This Doctor Is Too Wealthy

Du Heng’s words were meant as a reminder, but Feng Su interpreted them differently.

After all, she knew what kind of person she was; never mind the entertainment circle, even slightly younger onlookers had heard things about her.

So, as soon as Du Heng finished speaking, her expression immediately soured; she felt Du Heng might be mocking her.

Du Heng hadn’t considered that and simply continued, ”Tell your boyfriend, and you should also pay more attention to your own health. You can’t joke about your body, and you can’t treat your own life lightly.”

Upon hearing the words ”boyfriend,” Feng Su’s expression relaxed a little. Perhaps she had read too much into it. ”I understand, Doctor Du. I will definitely follow your instructions.”

”That’s good.” Du Heng nodded. ”Now, I’m going to prescribe medicine for you, for both internal use and external baths. The internal medicine will be delivered by our nurses and doctors on time every day. Just follow the nurse’s instructions for taking it. The bath medicine I’ll prescribe for you directly. Every night before bed, prepare warm water at 40 degrees Celsius and sit in it for half an hour.”

He then glanced at the two young women beside Feng Su. ”Our doctors will tell you what you need later, so you can go and get prepared.”

After arranging everything, Du Heng returned to his office with the female doctor and began writing the prescription.

The female doctor stood by, looking as if she wanted to say something but was hesitating. After a long pause, she finally mustered the courage to ask, ”Dean, may I ask a question?”

Du Heng, contemplating the prescription slowly, softly replied, ”Of course. What would you like to ask?”

”I want to ask about the pathogenesis of cervical cancer in traditional Chinese medicine.”

Du Heng was slightly taken aback. After a moment, he said, ”The high-risk population for cervical cancer is middle-aged and elderly women. These women share a common characteristic: five visceral imbalance and weakened original qi. As for young women who develop this disease, it may be due to excessive childbirth or abortions, or immoderate sexual activity. These can lead to damage to the eight meridians, which in turn affects the liver, spleen, and kidney, causing premature five visceral imbalance and severe damage to their original qi.”

Du Heng paused his writing, tapping his pen on the table, making a soft TAP, TAP, TAP sound.

As the tapping continued, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his voice resumed, though it was unclear whether he was organizing his thoughts, explaining to the female doctor, or both.

”Based on the numerous disease records I have examined, a pattern emerges for both young and older patients. Most affected women tend to be introverted. They might have endured long periods of adversity, excessive worry, or suppressed anger. When these five emotions become overactive, they can transform into ’fire.’ This, in turn, leads to dampness and heat accumulating over time to form toxins, coupled with Qi stagnation and blood stasis, ultimately resulting in the disease forming in the uterus.”

The female doctor was a bit bewildered. After listening to Du Heng’s explanation, she had distilled two key points from it.

First: The external cause of the disease lies in the five visceral imbalance and the loss of original qi.

Second: The internal cause is Qi stagnation, meaning problems with emotions and mentality.

So, which one is the main cause?

The female doctor was puzzled and didn’t know if she should press further.

However, Du Heng didn’t leave her struggling for long and continued, ”’Qi stagnation’ is not only an important factor in the formation of this disease but also influences its progression. Therefore, ’relieving stagnation’ becomes an important means of treating it.”

The pen in Du Heng’s hand tapped more slowly as he spoke. ”As for the method of relieving stagnation, relying solely on medication isn’t enough. The medicine might aim to make one ’carefree,’ but if the person themselves isn’t carefree in spirit, it’s still useless. Most patients, upon hearing their cancer diagnosis, become pessimistic and desperate, losing weight rapidly within ten to fifteen days.

Feng Su is a prime example of this. If you’re interested, you can look at entertainment news from a month ago. At that time, whether on television or in candid photos, Feng Su appeared radiant and full of energy. But look at her now—her complexion is dull, and her spirits are low.”

The female doctor was still in a daze, tinged with confusion.

Du Heng had said so much but hadn’t mentioned a solution. ”Dean, how should this condition be treated then?”

”A disease of the heart requires medicine for the heart. Before treating the illness, treat the person. This involves using psychological therapy based on the principle of ’the five emotions overcoming each other’ to break the patient’s spiritual shackles. This could be through inspiring, guiding, and encouraging the patient to resolve to fight cancer, or by offering kind words of comfort, using humorous and witty language to transform the patient’s sorrow into joy, and their tears into laughter. Once the patient’s mental outlook improves, their own potential to fight cancer can be stimulated, making treatment twice as effective with half the effort. For Feng Su, the approach is to make her have full confidence in me and to stop being pessimistic about her own condition. This way, her mood will become positive and full of fighting spirit.”

Psychological therapy?

The female doctor finally understood.

”A good mood dispels a hundred diseases.” This saying was familiar to her, but she had never seen it applied so earnestly in actual treatment, especially in the Internal Medicine Department.

But psychological therapy, to be blunt, is too ethereal! At Feng Su’s stage, a good mood couldn’t make an already formed tumor magically disappear with a smile. Its treatment still required tangible medication.

”Dean, what specific aspects should we pay attention to in the treatment?”

”The specific prescription should address four aspects: soothing the liver and relieving depression, attacking and dissolving the tumor, clearing heat and detoxification, and resolving stasis and stopping bleeding.”

Du Heng abruptly stopped tapping the pen on the table. ”The first aspect, soothing the liver and relieving depression, targets Qi stagnation. Qi stagnation not only affects emotions but also influences the five emotions, causing them to overactivate and transform into fire. Therefore, in addition to psychological treatment, medication is also essential.”

The female doctor, though pensive, asked directly, ”What kind of medicine ingredients would be most suitable?”

”Modify Xiaoyao Powder by removing mint and roasted ginger. Then, add astragalus and coix seed, and combine it with Cassia Twig and Poria Pill. This formulation will help soothe the liver, relieve depression, tonify the spleen, and eliminate dampness. It also works to dissolve stasis and dissipate masses, balance the medicinal properties, and aid in restoring the function of the liver, spleen, and kidneys.”

The female doctor fell silent, pondering for a good while before saying, ”Coix seed is a medicine ingredient with a gentle nature; its functions are to tonify the spleen, nourish the stomach, dispel dampness, and resolve abscesses. The Compendium of Materia Medica records its ability to ’break swelling and detoxify.’ Astragalus not only tonifies qi, promotes yang rising, and achieves decline raising, but it also supplements the lungs and spleen to transport the body’s vital energy. Furthermore, it can tonify qi to control bleeding, promote the body’s vital energy for detoxification and muscle regeneration, and stimulate the circulation of warm yang qi to help disperse swelling.”

Du Heng nodded slightly; this female doctor’s foundational knowledge was quite solid. ”That’s precisely the intention. This modified formula can treat main symptoms such as qi and blood deficiency, liver stagnation and spleen deficiency, excessive bleeding, and vaginal discharge, and its efficacy is very reliable. In my treatment philosophy, the general principle for treating tumors is nourishing the positive and clearing the accumulation. The combination of these medicine ingredients essentially completes this ’nourishing the positive’ aspect.”

The female doctor exhaled softly, a flash of excitement in her eyes as she continued to ask, ”Then what medicine ingredients should be used in the second step, to attack and dissolve the tumor?”

At this, Du Heng didn’t rush to answer. Just moments ago, he too had been stuck at this step.

”Based on my previous experience treating tumors, the medicine ingredients for attacking and dissolving tumors are not singular, nor can they be universally applied.” Du Heng’s brow furrowed, then slowly relaxed.

”Let’s not talk about too many, just Feng Su. Her core issue lies in dampness and heat accumulating over a long period to form toxins, and Qi stagnation and blood stasis forming masses... So, I plan to use wood turtle seed and zedoary as the primary medicine ingredients, while other medicine ingredients such as scorpions and centipedes will remain unchanged from a base formula.”

As Du Heng finished speaking, the female doctor’s joyful expression instantly froze. ”Wood turtle seed is bitter, slightly sweet, warm in nature, and mildly toxic. Zedoary is bitter, spicy, and warm, entering the liver and spleen meridians. Both of these medicine ingredients are crucial for breaking down masses and accumulations. I understand this.”

She then looked at Du Heng and slowly asked, ”But Dean, what did you mean when you said ’remain unchanged’?”

Du Heng suddenly smiled. ”Last year, I formulated a prescription specifically for treating tumors. I tested it on several disease records, including gastric lesser curvature cancer, malignant lymphoma, and ovarian cancer, and the results were very good. I named this formula ’Deadly Cancer Attacking Decoction.’ By ’remain unchanged,’ I mean that the other accompanying medicine ingredients in this formula do not need to be altered.”

The female doctor felt her throat go dry.

One significant reason she was willing to leave the comfortable routine of her former Department and transfer to the newly established Chinese Medicine Department was that Du Heng also served as its Director. She had researched Du Heng’s career and knew about his successful cases. She just hadn’t expected that Du Heng’s approach to tumor treatment was no longer a matter of relying on haphazard approaches, but that he had actually developed his own systematic methodology.

The female doctor licked her lips and asked in a hoarse voice, ”Dean, can this formula be promoted?”

This question was crucial and very important.

If this formula could be promoted and proven effective, then Du Heng wouldn’t just be famous in Jinzhou; on a national scale, his appointment as a National Famous Chinese Medicine Practitioner would be a relatively minor consequence. That’s what she was thinking.

But she didn’t know that in the Capital, a special task force had already been established to research this formula, and it was a national-level research project. If she had known, it was uncertain if she could have stopped herself from fainting.

Hearing the female doctor’s question, Du Heng slowly shook his head, a hint of conflict in his brow.

”It’s difficult.”

”Why?”

”The primary medicine ingredients in the formula need to be changed according to different pathogenesis and etiological factors of the disease. And to change the primary medicine ingredients, one must use my treatment approach and philosophy.”

Du Heng sighed as he spoke. ”Besides accepting the philosophy and approach, one must also have very solid syndrome differentiation skills. However, those who can accept my philosophy and approach may have insufficient syndrome differentiation skills. In many situations, they can’t accurately determine the cause of the patient’s illness through syndrome differentiation, which leads to errors in medication. Conversely, those who possess strong syndrome differentiation skills might not necessarily accept my treatment philosophy, including the dosage and combination of medicine ingredients. In that case, they wouldn’t be able to formulate a rational combination of primary medicine ingredients and a complete formula.”

The female doctor initially lowered her head in disappointment, but less than three seconds later, she looked up excitedly, her eyes shining brightly at Du Heng.

In this current situation, for me, this is an opportunity! As long as I’m willing to learn, study diligently, and master Du Heng’s level of skill, wouldn’t I carve out my own niche?

The female doctor’s gaze was so intense that it startled Du Heng, who was still feeling a bit emotional.

But soon, he understood the meaning in her eyes.

He didn’t scoff or harbor any selfish thoughts of guarding his knowledge jealously; instead, he felt a secret joy that others couldn’t see. He genuinely hoped he could mentor more doctors willing to learn and promote traditional Chinese medicine.

”We won’t discuss the last two aspects for now. If you’re interested, you can look at my previous prescriptions. It’s largely unchanged from this one, with only slight adjustments to the dosage.”

As he spoke, Du Heng lowered his head again and resumed writing the prescription.

This time, Du Heng wrote much, much faster than before.

When the female doctor received the completed prescription from Du Heng, she once again widened her eyes. ”Dean, did you write the dosage wrong? A dosage of 30 grams of wood turtle seed per day, taken consecutively for 10 days, plus the other medicine ingredients—isn’t this dosage too extreme?”