I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 208 - 177: The Decade-Long Medical Academic Scam

The harm that Western medicine does to your liver and kidneys is considerable. Many doctors actually know about the problems caused by long-term medication because these drugs already have their side effects clearly listed on their packaging.

Many doctors, when prescribing antihypertensive drugs, will also clearly tell you that this stuff has side effects.

But when you have high blood pressure, you can only take this medicine, there's no other choice.

So, even if you know there are side effects, you are still powerless. You just have to wait until you've taken enough and developed other diseases, then take other medicines.

Is Alzheimer's disease caused by medication?

Many people will tell you no.

Lu Jiu couldn't give a definitive answer either, but this old man's kidney essence deficiency wasn't caused by an illness.

What disease can relentlessly deplete a person's kidney essence for years?

"Is he still taking it now?" Lu Jiu asked.

"Yes, my dad now doesn't even remember to take his medicine, he forgets every now and then, so my brother and I take turns taking care of him, watching him take his medicine to feel at ease. And it's not just the antihypertensive medication, he also takes huperzine A for treating Alzheimer's. In recent years, my dad also has coronary artery disease, and the medicines at home are almost piling up like mountains. Each time I make my dad take his medicine, it's like going to war," Kang Peng said with a bitter face.

You can tell.

Lu Jiu knew that this old man's heart wasn't doing well when he took his pulse.

No wonder, having to feed him so many medicines every day, it's strange if the liver and kidneys can handle it. If the liver and kidneys are damaged, how can the heart run away?

"Huperzine A? Stop taking that, it's useless," Lu Jiu said.

"Huh? But the doctor said this medicine is for treating Alzheimer's disease." Kang Peng said puzzled.

"That doctor probably didn't tell you. Last year, it was revealed internationally that the first author to identify the cause of Alzheimer's disease, also known as Alzheimer's, was suspected of falsifying his papers. It's been about sixteen or seventeen years since then, so all the medications developed from his research are fake. Taking them not only doesn't help but causes considerable harm to the body," Lu Jiu said.

This matter, in fact, was something Lu Jiu also saw while working at the hospital.

At the time, everyone in the hospital was discussing this topic.

The cause was a deep investigation report titled "A Stain on the Scientific Community," published by Science magazine, pointing out that a foundational paper from 16 years ago in the field of Alzheimer's disease was suspected of being fraudulent. Not only that, but the first author of that paper, Sylvain Lesné from the Yingdi University of Minnesota, was accused of academic misconduct in more than 20 papers.

His most important paper provided strong support for the mainstream hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease, the "β-amyloid hypothesis," resulting in countless subsequent studies using his hypothesis for verification. To this day, that paper has been cited over 2300 times, and all Alzheimer's medications developed by pharmaceutical companies are based on the β-amyloid hypothesis.

Along with the continual increase in Alzheimer's patients and the immense market demand, the World Alzheimer's Disease Report indicates that as human life expectancy increases, globally, about one person is diagnosed with Alzheimer's every three seconds. It is expected that by 2050, the number of Alzheimer's disease patients will increase to 152 million.

With such a huge market space and a rigid demand, pharmaceutical giants are plunging into the field of drug research and development.

But until today, there is absolutely no specific drug that can cure Alzheimer's disease. Over the past twenty years, more than a hundred new drugs have been developed and failed, with a clinical failure rate of 97.3%, regarded as an "abyss" of the industry.

This neurologist? He garnered over hundreds of billions in investments and earned countless medical-related awards.

As for whether he was sanctioned, Lu Jiu had no way of knowing.

In short, all the medications presently on the market claiming to treat Alzheimer's are useless.

This is beyond doubt.

"Huh? Why didn't they tell me, my dad has been taking it for years!" Kang Peng was somewhat angry.

Lu Jiu said, "You can't blame him either. This information only came out last year."

"So what should we do now, Dr. Lu?" Kang Peng seemed a bit anxious, and his brother Kang Xuan was also nervously watching Lu Jiu.

It's hard not to be angry as a son, knowing that your dad has been taking fake medicine for years for no reason.

But they have no other options, and as Lu Jiu said, it's not the doctor's fault either because they didn't make the medicine.

"Given your dad's current condition, the best advice I can offer is to stop any medicine that isn't necessary. The huperzine A you mentioned can be completely stopped. As for the heart disease medication that hasn't been taken for long, I can try to gradually get your dad off it through treatment, and then figure out a way to solve the antihypertensive medication issue. As you've mentioned, your dad has been on this medication for over thirty years, and you understand well without my saying how deeply the disease accumulates under continuous antihypertensive therapy. To adjust everything to perfect health is impossible, I can only say I'll try my best to prevent the further deterioration of your dad's condition. As for whether his Alzheimer's can improve, I can't guarantee." Lu Jiu said.

When the Five Viscera are all damaged, and the Kidney Essence is deficient, it has severely exhausted the innate condition.

Moreover, given the elderly's age, the function of the Spleen and Stomach isn't good. Even if it is adjusted, the circulation of Qi and blood isn't as fast as in young people.

Without sufficient nutrition in the body, even the potency of the medication can't be realized, leaving Lu Jiu to resolve the side effects brought on by Western medicine.

The complexity of this issue is no less than cancer, or more accurately, it is more complex than cancer.

Many cancer patients have clear minds, and as long as they restore their Gastric Qi, maintaining normal Spleen and Stomach function and ensuring the patient's voluntary intake of food to sustain the Qi and blood supply to the Five Viscera, at least there's a direction to adjust.

For Alzheimer's patients, their perception is already unclear. Sometimes they even forget if they have eaten and can't tell if they're hungry, basically having lost part of their sensory capacity by then.

But luckily, this old man still retains mobility. Once reaching a late stage and losing all ability, that's when it's really troublesome.

At least for Lu Jiu, he wouldn't have any solutions by then.

"Dr. Lu, is that the only option?" Kang Xuan, with a look of expectation, clearly felt Lu Jiu had more capacity than he disclosed. Having observed for so long, he completely trusted Lu Jiu's medical skills. Then why is it that this Alzheimer's disease, which only causes memory loss, is hard to cure, when cancer, a life-threatening disease, seems manageable? "Don't they all say you can cure cancer? This illness shouldn't be that difficult for you."

Lu Jiu gave a helpless smile, "The difficulty of an illness isn't judged like this. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, treating an illness depends on whether the body's balance can be restored. If it can, then regardless of whether it's a terminal illness or not, there is treatment. If not, then even a minor illness can be beyond help."

"Cancer is certainly feared, but as long as Traditional Chinese Medicine can adjust the balance of the Five Viscera well, even with cancer cells present, the patient's life won't be affected, making them no different from normal people. Conversely, although Alzheimer's disease isn't fatal, if the Five Viscera can't be balanced, then there is nothing that can be done about it."

"Your dad has been on medication for too long, the drugs have replaced kidney function, and the kidneys are severely depleted. Added to this, your dad had kidney stones at one time, and given his senior age now, it's very hard to tone up the kidneys, let alone adjusting the balance of the Five Viscera. Under this situation, being able to alleviate the harm medication does to your dad is already a great effort; to further progress or to cure your dad is to overestimate my abilities."

Even knowing about the kidney stones?

Kang Xuan was presently too astonished to speak even half a word.

From Lu Jiu's words, he heard two words.

Sincerity!

But this response somewhat let him down.

Kang Peng patted Kang Xuan on the shoulder, earnestly looked at Lu Jiu and said, "Dr. Lu, we understand your intention, this illness indeed is very hard to cure. I understand, we're already grateful for your trying. As long as my dad's condition doesn't worsen, we have no further expectations."

Before the two brothers came, they never thought Lu Jiu could cure him, just stirred by how impressive Lu Jiu was during the consultation, the inner feelings surfaced a bit. After listening to Lu Jiu's words, even without a medical background, Kang Peng understood the meaning behind Lu Jiu's words.

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