This Doctor Is Too Wealthy

Du Heng didn’t immediately respond to the female doctor’s question about the dosage. Explaining it clearly was complex, as it wouldn’t just be a simple matter of pathology and pathogenesis but would also involve pharmacology.

”Let’s leave this issue for another time. We can discuss it when we have more time.” Du Heng put down his pen and stood up. ”I now need to explain to you some points to note after taking the medication.

”Firstly, after taking the medication, the patient will experience some symptoms, such as discharging blood and pus from the lower body, continuous bleeding, or developing a fever and nausea. Don’t be afraid. These are normal reactions to the medication.

”However, you need to pay attention to whether these symptoms lessen after two doses of the medication. If there is no relief, you must notify me immediately. Also, if profuse bleeding occurs, do not delay.”

The female doctor listened carefully to Du Heng’s instructions.

”The second point, don’t rush to give the patient the medicinal bath.”

”When should it be administered then?”

”When the discharged pus and blood becomes lighter in color and smaller in volume, you can start the medicinal bath treatment. However, you must carefully control the dosage for the medicinal bath.”

The female doctor nodded. ”Dean, the patient has cervical cancer. Would a topical treatment like the medicinal bath be effective?”

Du Heng looked at the female doctor with puzzlement. ”When did I say that the medicinal bath is a treatment for cervical cancer?”

”Isn’t it?” The female doctor looked at Du Heng in surprise.

After all that’s been said and done, wasn’t it all for treating cervical cancer?

Du Heng lightly touched his nose and said casually, ”Feng Su’s main problem is indeed the tumor, which is the most dangerous and troublesome issue. However, you may not have carefully examined her examination report.

”If you had looked closely, you would have found that Feng Su’s problems with uterine cavity erosion and adhesions are no less severe than the tumor.

”If we don’t address the erosion and adhesion issues while treating the tumor, her hope of preserving her fertility will ultimately be in vain.”

After Du Heng finished speaking, he paused briefly. ”We were just discussing that the general principle of treatment is ’nourishing the positive and clearing the accumulation.’ What’s the purpose of ’nourishing the positive’? Furthermore, the last two steps are ’clearing heat and detoxification’ and ’resolving stasis and stopping bleeding.’ These two steps aren’t solely aimed at the tumor.

”Why did I ask you to be aware of profuse vaginal bleeding? It’s because of the erosion and adhesions in the uterine cavity. If we were simply treating the tumor, this kind of severe vaginal bleeding would be unlikely to occur.”

”Can’t we treat them separately?” the female doctor asked in confusion. ”For example, treat the erosion and adhesion problems first, and then the tumor? Wouldn’t that significantly reduce the risk?”

Hearing the female doctor’s question, Du Heng shook his head and said straightforwardly, ”You’ve been in your previous department for too long and are too deeply influenced by Western medicine. Your approach has become one of ’treating the head for a headache and the foot for foot pain,’ focusing on isolated symptoms.

”But that’s not the treatment philosophy of traditional Chinese medicine.

”When you were in school, your traditional Chinese medicine theory teacher should have taught you that traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes holism in treating diseases.”

Du Heng faced the female doctor directly and spoke very seriously. ”Let’s take Feng Su’s case again. Treating both the tumor and the uterine cavity erosion requires methods like ’clearing heat and detoxification’ and ’expelling pus and blood.’

”However, treating erosion alone absolutely doesn’t require such a large dosage as we’re using now. If the dosage were reduced, the medication would still affect the tumor, but not substantially—it would be like merely scratching an itch.

”For instance, imagine the tumor is a robber and the erosion is a thief, both trapped in a building by the police. The police keep coming and going, constantly searching, but their sole aim is to catch the thief, ignoring the robber. What do you think the robber would do?”

The female doctor’s expression was wooden. Hearing Du Heng’s question, she responded, ”Either flee or prepare for a desperate fight.”

Du Heng nodded slightly. ”You’re right, but there is a third scenario: taking hostages.

”Applying this scenario to the tumor, it means the daily medication would stimulate it without causing substantial harm. This stimulation would accelerate its development, spread, or even metastasis.

”By the time the uterine cavity erosion and adhesions are healed, the tumor would be prepared, possibly having grown several times larger due to the stimulation. At that point, forget preserving fertility; her very survival would be in question.”

Du Heng paused for a moment. ”The best approach now is undoubtedly to deliver a decisive blow to this ’robber’ tumor, and in the process, also handle the erosion, that ’petty thief.’

”Although there will be some damage, I can use the medicinal bath to remedy it and minimize the losses.

”Although uterine cavity erosion and adhesions are nasty and troublesome, their destructive power and the difficulty in treating them are less than one ten-thousandth of the tumor’s.”

This time, the female doctor said no more. She took the prescription and left the consultation room.

Just as the female doctor stepped out, Du Heng was preparing to pack up and leave, but another male doctor walked in.

”Dean, several patients are asking when you’ll be available for outpatient service?”

”What is it?” Du Heng had just been about to pack up and leave, but he stopped what he was doing upon hearing this.

”It’s those elderly patients you examined last week. They used the medication you prescribed and said it was very effective. They’re back today specifically to see you. And they’ve also brought some other patients who want you to see them.”