Chapter 2157 Just Understand

Shi Changqing smiled and shook his head. "No."

Although Duva was full of doubts, he still completely trusted Shi Changqing. Since Shi Changqing said it wasn't true, then it definitely wasn't true.

He looked at Pi Yangyang with some doubt and asked, "I know that traditional Chinese medicine has four skills: observation, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation. Although I don't quite understand them, Mr. Pi, you were able to accurately diagnose my condition without doing anything. How did you do that?"

Pi Yangyang said, "You just mentioned the four skills of traditional Chinese medicine. The first one is the art of observing qi. Simply put, it is the ability to accurately determine a person's illness by observing their complexion, breathing, skin color, and changes in facial features."

"That's amazing?" Dova's face was full of disbelief. "You can diagnose my illness with just one look?"

Pi Yangyang shrugged. "Didn't I just say that? You can judge for yourself."

"Yes, that's absolutely right." Dova's spirits suddenly lifted, and his previously dull eyes began to shine.

He began to believe Shi Changqing's introduction; this young man in front of him might indeed be a master of medicine.

"Mr. Dova, when you went to the hospital for checkups and treatment, did they say that you had a problem with your lungs? Every time it flares up, you have to be hospitalized for at least half a month, with all sorts of IV drips being poured into your body all day long?"

“Yes!” Dova nodded. “That’s right. They said my lung problem is very serious and I have to rely on medication to control it. In addition to having to go to the hospital when it flares up, I also have to take many kinds of medicine at home, as well as some inhalers… The first two or three years were fine, but as time goes on, these medicines are becoming less and less effective.”

"That's because your body has developed a resistance to the medication," Pi Yangyang said calmly. "Moreover, the drugs they injected you with contained a considerable amount of hormones. If I'm not mistaken, you weren't this overweight before you got sick, were you?"

“No, I was at least 50 pounds lighter back then!” Dova seemed a little distressed. “With this disease, I couldn’t exercise, and I gained weight very quickly.”

Pi Yangyang shook his head, "It can't be entirely blamed on the lack of exercise; it's mainly the effect of those hormones..."

Dova said with distress, "I know that too, but if I don't use the medication, sometimes I feel like I'm drowning, and I can't breathe at all. That feeling is truly worse than death."

Shi Changqing looked at Pi Yangyang and asked, "Mr. Pi, is there any way to treat his condition?"

Pi Yangyang nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course."

Dova's eyes lit up, and he looked at Pi Yangyang with hope, asking, "Mr. Pi, is it true?"

Pi Yangyang took out his needle case from his body, opened it slowly, revealing eighteen gold and silver needles inside.

"Western medicine treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and can only control your condition in the short term. Their typical approach is to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. However, a person's condition often cannot be judged solely by its appearance."

Pi Yangyang slowly spoke as he picked out a gold needle.

"The five internal organs of the human body correspond to the five elements, which are mutually generating and mutually restraining. If we only look at the appearance, we often cannot find the root cause of the disease, and therefore cannot truly cure the disease."

Dova seemed to understand but not quite, yet vaguely felt that it made a lot of sense.

"So, Western medicine often cures your lungs, but then your liver develops problems because of the medications they use. At this point, their approach is to treat your liver, but then your kidneys start to fail... This cycle repeats itself, and your internal organs are constantly subjected to the relentless torment of these medications, eventually causing your body to collapse..."

Hearing this, Dova nodded. "That's really true. To treat my illness, they prescribed a whole bunch of liver-protecting and kidney-protecting drugs. Sometimes I really find it very inexplicable."

Pi Yangyang smiled slightly, "Traditional Chinese medicine is different. It emphasizes finding the root cause of the disease and treating it accordingly. Only in this way can the disease be completely eradicated and the patient's body be restored."

Dova became somewhat excited. He looked at the gold needles in Pi Yangyang's hand and asked, "Mr. Pi, will you treat me now?"

“Yes, please take off your outer clothes. I will start acupuncture for you now,” Pi Yangyang replied. “However, we may not have the medicinal herbs I need here. To fully cure you, we may have to wait until I return to China and prepare the necessary herbs for you.”

“Okay, as long as my illness can be cured, I can go to China to find Mr. Pi.”

Having suffered from illness for a long time, Dova was already overwhelmed. Knowing that there was still hope for a cure, he would do anything for her.

He immediately took off his clothes and lay down on the sofa as Pi Yangyang had asked.

Pi Yangyang inserted a needle into three acupoints: "Pishu" on his body, and "Zusanli" and "Sanyinjiao" on both legs.

While inserting the needles, he secretly channeled his internal energy and spiritual energy into the patient's body through the golden needles.

After inserting the five gold needles, he flicked the ends of each needle and said, "Hold on for fifteen minutes."

Dova remained completely still.

Just as the gold needles were inserted into his body, he clearly felt a warm current seeping into his skin from the gold needles and spreading towards his abdomen.

This feeling made him feel incredibly comfortable.

"Your symptoms are superficial in the lungs, but the underlying cause is in the spleen. Spleen deficiency leads to insufficient lung qi, which causes your symptoms. Once the spleen is healthy, the qi will be sufficient, and the lung deficiency will naturally subside."

Pi Yangyang said slowly as he was applying the needles.

It's unclear whether Dova understood what he was saying, but he smiled and looked extremely comfortable.

Shi Changqing exclaimed in amazement, "I've really learned something new today. In the past, when I was sick, I would just treat the head when it hurts and the foot when it hurts. Who would have thought about the difference between symptoms and the underlying cause? It seems that medicine is indeed profound and complex. No wonder it's so difficult for traditional Chinese medicine to produce masters."

Pi Yangyang didn't say anything more.

Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners rarely produce masters, but someone like him is almost impossible to find.

If he hadn't possessed the Nine Profound Jade Purity Technique, he wouldn't have been able to truly cure so many intractable diseases.

However, this is his secret, and it's impossible for him to reveal it.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly. Pi Yangyang removed the acupuncture needles, placed his left hand on Duwa's back, gently massaged it three times, and then said, "That's enough. Feel it, does it feel a little easier?"

Dova got up, dressed, swung his arms vigorously, walked around the room quickly a few times, and then exclaimed in surprise, "It's amazing! I feel so much better now!"

Shi Changqing stood up in surprise and asked him, "Mr. Dova, do you really feel more relaxed?"

"I can clearly feel that my breathing is much stronger now than before, and I'm not as tired as I used to be."

Dova was overjoyed, as if he had found a treasure.

Pi Yangyang smiled and said, "I might be in Karakorum for the next few days. If I don't return to China, I'll give you another treatment in three days."

Dova bowed deeply to Pi Yangyang and said gratefully, "Mr. Pi, thank you very much. If you need any help in Karl, please let me know, and I will do my best to help."

Pi Yangyang looked at Shi Changqing, as if asking him whether they should reveal the purpose of their visit to Karl.

Shi Changqing shook his head slightly, reached out and shook hands with Duva, and said calmly, "Mr. Duva, we are friends, and I am happy that you are getting better. Mr. Pi will indeed be staying in Karl for the next few days, and I think you will have another chance to meet."

"Alright, I'll go see Mr. Pi in three days. If Mr. Pi returns to China, please let me know."

Dova clasped his hands together, as if making a plea.

Pi Yangyang nodded, "No problem."

"Mr. Pi, how much is the consultation fee?" Dova asked again.

Pi Yangyang waved his hand, "You're Mr. Shi's friend, so let's forget about the consultation fee. Isn't this a sign of friendship between our two countries?"

Dova laughed and said, "Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Shi Changqing and Pi Yangyang bid farewell to Duwa and returned to their hotel.

"Mr. Pi, you must have found it a little strange that I didn't tell Dova the purpose of your visit earlier, right?"

"In the car," Shi Changqing said.

Pi Yangyang smiled and said, "I understand what Mr. Shi means. If we had said it in front of him just now, it would have made us seem like we had ulterior motives. I don't approve of this kind of opportunistic behavior, so you are right."

Shi Changqing smiled happily, "It's good that Mr. Pi understands. Don't worry, Dova will definitely participate in this negotiation..."