Journey to the West: The Mysterious Doctor - Starting with a Heart Transplant for Princess Sizi

The condition of Eucommia ulmoides is very bad.

She seems even more bloated than before, and only a short while has it been?

His face was reddish-purple, clearly indicating that his airway was blocked and he was suffocating.

Zhang Zhao leaped forward, grabbed the tongue depressor, and pressed it down.

A tongue depressor presses down on the back of the tongue. Because of its position, the back of the tongue usually doesn't require much force; a gentle push is usually enough to press it down.

Now, Zhang Zhao felt as if he was pressing not on the root of his tongue, but on a stone.

Du Zhong leaned back and began to gulp in air, making a loud whooshing sound, like an old bellows.

But Zhang Zhao frowned.

Interspersed among the heavy breathing, there was another sound. It was thin, somewhat high-pitched, with a metallic quality, like the wind trying to squeeze through an extremely narrow crack.

Wheezing in the respiratory tract?

There is only one cause of wheezing in the respiratory tract: narrowing of the airway.

Furthermore, the airway narrowing must be caused by external force, rather than airway mucosal hyperplasia caused by infection.

The cause of the narrowing of Eucommia ulmoides' airway is now obvious: swelling.

Clearly, the swelling of Eucommia ulmoides tissue is no longer limited to the skin and has begun to spread inward.

Swelling of the tissues surrounding the respiratory tract compresses the airway, producing wheezing. But what about swelling in other parts of the body?

Almost certainly.

Once it affects the internal organs, it will cause the failure of all organs in the body, and then death.

A tongue depressor is only a temporary measure; it won't last long, and the swelling will eventually subside.

The swelling is due to the presence of parasites, which must be removed. The question is, how to remove them?

This isn't a cyst like Xiao Qing's, which only requires incision and drainage; nor is it a digestive tract parasite, which only requires some deworming medication.

It is a systemic worm that exists in multiple tissues.

The worms under his skin were scattered, spreading from his right hand to his arm, to his shoulder and neck, to his face, to his torso, covering his entire body.

Zhang Zhao looked at his face, which was swollen beyond recognition, and the throbbing beneath his skin.

According to the "Insight" skill, this insect was originally a certain element in the human body, but after being activated, it became a deadly weapon.

It is ubiquitous in the human body, so how can it be so easily eliminated?

Furthermore, even if it could be eliminated, could the human body still survive after losing a certain element? Even if it could survive, it would likely suffer serious damage.

Treatment means death. Not treating also means death.

Since he was doomed either way, he decided to be bolder in his thinking.

Eucommia ulmoides is now swollen all over.

But let's not think of it as swelling all over the body, but rather as a systemic abscess, shall we?

How to treat a systemic abscess?

The answer is obvious: cut open and drain.

If there is pus, it must be drained; no matter what kind of pus it is, the principle is the same.

It's just a common abscess; you can just make an incision, and the pus will drain out on its own.

If you only open one opening, the insects may not be able to escape completely.

Then speak up more.

Since we're going to talk more, why not do it according to the meridians and acupoints?

It's not that it has any special effects, but the acupoints of the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians are all over the human body, so they are readily available targets, and there is no need to calculate how many distances to open acupoints.

Simple and convenient.

In the current environment, this is considered a significant surgery, and the patient's consent should be obtained.

Zhang Zhao glanced at Du Zhong and decided not to go through with it.

Now, he probably can't even make a "uh" sound.

The tongue depressor was still in his throat, and Du Zhong held it with one hand, not daring to let go.

"We'll start the treatment now. It'll hurt a bit, so bear with it," Zhang Zhao finally mentioned.

Du Zhong nodded, indicating that he understood, but inwardly he was almost wailing.

As his assistant, he knew that the level of pain Zhang Zhao described as "a little bit painful" was definitely enough to make someone die from the pain.

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The liquor, scalpel, and gauze had already been prepared. Now, the surgery begins.

Following the order of the meridian flow, the first one is the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin.

Starting from Yunmen, Zhongfu, Tianfu, Xiabai, Chize... all the way down, along the inside of the arm, to Lieque, Jingqu, Taiyuan, Yuji, Shaoshang.

The tip of the scalpel is wider and thicker than a silver needle, and it really hurts the moment it goes in.

When the first cut of Du Zhong landed on the Yunmen acupoint, his shoulder jerked upwards, letting out a muffled groan. He almost loosened the tongue depressor, so he quickly repositioned it, and tears immediately welled up in his eyes.

Zhang Zhao didn't stop; he followed up with a second and a third strike.

Every time a cut is made, the worms under the skin seem to be triggered by something, and the worms around that spot start to stir and swarm towards the opening.

The insects emitted a faint buzzing sound, it was hard to tell whether it was the sound of their bodies rubbing together or the sound of their mouthparts.

The sound was so clear that it sent a chill down Zhang Zhao's spine.

Stop thinking about it and keep going.

The last acupoint on the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin was cut open and cleaned. Zhang Zhao looked up.

Du Zhong's chest heaved slightly more evenly, and the wheezing was still there, but a little less.

It actually works?

Next up is the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian.

Shangyang, Erjian, Sanjian, Hegu, Yangxi...

This meridian runs from the fingers to the shoulders and neck, and finally up to the face, ending at the Yingxiang point next to the nostrils.

When Du Zhong cut the Hegu point, the most insects emerged from the back of his hand, covering the bed sheet in a thick layer as they slowly crawled towards the edge and then fell to the ground.

Zhang Zhao ignored it, carefully avoiding the insects' paths to prevent himself from getting them on him.

Once separated from the human body, the insect shrivels up and stops moving within moments.

It seems that, just like dealing with the worms in Xiao Qing's cyst, they cannot survive outside the human body.

This is good news.

Zhang Zhao stared intently at the tip of the knife, one point at a time, without stopping.

Time passed slowly, and apart from the occasional sound of a blade cutting into skin, the soft rustling of insects slipping through the cracks, and the increasingly suppressed groans of Eucommia ulmoides, there were no other sounds in the inner room.

After completing the process of the Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian, a large number of insects emerged from the temples and around the ears. The swelling on Du Zhong's shiny face finally began to subside, like a slowly deflated air sac.

Those slit eyes regained their shape.

Zhang Zhao didn't look up, but simply said:

"You can open your eyes now."

Du Zhong's eyes slowly widened. The first thing he did was look down at the dense cuts on his hands. He remained silent for a moment, then looked away and gazed elsewhere.

It felt like watching myself being slowly tortured to death; I dared not look closely.

The Bladder Meridian of Foot Taiyang is the longest, running from the top of the head to the little toe, with a section running along the spine—Eu Zhong had to lie down.

The movement of turning over aggravated the wound on his arm. He gasped, gritted his teeth and kept quiet, slowly leaning down to take the tongue depressor out of his mouth and place it against the pillow.

"The pressure on your trachea has eased, you can stop using it for now," Zhang Zhao said, adding, "But don't move around, it's not over yet."

Du Zhong buried his face in the pillow and made a muffled response.

After the acupoints on the back were cut, from Dazhu to Kunlun, the worms poured out from that row of neat little cuts and flowed down along both sides of the spine like two thin streams of white water.

Watching this scene, Zhang Zhao felt a tightness in his chest, but his hand did not tremble, and the tip of the knife remained steady.

Ten, eleven, twelve.

The last point on the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian is reached: Dadun, Xingjian, Taichong, Zhongfeng, Ligou, Ququan...

The last section of the spring was cut open, and the remaining insects swarmed out, landing on the bedsheet, shriveled and motionless.

Zhang Zhao straightened up, put the scalpel aside, flexed his fingers, then picked up gauze and strong liquor, disinfected and bandaged each one.