoms include insomnia, palpitations, abdominal pain, headache, thirst, bloating, deficiency and fatigue, and may also be accompanied by poor appetite, pale and lusterless complexion, fatigue, dizziness, and shortness of breath.

It can also be seen in diseases caused by the blockage of damp evil, where the body is filled with water-dampness compressing the blood vessels, making them thin and soft; or damp evil blocking the pulse path, damaging Yang Qi, weakening the flow of Qi and blood, causing the pulse to become thin.

When heat evil penetrates the blood, it burns the body’s Yin-blood, causing insufficient Yin-blood to fill the blood vessels, showing a fine and rapid pulse. However, these patients generally exhibit fever, agitation, thirst, dark urine, red tongue, and impaired consciousness, among other symptoms.

In conclusion, it should be a syndrome of Qi and blood deficiency."

Lu Xuan nodded, seemingly satisfied that his words earlier had not been in vain, as they had awakened this person a bit. He subtly inquired: "The diagnosis is fine, so how about the treatment?"

"Supplements for Qi and blood?" Ji Xiuwen was evidently not too confident.

Lu Xuan did not speak but instead looked at Su Kenan.

Su Kenan gently furrowed her brows, appearing to be pondering something. Lu Xuan did not ask further but quietly said: "Mother and child are mutually generative, essence and blood share the same source. The kidney stores essence, the liver stores blood. The kidney is the mother of the liver. Liver blood is generated from kidney essence. The Yin of Jueyin requires the Yang essence from Shaoyin to fully enrich and flow smoothly. As the saying goes, mother and child are mutually generative, essence and blood share the same source.

Qi and blood are the foundation of human life activities. Qi is function, blood is material, and they rely on each other and are inseparable. Adequate Qi and blood are established on the harmonious function of the organs, with Qi and blood originating from the essence of food. As the ’Inner Canon’ states, ’Blood and Qi, different names but similar types,’ Qi and blood are produced in the spleen and stomach, propelled by the heart, stored in the liver and kidneys, and nourish the entire body.

The spleen is the basis acquired from nature, the source of Qi and blood generation. Weakness in the spleen and stomach, along with an insufficient source of Qi and blood, leads to Qi and blood deficiency.

Uncle Yu has stomach pain, fatigue, weakness in the lower limbs, and a thin and weak pulse, indicating deficiency of both spleen and kidney, with inadequate Qi and blood. The treatment should focus on nourishing the spleen and kidney, regulating Qi, and relieving pain."

At this point, Lu Xuan handed the medical record book in his hand to Ji Xiuwen for a look, and then to Su Kenan. After the two of them had finished looking, he continued: "Use Dried Astragalus Root, Codonopsis, Fuling, raw Coix Seed, and Baked Licorice to fortify the spleen and tonify Qi; Dodder Seed, Eucommia, Fo-ti, Goji Berry, Rhizoma Polygonati, Taxillus, Achyranthes, Dipsacus, Sand Plantain Seed, fresh Rehmannia, prepared Rehmannia, and Psoralea to supplement the kidney and strengthen the bones; Nine Aroma Bug and Corydalis to regulate Qi and relieve pain."

Ji Xiuwen and the others were thoughtful.

Su Kenan thought for a while and then recorded the prescription Lu Xuan wrote in the medical record into the system.

Meanwhile, Lu Xuan turned to Yu Yunxing and said: "Uncle Yu, this illness of yours, I can only try to help extend your survival time, but how long it can be extended depends not on the medicine, but on you."

"Me?"

Yu Yunxing pointed at himself, laughing: "I’m an old man; how would I know anything? I didn’t even remember much of what Dr. Lu just said, let alone how to diagnose!"

Hearing this, Lu Xuan realized that Yu Yunxing misunderstood him and smiled, explaining: "I’m not asking you to diagnose yourself, but to maintain a good mood. No matter what illness you’re treating, a good mood has a more powerful effect than medicine. Many apparent incurable diseases, if the patient remains in good spirits, might see significant improvements possibly without any medication.

The medicine has been prescribed, but how long life can be extended and whether you can live a normal life while having cancer depends on you."

Yu Yunxing, though only having a middle school education, understood the gist of Lu Xuan’s words and nodded, asking: "Dr. Lu, what should I do?"

Lu Xuan earnestly said: "It’s simple. Don’t overthink, eat and drink as you should, and don’t make a big deal out of this condition. Consider yourself a normal person. When one is in good spirits, the body’s immune system naturally enhances. We must believe in our own regulatory abilities, but the crux of all this is your good mood. Don’t think that having cancer means you’ll die; many people live with cancer for decades."

Yu Yunxing nodded in agreement: "I’ll try; it’s not something that can be changed overnight."

Lu Xuan didn’t say more, knowing that it’s unrealistic to rely on his few words to change Yu Yunxing’s outlook on cancer.

Only when the medicine takes effect and offers Yu Yunxing hope for survival will trust come naturally.