The nine needles finished, and the patient already felt pain in his legs. The pain was agonizing, yet his face was filled with excitement. "I... I can feel the pain in my legs. My legs have sensation!"
"Elder Huang, Elder Hua, please help me decoct the herbal medicine." Li Se took out paper and pen, wrote down a prescription, and then Elder Huang and Elder Hua began to boil it.
About half an hour later, the herbal medicine was ready. After the patient drank it, Li Se inquired, "How do you feel?"
"My legs feel warm, like they can move." The patient moved his legs slightly. Compared to the amputation that was previously considered, this movement was nothing short of a miracle in the medical world.
"A miracle, truly a miracle!" Lorraine exclaimed in amazement. She knew that in this match, Western medicine had already lost. Even if they won the next two matches, it wouldn't change this fact.
This was because the only method Western medicine could offer for treating these legs was amputation, followed by prosthetic limbs. Yet, Li Se had resurrected legs that were already considered dead.
A true defiance of life and death!
*Clap, clap, clap...*
Lorraine spontaneously started clapping. As a doctor, albeit a Western medicine practitioner, she had, at this moment, come to accept Traditional Chinese Medicine, especially Li Se's medical skills.
She even sighed inwardly, thinking, "This is Traditional Chinese Medicine."
Seeing their president applaud, the members of the Medical Association also began to clap.
*Clap, clap, clap...*
The applause soon filled the entire convention hall.
However, the duel had to continue.
"Although there is sensation now, it will take another hour to stand up," Li Se said with a smile.
"Thank you, divine doctor!" The patient was immensely grateful to Li Se.
"In this round, your Traditional Chinese Medicine has won," Lorraine stated generously. Even if he couldn't stand up, simply restoring sensation to the patient's legs was a level of medical skill they couldn't reach.
Soon, the second patient was brought in. His skin was sallow, and there were many black spots on it. Those with trypophobia would find it makes their scalps tingle.
"In this round, you go first." Li Se made a gesture of invitation, as they had already won one point.
Lorraine did not refuse. The entire medical team began their examination.
When their diagnosis was revealed, everyone's expression was extremely solemn. Lorraine said in a deep voice, "It's amoebiasis, a tropical parasitic strain. Due to long-term adaptation to parasitic life within tissues, it possesses strong virulence. Furthermore, the virulence of the strain is not fixed. It can be enhanced through animal passage, or weakened after prolonged in-vitro culture. However, it can be enhanced again by reinoculation in animals. The appearance of virulence is also interrelated with the accompanying bacteria in the intestinal lumen."
Charles also said with considerable gravity, "Invading the intestinal wall with amoebic trophozoites causes amoebiasis. The common site is the cecum, followed by the rectum, sigmoid colon, and appendix. The transverse and descending colon are less common, and sometimes the entire large intestine or part of the ileum can be affected."
The patient with the sallow complexion didn't understand much, but he realized the seriousness of his condition and urgently pleaded, "Doctor, you must save me."
Lorraine smiled and said, "Rest assured, your condition has been diagnosed, and we can naturally treat it."
This was the nature of Western medicine. The difficulty lay in the diagnosis, but once a diagnosis was established, Western medicine had its own standard treatment plan, and the effects were very noticeable.
However, before proceeding with the treatment, Lorraine looked at Li Se and asked, "Do you have a better treatment method?"
Li Se certainly did. He could tell at a glance that this was also a case of "zhong gu" (蛊), where parasitic worms (gu) were parasitizing the body. It was just a different terminology in Western medicine. Of course, this person had been infected with the worms for some time, making TCM treatment more troublesome, even more so than the mayor's wife's case. However, since Western medicine could treat it, he agreed to let them handle it. He smiled and said, "We naturally have a treatment method. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, we call this 'zhong gu.' However, we have already won one point. If we were to treat it, then your Western medicine would lose."
Lorraine nodded and did not doubt Li Se's words. Since both sides could treat it, Li Se's intention was clear: he wanted to concede this round to Western medicine, leaving the decisive battle for the final match.
No one doubted Li Se's words. What a joke! He could even restore sensation to dead legs. To say he couldn't treat this illness was somewhat unbelievable. kuAiδugg
Elder Huang chuckled, "Brother Li, we should press our advantage. With Elder Hua and my combined efforts, we should be able to treat these parasitic worms."
Hua De nodded, "However, with our medical skills, it will still take some time. But Western medicine can treat it in a shorter period."
After half an hour of treatment, the patient had clearly recovered significantly. His skin was no longer as sallow, and many of the black spots had disappeared.
The treatment efficiency of Western medicine was indeed very fast!
"Alright, from now on, you just need to take some of our medicine," Lorraine said with a smile. For this kind of illness, Western medicine had it well in hand.
Of course, this treatment still had some disparity compared to Li Se's earlier methods. The legs Li Se healed were a miracle in the medical world!
"Now, there is one last patient!" Lorraine looked at Li Se, her beautiful blue eyes holding a hint of curiosity. In fact, even if they won this match, she had already acknowledged Traditional Chinese Medicine. She had truly witnessed the might of TCM.
The reason she had previously looked down on TCM was that she believed it was ineffective, requiring slow conditioning for treatment. Moreover, in recent years, there had been very few renowned TCM doctors. Among the imperial physicians in China, only two were TCM practitioners, indicating that TCM was indeed inferior to Western medicine.
Furthermore, Lorraine couldn't accept TCM treatment methods. For example, acupuncture. She found it unscientific and even believed it to be harmful. But after today, she had witnessed true Traditional Chinese Medicine.
"I was indeed ignorant," Lorraine thought to herself.
However, while the president thought this, Charles did not. His expression was somewhat gloomy. This duel absolutely could not be lost. They had to go all out on the last patient. If they lost, it would be a blow to the American Medical Association.
Finally, the third patient came out.
He was sitting in a wheelchair, pushed by a middle-aged man.
When Li Se saw these two people, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. A playful smile quickly appeared on his face. This patient was none other than Lin Tianrui.
Similarly, Lin Tianrui also saw Li Se. His body began to tremble, and a sinister expression appeared on his face. He pointed at Li Se and said, "Dad, it's him! He's the one who did this to me!"
Lin Hui frowned slightly.
The butler beside him whispered, "Master, this is the divine doctor Li!"