As it was getting close to getting off work, Yu Zhiming once again met the drug king, Mr. Liu Ji Ri, and his patient Fang Xiaoman.
As Mr. Liu opened a small 10 ml bottle, a fishy smell drifted into Yu Zhiming's nostrils.
Yu Zhiming felt nauseous and his heart beat faster. He took a big step away from Mr. Liu.
"Mr. Liu, is this the medicine? What toxic substances are added to it? Why does it smell so strong?"
Elder Liu softly explained, "It's mainly scorpion venom, with a small amount of bee venom and a slight amount of some kind of snake venom."
"Of course, the main thing is to mix these toxins and use various medicinal herbs to stimulate their effects."
Yu Zhiming just grinned.
It really is the king of poisons. It dares to mix scorpion venom, bee venom, and snake venom.
Elder Liu continued, "This bottle contains one-thirtieth of a dose. Doctor Yu, please check the body's reaction after taking it."
After a pause, Elder Liu further explained, "After taking this medicine, it will quickly stimulate and paralyze the heart. Doctor Yu, you need to pay close attention to it."
"Also, this medicine will affect the liver and kidneys, but the effects are mild and long-lasting, so you'll need to pay some attention, Doctor Yu."
Yu Zhiming nodded.
After Mr. Liu finished his instructions, he handed the small bottle of medicine to Fang Xiaoman.
Fang Xiaoman took the medicine bottle, stared at it and prepared herself mentally, then closed her eyes, raised her neck, and drank the medicine in the bottle.
The next moment, Yu Zhiming saw that Fang Xiaoman's facial features were squeezed together uncomfortably.
Immediately afterwards, Fang Xiaoman covered her mouth and vomited twice.
However, she also knew that she must not vomit, so she forced herself to hold it back.
But Yu Zhiming couldn't bear to see her trying to endure the pain, so he quickly took out a piece of dark chocolate from his white coat pocket and handed it to her.
Fang Xiaoman first looked at Mr. Liu, and seeing that he had no objection, she swiftly reached out to take it, tore open the package, took a big bite, and a lively expression appeared on her face again.
After taking a bite of the chocolate, Fang Xiaoman didn't eat any more. She put the chocolate away, thanked Yu Zhiming, and then lay down on the examination bed.
Yu Zhiming began to examine her body...
Fang Xiaoman's heart rate rose rapidly, from 80 to 117 in just two minutes.
At the same time, her body temperature quickly soared to 39 degrees, her face flushed unnaturally, and her body began to twist and turn because of discomfort.
Yu Zhiming checked Fang Xiaoman's liver and kidneys again. Apart from the fact that her body temperature had soared, which had increased the activity of her liver and kidneys, he found no other abnormalities.
He focused his investigation on the heart again.
After a while, Yu Zhiming was surprised to find that Fang Xiaoman's heart rate was dropping rapidly.
110…100…90…80…70…60…
Yu Zhiming had a feeling that his heart was stuck in a swamp and he could not walk anymore.
He looked at Old Liu and heard him explain, without any surprise, "This is the paralysis effect taking effect."
"During my treatment, my heartbeat will reach both extremes, which can easily overwhelm my heart..."
According to Mr. Liu's introduction, Fang Xiaoman's heart rate once reached an extremely low level of 47.
However, the heart rate soon bottomed out, climbed to 64, and temporarily stabilized.
At the same time, Fang Xiaoman's performance also stabilized. She no longer twisted and turned uncomfortably and endured it.
But her body temperature still remained around 39.
Elder Liu knew that the intense drug reaction period had passed, and asked with concern, "Doctor Yu, have you found out the maximum dosage she can tolerate?"
Yu Zhiming did not respond, but closed his eyes and thought.
Seeing Yu Zhiming's expression, Mr. Liu did not urge him and waited silently beside him.
It was five or six minutes later that Yu Zhiming opened his eyes and withdrew his exploring hands from Fang Xiaoman.
Yu Zhiming met Mr. Liu's gaze and said thoughtfully, "Mr. Liu, I have a feeling that your treatment is somewhat similar to the CAR-T treatment we use for cancer patients."
"CAR-T therapy involves injecting cancer cells into the patient's body. These cells use the patient's body as a battlefield, strangling cancer cells in the blood, lymph, and solid tissues. Once all the cancer cells are killed or the cancer cells are used up, the battle is over."
"The patient's body temperature has also dropped."
"Mr. Liu, your treatment..."
Yu Zhiming organized his words and said slowly, "It uses toxins as a trigger to stimulate the body's autoimmune response and correct lupus erythematosus."
"This process involves a fierce battle between toxins and the human immune system, which also induces high body temperature."
"I personally believe that the key to this process is not that the human immune system defeats the toxin, nor that the toxin defeats the body's own immunity, but that in the process of fighting between the two, the part of the autoimmune system that causes lupus is strangled or corrected."
At this time, Fang Xiaoman interrupted and said, "It's like the boss and the second in command fighting in the mall, and the third in command disappears as a result?"
Yu Zhiming was slightly startled and said, "Well, our goal is to make the third brother disappear. However, you are right, it is indeed through the fight between the eldest and the second brother."
Old Liu frowned and paced back and forth in the examination room.
"Doctor Yu, what you said sounds reasonable, but it is very different from my dialectical logic of treatment."
"According to your theory, I shouldn't pursue the medicinal properties and potency all at once. Instead, I should maintain an appropriate dosage and continuously output the medicine to keep the two fighting each other. In this process, I can maximize my chances of eliminating the third brother."
Fang Xiaoman interrupted again, "I think what Doctor Yu said makes sense. We can give it a try."
Old Liu glared at her and said, "You don't understand anything. Stop butting in and stay away."
Fang Xiaoman, who was criticized, pouted, sat on the examination bed, took out the uneaten chocolate, and started eating it in small bites.
Yu Zhiming looked at the two of them and asked, "Are you not just an ordinary doctor and patient?"
Fang Xiaoman hummed and introduced, "We are relatives. I want to call Old Liu grandpa, not a real grandpa, but the kind who is three generations old."
Elder Liu sighed and said, "Doctor Yu, the reason why our Liu family has made great achievements in the treatment of lupus erythematosus is because there are many people in our family who suffer from lupus erythematosus."
Yu Zhiming let out a soft "oh" as he understood clearly.
Lupus erythematosus has a significant genetic factor and its onset tends to cluster in families.
The incidence rate of patients' relatives is significantly higher than that of the general population.
It seems that just as the Jingcheng Chu family has made great achievements in heart research, the Liu family's research on lupus erythematosus is also driven by internal factors and is full of motivation.
Dr. Liu continued, "She went abroad to live with her parents ten years ago. Her parents are big believers in Western medicine, and after being diagnosed with lupus, she's been receiving treatment abroad. However, the treatment wasn't effective, so she had no choice but to come to me."
After a pause, he said solemnly, "Doctor Yu, I need to think carefully about your judgment."
"I'll come back to you when I figure it out..."
After seeing off Mr. Liu and Fang Xiaoman, Yu Zhiming returned to the big office and unexpectedly found Dr. Xiong Jing waiting for him.
Yu Zhiming didn't want to bother with this person.
Xiong Jing, however, acted flattering and spoke first, "Doctor Yu, I noticed that you seem to have some opinions about me, but what did I do wrong?"
"Doctor Yu, as long as you point it out, I will definitely change it."
Yu Zhiming snorted coldly and said, "It's not like I seem to, it's obvious that I have something against you."
"Doctor Xiong, do you know that if you don't want others to know, you should not do it yourself?"
Xiong looked completely bewildered and confused, and said anxiously, "Doctor Yu, if you have anything to say, please tell me directly. Even if you have to behead someone, you should let him die clearly, right?"
Yu Zhiming snorted again and said, "Alright, I'll let you die clearly. Don't cry out in injustice and say that I wronged you and bullied you."
After a pause, he said in a deep voice, "On Tuesday night, a teenager came to me with a fruit knife, shouting and threatening to kill me. He said I had killed his father and wanted me to pay for it."
"The boy's father..."
Yu Zhiming spoke slowly, "It was the patient who was supposed to receive a heart donor three or four weeks ago."
"Doctor Xiong, do you want me to continue?"
Xiong opened his mouth and looked at Yu Zhiming's disgusted expression, but couldn't say a word.
Yu Zhiming felt even more disgusted when he saw him like this, so he pushed the door and entered the soundproof office.
He packed up and prepared to leave work. When he left the office, he found that Xiong Jing was no longer there, but there was a plastic surgeon from Oriental Hospital, Dr. Tong Yu.
"Doctor Tong, do you have something to talk to me about?"
Tong Yu smiled and said, "Of course, no one would come here for no reason. It's about that little girl who came here through your connections."
"The wound on her face is deep and complex. To achieve the best plastic surgery results, I need to have a detailed understanding of the muscles and blood vessels in her face so that I can develop a meticulous and detailed surgical plan."
"Only you, Doctor Yu, can do this."
"Doctor Yu, you must be a good person to the end."
Yu Zhiming said depressedly: "I asked for trouble."
Tong Yu chuckled and said, "Doctor Yu, you are kind-hearted, compassionate, and responsible."
Yu Zhiming waved his hand and said, "Okay, stop flattering me. Let the girl come to me after get off work tomorrow."
"Okay!"
Tong Yu responded crisply like a little girl, and then said, "Doctor Yu, I have something else to ask of you."
"explain!"
Tong Yu said: "Please give me a ginseng life-extending pill."
She explained: "A friend of mine was diagnosed with stage IV melanoma and also found out she was pregnant."
"Alas, she gave up treatment for the sake of her child."
"She is now seven months pregnant, but her health is very poor. I would like to ask for a ginseng life-extending pill to help her hold on for a while longer..."
(End of this chapter)
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