Healing Doctor

Chapter 312 Can Cola Cure Diseases?

"When is the surgery?" asked the family member of the patient in the next bed. "Hurry up, I saw a patient in the next room who was stuck for too long, which delayed treatment, and in the end, several meters of his intestines were cut out."

"I'll go see a doctor and try my best..."

"Wait a minute." Ji Xiang immediately opened his eyes. If he waited any longer, he might have to undergo surgery.

Ji Xiang has no masochistic tendencies. He immediately said, "I want to have my stomach pumped with cola, not have surgery."

"Dad!" his daughter said unhappily, "Don't be so senile. It's cola, it's cola! You're using this stuff to wash your stomach, is that treating an illness? Don't always think that surgery is such a big deal. Look at the uncle in the next bed, he's perfectly fine."

"No," Ji Xiang said firmly, "You call the doctor, I'll talk to the doctor myself."

"Dad, why are you so stubborn! It's one thing to act like a child all the time, but for something this important, can't you just listen to me?"

The father and daughter were at an impasse for a minute, but finally, at Ji Xiang's insistence, the daughter had no choice but to go see a doctor.

A doctor wearing glasses came to the ward, and Ji Xiang was slightly disappointed to see that it was not Professor Zhou.

After several encounters, Ji Xiang developed a deep admiration for Professor Zhou, so much so that he hoped to meet him every time.

Although it was just a hallucination of shared feelings, Ji Xiang didn't want to encounter a quack doctor.

"Doctor, could you please explain to me the principle behind using cola for stomach lavage?" Ji Xiang said, enduring the pain and churning discomfort in his stomach.

"Oh? You know that cola can cure diseases?" the doctor exclaimed in surprise.

"I've heard of it," Ji Xiang said.

"Hawthorn contains high levels of pectin and tannic acid, which easily coagulate into water-insoluble precipitates upon contact with stomach acid. These precipitates can then bind with food residue to form gastric stones, which can cause stomach ulcers, stomach bleeding, and even stomach wall necrosis and perforation."

"Your case is rather unusual. The gastroscopy revealed two large stones blocking the pylorus, causing incomplete obstruction."

"So the cola works, right?"

"Because cola contains phosphoric acid, which can combine with elemental phosphorus and calcium, it can effectively break down the polymers of plant stones and some mixed stones."

The daughter didn't understand and tried to stop him several times, but seeing that the old man insisted and the doctor was speaking logically, she held back and didn't say anything in the end.

"However, using cola is just a matter of luck. If you're lucky, you can get it out. If you're unlucky, you'll still have to have surgery," the doctor concluded.

Doctors always talk like that, so Ji Xiang automatically ignored his last sentence.

"I know, let's give it a try first," Ji Xiang said.

The doctor seemed slightly hesitant, glancing at Ji Xiang and then at the woman.

Everything that needs to be said is contained within; it is self-evident.

"Doctor, I've told my daughter," Ji Xiang said. "She'll come to you to sign the papers in a bit. Don't worry, we're sensible and won't cause any trouble for the hospital."

"That's good."

After the doctor left, Ji Xiang and his daughter had a sharp argument.

However, the argument was interrupted not long afterward by a sharp abdominal pain.

Ji Xiang clutched his stomach, his forehead covered in layers of cold sweat that he couldn't wipe away.

A stomachache isn't an illness, but it can be excruciating.

Fortunately, the pain didn't last long and subsided after two or three minutes.

Although it was a short time, the sheets under Ji Xiang's body were soaking wet, and he looked as if he had just been pulled out of the water, with a human-shaped imprint on them.

"It's so uncomfortable," Ji Xiang said in a hoarse voice.

Although he felt a little better, he was still extremely uncomfortable. Ji Xiang's voice was hoarse as he looked pitifully at his daughter. "Let me try it first. Anyway, rinsing your stomach with cola won't kill you, what do you say?"

The daughter didn't know what to do with her hands and feet, but when she saw that the old man was feeling a little better and started talking to her, she nodded repeatedly.

Since she was determined, she decided to give it a try, even though she didn't believe that cola could cure her illness at all.

"Go sign the papers, and be polite to the doctor," Ji Xiang instructed. "They said they could try using cola, but it's for my own good; it's not a guarantee it will work. If it doesn't work, then we'll have surgery to remove the stones. Got it?"

"I've got it."

The daughter held Ji Xiang's cold hand, her palms were sweaty, and she agreed to whatever he said.

Ji Xiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When I experienced the pain of urinary tract stones firsthand, I felt like the sky was falling. At that time, I felt that urinary tract stones were the most serious disease in the world.

But now, the feeling of having stomach stones is exactly the same as usual.

Being sick is really unpleasant, no matter what kind of illness it is.

Because Ji Xiang provided detailed instructions, his daughter communicated smoothly with the doctor, and Ji Xiang was soon taken to the endoscopy room.

Once inside the operating room, the bespectacled doctor patted Ji Xiang on the shoulder and said, "Old man, it's really easy to communicate with you."

"Sigh, the kid is so naive. He thinks Coca-Cola is unreliable just because he hears about it," Ji Xiang said. "Coca-Cola was originally sold in pharmacies, and it was pure medicine."

"Ha, you know about this too."

"I understand a little bit." Ji Xiang suppressed his discomfort and forced a smile. "Was the treatment uncomfortable, as you mentioned?"

"It should be alright, but sir, we agreed that we'd give it a try." The bespectacled doctor explained cautiously once again.

Ji Xiang really hated this kind of meticulous, somewhat obsessive-compulsive doctor.

However, I guess I do the same in clinical practice, always repeatedly telling patients about possible complications, no matter how low the probability is.

The Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at 912 is highly qualified. There is a gastrointestinal endoscopy room in the ward, and the relevant examinations can be performed by our department.

Lying on the operating table, Ji Xiang began to feel nervous.

I don't know why, but my palms always sweat when I lie here; maybe it's a physiological reflex.

"Sir, you might feel a little uncomfortable, but it's bearable. Please be careful, and tell me if you can't bear it anymore, and I'll stop."

"Hmm." Ji Xiang felt that the doctor was very considerate and nodded.

My daughter bought five large bottles of Coca-Cola. The doctor opened the bottles, drew out the contents with a 50ml syringe, and injected them into her stomach through the gastric tube.

This stuff tastes refreshing to drink, but if you actually inject it, the experience is completely different.

As more and more cola was added, Ji Xiang began to feel bloated. After the doctor injected enough cola, he clamped the feeding tube and began to wait.

It's not that I feel particularly uncomfortable, just a bit bloated.

"Sir, many patients can just drink cola on their own. But you've vomited so badly that your electrolytes are out of balance. For safety's sake, you should be hospitalized," the bespectacled doctor said casually to Ji Xiang.

"I feel a little bloated, my stomach is swollen, but I don't feel nauseous or want to vomit," Ji Xiang said.

"Sure, the cola is working in your stomach right now." The doctor smiled. "Wait 20 minutes, then I'll remove the cola and replace it with fresh cola."

(End of this chapter)