The fattest doctors in the hospital are not surgeons or orthopedics doctors, but oncologists. They receive generous kickbacks and have no medical disputes.
Anyway, the patient died because he was terminally ill and there was no way to save him. The family members could accept it and then go home crying to take care of the funeral.
If the disease is cured, then you will be a miracle doctor and red envelopes and banners will fly all over the place.
Those fraudulent hospitals or doctors take advantage of the desperate mentality of cancer patients or their families and make a fortune.
There are 5 million new cancer patients in China every year. Globally, the number reaches 20 million per year. Adding the existing patients, this creates a huge medical market.
Every year, the world's medical expenditure on cancer treatment reaches trillions of dollars. This is a huge piece of cake. Whoever is qualified to sit at the table and share a piece will be very satisfied.
Another one is hepatitis B
In terms of the number of patients, there are more than 100 million hepatitis B patients in China alone, accounting for almost 10% of the total population, which is a very exaggerated number.
If this scope is expanded to the whole world, there are 350 million hepatitis B patients in the world.
Hepatitis B is not scary. What is scary is that hepatitis B will develop into cirrhosis and finally liver cancer. This is the so-called hepatitis B trilogy.
Therefore, the market for hepatitis B treatment reaches hundreds of billions of dollars every year around the world, which is another huge market.
The key is that traditional Chinese medicine has certain therapeutic effects on certain tumors or hepatitis B, and plays an important auxiliary therapeutic role.
Then it would be possible to find a drug that could cure hepatitis B or tumors from these prescriptions or Chinese medicinal materials.
There are more than 1,000 types of malignant tumors in the human body.
If I really spend $500 million, it doesn't have to be much. As long as I can invent a specific drug that can treat a certain type of cancer, I will make a lot of money.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi felt more and more that he was too smart and had great vision.
Several old men saw that the young apprentice was in a daze, so they all chuckled.
Mr. Shi kicked him and said, "I'm asking you, which direction are you going to study?"
Lin Sanqi was full of confidence at this time: "There are two main areas. One is hepatitis, specifically hepatitis B. The other is malignant tumors, that is, cancer."
Mr. Xiao frowned as he drank his wine.
"You're quite ambitious, little fellow! Both of these diseases are incurable. Currently, Chinese medicine can only alleviate the symptoms but cannot completely cure them. Does that mean Western medicine can do that?"
Lin Sanqi thought that Western medicine could indeed cure certain tumors, such as carcinoma in situ or primary mild to moderate cancers.
For example, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, etc. can almost be cured by surgically removing the diseased area.
But cancer is fatal. There are almost no symptoms in the early stages, and by the time the symptoms become serious, it is often already in the middle or late stages, and surgery is no longer indicated.
Even if you insist on having surgery, you can only do some "palliative surgery", and the disease will relapse or metastasize after a period of time.
At this time, Mr. Jiang Zonghui also interrupted:
"Even if you want to conquer cancer, there are so many different types of cancer. It's not right to do this needle-in-a-haystack research. Even a national organization wouldn't be able to do this kind of research. It would cost too much money, and there's no guarantee of success."
Mr. Shi nodded slightly:
"Yes, just like in war, if you have limited forces, dividing them is a big taboo. So you'd better find a main attack direction and go all out. If you need our advice, we can also help you target your troops."
Lin Sanqi thought about it and realized that he was just afraid that those intellectuals would embezzle his money.
If I say I want to research traditional Chinese medicine treatments for malignant tumors, then with over a thousand different types of malignant tumors, I'll have to set up over a thousand project teams. How long will it take to sustain that $500 million?
"Then, Masters, what do you think I should study first?"
This made all the old men fall into silence and start thinking.
On the contrary, Mr. Ren, who was lying on the kang, laughed:
"Xiao Qi, let me give you a suggestion. Focus on the liver!"
"liver?"
Everyone in the room came to their senses, and saw Mr. Ren continue to say:
"I have liver disease. Using your words, I don't know what type of liver disease it is, because we in Traditional Chinese Medicine don't classify liver disease. And I also don't know what stage of liver disease I'm in right now.
Because we Chinese medicine practitioners don't have auxiliary examinations, I only know that I now have malignant ascites. Although I have used several prescriptions, the ascites is still more or less. I think this should be the stage of cirrhosis you mentioned.
If it were in the past, Xiaoqi, if you said that you wanted to reform traditional Chinese medicine and make it adapt to the modern medical system, I would definitely not agree.
I've been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine for generations, starting at age 6. I'm 86 now, and if you want to change me, I definitely won't agree. But now I'm dying, and even the dying speak kindly.
For someone like me now, I know that liver disease can lead to a chaotic death. So I support you in trying to see if you can change Chinese medicine and restore its legitimacy.
Lin Sanqi felt bad when he heard this. In fact, he had already performed an ultrasound on Mr. Ren.
The old man now not only has cirrhosis of the liver, but has also developed liver cancer.
The so-called liver cancer is also the king of the liver. Once it is discovered, its life cycle is almost calculated in days. For someone like Mr. Ren, there is no need for treatment, so he did not take any further action.
Mr. Shi also nodded at this time:
"Treating liver disease is a good idea. Generally speaking, the most common diseases are lung and liver. Pneumonia isn't a terminal illness these days as long as we have penicillin. And you've conquered the most difficult form of tuberculosis."
The only thing left is liver disease. Although I don't know how to classify and determine the hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C you mentioned, I know that there are a lot of liver diseases in our country, and they are also incurable diseases.
For example, Mr. Sun came to Beijing in 1925 to take charge of the work, but due to liver disease, he could no longer maintain his health. Youlong and I both went to see Mr. Sun that year."
Old man Xiao Youlong, who was sitting on the side, also nodded. As the four famous doctors in Peking, these two men had witnessed the life and death of too many historical celebrities.
Mr. Shi continued in his unhurried tone:
"When we met Mr. Sun, his whole body was swollen, his stomach was full of ascites, his face was dark, and he was in the same condition as Brother Ren is now.
At the time, I concluded that Mr. Sun was beyond help and that he should stop struggling and return to Nanjing or his hometown of Xiangshan County as soon as possible. However, his entourage was unwilling to give in, so they admitted him to Union Hospital again.
Union Hospital prepared for emergency surgery. When they opened the abdominal cavity, they saw that the liver was as hard as wood and pus had penetrated into other parts of the body. This was an obvious symptom of late-stage cirrhosis.
In the end, they had no choice but to close the abdominal cavity and end the operation. But after all this, Mr. Sun could have lived for a few more months, but he died in Peking, without even the chance to return to the south.
It's not just Mr. Sun, even many of our current leaders have liver disease.
So, Xiao Qi, if you can find a drug or treatment to cure liver disease, it will definitely save countless lives. Similarly, it can also create incredible wealth for your Lin family.
Mr. Xiao also spoke at this time:
"Liver disease, according to your Western medical explanation, can be divided into three categories: hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. This is a large branch of medicine, and each school has its own secret formula for different symptoms of liver disease. So, I'll give you a prescription that's very effective in treating jaundice."
When Pan Ye heard this, he immediately set up a small table on the kang and took out paper and pen.
Old Master Xiao quickly wrote out a prescription:
"This prescription is called Daifan Quhuang Powder. I've even written down the instructions and dosage, along with some precautions, for your reference."
When Mr. Ren on the hospital bed heard this, he burst into laughter:
"Speaking of liver disease, I'm not bragging when I say that no one can surpass me. After all, I'm a family man who knows my own business, so I've been studying liver disease for a long time. Xiaoqi, among the ancient books I gave you last time, there are several very valuable books.
One is "On the Principles of Organ Qi and Time", one is "On the Liver Regulation of Taiping Shenghui Fang", and the other is "On the Treatment of Lingtai Jingfang". These three books are the only copies that I have collected with great difficulty.
I've discovered five prescriptions from these three ancient medical books. I'll dictate them to you, Xiao Yezi, and you write them down. They are Yinchen Wuling Powder, Huagan Jiedu Decoction, Shugan Xiaoji Pills, Jijiao Lihuang Decoction, and Guzhang Xiaoshui Pills..." (End of this chapter)
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