I Can Talk to the Internal Organs

Three days later.

New Era Square, Jinling City.

Dozens of cameras were set up at various angles in the square.

There were wide shots, medium shots, covering almost all areas, but of course, excluding the patients’ privacy.

At the same time, a bunch of social media influencers were camping here, holding phone stands, filming and chatting.

This collaborative treatment, under the media’s intentional guidance, spread quickly.

Everyone was particularly looking forward to this public collaborative treatment of diabetic foot, led by traditional Chinese medicine.

Because in everyone’s understanding, diabetic foot not only has life-threatening risks, but there is only one treatment method—amputation!

"Can traditional Chinese medicine really treat diabetic foot?"

"I don’t know, but since they’re doing a public collaborative treatment, there must be a way. Otherwise, wouldn’t they just be setting themselves up for failure with all this fanfare?"

"That’s true, but how does Chinese medicine treat diabetic foot? I’ve heard most people have to have amputations, either just a toe or the entire foot, with some even losing their lower legs. It’s terribly frightening."

"Can’t hospitals treat this?"

"They can, I guess. I have a relative with diabetic foot who seems to have to go to the hospital to stay for about a month every so often."

"Going to the hospital all the time means it’s not cured."

"Sigh, aren’t all hospitals like that? Diabetics need to be on medication for life, let alone diabetic foot, which is even scarier."

"Can Chinese medicine cure diabetes?"

"I saw online that some say Chinese medicine can treat diabetes, but I’ve never seen it happen in reality. All I see are people hyping Chinese medicine everywhere."

"Have you ever gone to see a Chinese medicine practitioner?"

"No, why?"

"... Uh, nothing."

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In New Era Square, quite a few people had already gathered to watch.

Even after three years of the pandemic, not many people knew what contributions Chinese medicine had made during that time.

So, while curious about this public collaborative treatment by Chinese medicine, people also questioned if it was effective.

Time ticked by, and soon, several ambulances drove over from the distance.

Once the ambulances arrived, they started transporting patients one by one to the medical tents.

During the transportation, many managed to capture some shots of the patients’ legs and feet.

Especially some influencers, who zoomed in to get close-ups. When those ulcerated areas on the feet appeared on camera, they immediately made many netizens uncomfortable.

It was disgusting.

There were holes in the soles of the feet, with pus and blood.

Many netizens complained, asking the streamers not to do close-ups anymore, or they wouldn’t be able to eat breakfast.

However, because of these shots, most people also got a genuine look at the condition of the patients being brought in.

They’re serious!

"Streamer, I’m a bit curious, with this kind of livestream, will these patients be watched all the time? Doesn’t anyone care about privacy?"

"They must have signed agreements, just like when doctors in hospitals have to write papers on treatments for a certain illness. They would first communicate with the patients of that illness to see if they are willing to cooperate, and then the hospital might waive the medical fees."

"That makes sense. If it were me, as long as I don’t have to pay and the disease can be cured, being watched lying there doesn’t matter."

"It’s fine during the day, probably not at night. And even if there are cameras, they’ll likely be zoomed in during treatment. Official livestreams surely avoid too many details, unlike how closely streamers film."

"Oh, look, they’re bringing stoves and herbal pots. Are they going to prepare traditional Chinese medicine on the spot?"

"..."

More and more patients and doctors arrived at the square.

Inside the medical tents, it soon became lively.

Chinese medicine isn’t that complicated, and this time acupuncture isn’t needed.

So, they just need to prepare herbal pots and stoves, and then bring in some traditional Chinese medicine each day.

Oh, and they need to prepare several foot basins too.

Throughout the whole day, the medical tents in the square were filled with patients.

In fact, there were far more patients than that.

When the hospital proposed that participating patients would have their medical fees reduced for cooperating with this collaborative treatment event, many patients agreed without hesitation.

After all, they’re not the only ones being filmed, and under normal circumstances, many of them might never get on TV in their lives.

Taking this opportunity not only to cure the illness, spend less money, but also to get a chance to be on TV.

Who would refuse?

So, this batch of patients today was only the first group, and many more patients had signed agreements for later.

Once all the patients were settled, the traditional Chinese medicine practitioners from various hospitals started using Lu Jiu’s internal and external treatment methods, having the patients take medicine and soak their feet.

Meanwhile, on major online video platforms, everyone started scrambling to report on this event.

Official self-media from various cities, without any promotional notification, spontaneously collected online videos and republished them on their accounts.

Thus, hundreds of media outlets online simultaneously made noise, instantly pushing this large-scale Chinese medicine collaborative treatment event in Jinling City to the trending searches.

Curious, many people flocked to Jinling TV Station’s official livestream room to watch the broadcast.

Of course, with a lot of people comes arguments.

Especially with Chinese medicine as it is inherently a heated topic.

Some people praise it, some criticize it, and some stand in a neutral position, pleasing neither side.

But this argument only fueled the hype even more.

Many forums were swept up in heated discussions about whether Chinese medicine can treat diabetic foot.

At the forefront was Zhihu.

Under this question, many well-known medical bloggers on Zhihu had already started writing lengthy discussions.

Things like how Chinese medicine hasn’t undergone double-blind experiments, how there’s yet to be a case where Chinese medicine has cured diabetic foot—it was just citing various sources, reeling off data, with English terms popping up everywhere.

The entire response could be summed up in two words.

Professional!

The subsequent comments were similar, almost denouncing Chinese medicine as worthless in their words.

The online battle was continually fermenting, though the reality was quite calm.

At least in Jinling City, major hospitals were still operating as usual.

For most doctors, the Chinese medicine collaborative treatment had nothing to do with them.

In fact, many Western medicine practitioners applauded it.

After all, everyone is just an employee. If Chinese medicine can take on some of the pressure, why not?

The ones truly worried are those who want to profit from disease.

Once Chinese medicine can carve out a niche in the diabetes field, it would undoubtedly cut off the income for those who already have a stake in the pie.

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