89: Can this thing help you lose weight?

To protect patient privacy, Qin Jiang pulled the curtain closed.

Then, he took out silver needles and began applying Acupuncture according to the knowledge provided by the system.

As Qin Jiang inserted a needle, Gong Zhuang, who was lying on the bed, immediately let out a loud cry.

"Dr. Qin, this isn't right, does Acupuncture hurt?"

Qin Jiang calmly said, "Under normal circumstances, Acupuncture certainly doesn't hurt."

"But your lower area is severely engorged right now; let alone Acupuncture, just touching it with your hand would cause pain."

After hearing Qin Jiang's explanation, Gong Zhuang finally nodded in realization.

He had thought it was because Dr. Qin's medical skills were not refined.

As more silver needles were inserted, Gong Zhuang immediately felt a different sensation.

Before, it was like a swollen finger, with all attention focused on the finger.

But now, that swollen feeling disappeared, replaced by a refreshing sensation of liquid flowing back into his body.

Then, Gong Zhuang found that he quickly returned to normal.

Gong Zhuang was extremely excited.

"Divine doctor! Dr. Qin, you are truly amazing!"

"Dr. Qin, is one session enough for me?"

Qin Jiang calmly said, "I also need to prescribe you some medicine to consolidate the effect."

"Within this month, your lower area will not be able to stand up; this is a normal phenomenon, no need to be nervous."

Upon hearing Qin Jiang say this, Gong Zhuang's face immediately turned green.

"A whole month?"

He was a Young man, strong and vigorous; not being able to stand up for a month, wasn't that like taking his life?

After removing the needles from Gong Zhuang, Qin Jiang went into the pharmacy and prepared more than a dozen bags of traditional Chinese medicine for him, instructing him to take them on time.

Seeing that Gong Zhuang was cured so quickly by Qin Jiang, Jiang Xiu suddenly said with a blush, "Doctor, would you mind taking a look at me too? My... my stomach hurts terribly."

Actually, the first time Qin Jiang saw Jiang Xiu, he had already noticed that her complexion was off.

Now that Jiang Xiu had taken the initiative to speak, Qin Jiang naturally decided to address her issue as well.

Qin Jiang looked at Tang Ping.

"Mr. Tang, would it be alright if you waited a bit longer?"

Tang Ping quickly smiled and said, "It's fine, Dr. Qin, you attend to them first, I'm not in a hurry."

After getting Tang Ping's consent, Qin Jiang then had Jiang Xiu sit in front of him.

Qin Jiang first examined Jiang Xiu's facial features, then asked her to stick out her tongue to check her tongue coating.

"You have a gastrointestinal issue; have you been constipated recently?"

Jiang Xiu nodded, blushing.

Her boyfriend, Gong Zhuang, even had a strange expression.

Seeing that both of their expressions were not quite right, Qin Jiang felt puzzled.

Could it be that the two of them were hiding something from him?

"Come, put your hand here."

Jiang Xiu obediently placed her hand on the pulse diagnosis pillow.

As soon as Qin Jiang took her pulse, his doubts deepened.

"You have some qi deficiency and blood deficiency, but it's not a major issue; a little conditioning will fix it."

"But what's strange is that your spleen and stomach functions are clearly quite normal, so why are you constipated?"

Qin Jiang couldn't figure this out.

Jiang Xiu glanced at the camera nearby and asked in a low voice, "Doctor, is constipation a very serious illness? What happens if you're constipated for a long time?"

Qin Jiang patiently explained, "Feces and urine are waste products within the human body, and it's best to expel waste from the body as early as possible."

"There's an old saying: 'To live long, keep your intestines clear.'"

"This shows how important timely excretion is for our health."

"If you are constipated for a long time, too much accumulated feces in your body will affect your liver and kidney functions."

"If your liver and kidney functions are damaged, then you, as a person, will be ruined."

Jiang Xiu hadn't expected that a small issue like constipation could be so serious.

Qin Jiang then asked, "You just said your stomach hurts? Which part of your stomach hurts?"

Jiang Xiu reached out and pointed to a spot.

Qin Jiang reached out to touch it.

With that touch, his eyes suddenly widened.

"Why is this hard?"

Jiang Xiu stammered, unable to explain what was going on for a long time.

Qin Jiang asked in a deep voice, "Don't hide your illness for fear of treatment. Tell me, did you eat something you shouldn't have?"

Under Qin Jiang's persistent questioning, Jiang Xiu finally revealed the truth.

"It's like this, Doctor, I actually have bulimia."

"I've always loved eating, from morning till night."

"The past two years were better, but in the last six months, I feel like my symptoms have gotten worse, so I thought about finding a way to solve it."

Qin Jiang asked, "What method? Medication?"

Jiang Xiu shook her head and said, "Medication didn't work for me. I later had gastric bypass surgery."

Upon hearing Jiang Xiu say this, Qin Jiang immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"You have bulimia; undergoing gastric bypass without knowing the cause is useless."

Bulimia is a psychological illness, primarily due to problems with the patient's nerves and psychology, which leads to an uncontrollable desire to eat.

This situation is most evident when alone late at night.

When someone is alone at night and feels bored, lonely, or anxious, they start frantically eating snacks.

Simply put, it's related to mental stress.

Young people today face various pressures, and many like to relieve stress by eating.

Little do they know that this way of de-stressing can easily turn into bulimia.

Jiang Xiu nodded with a bitter smile.

"Before, I didn't understand; I thought my desire to eat was just a strong appetite, which is why I thought about gastric bypass."

"But after the surgery, I found it was useless, so I tried another method."

"I... I bought some diet beads online, but after swallowing them, they couldn't be expelled, which is why I became constipated."

As Jiang Xiu spoke, she took out a box from her handbag and showed it to Qin Jiang.

Qin Jiang opened the box and his eyes immediately widened.

The box contained thumb-sized small balls, covered with a layer of rubber, probably similar in material to capsules.

Qin Jiang used his finger to break open a bit of the rubber, and the small ball inside sparkled.

Qin Jiang was greatly alarmed.

"You call these things 'diet beads'? These are just steel balls!"

Seeing Qin Jiang so nervous, Jiang Xiu explained from the side, "These are stainless steel; they won't rust when swallowed into the human body."

"What?! You swallowed these things? How many did you swallow?"

Qin Jiang didn't understand, and was even greatly shocked.

Does anyone really believe this thing can help with dieting?

Jiang Xiu said somewhat sheepishly, "I bought two boxes in total, fifty in each box, and I've already swallowed one box."

Hiss!

Even the well-informed Qin Jiang couldn't help but gasp.

Swallowing these things one by one was already outrageous enough, but you swallowed them box by box?

Qin Jiang reached out and touched Jiang Xiu's stomach again.

As his hand moved slightly left and right, he could indeed feel the steel balls colliding inside.

Qin Jiang looked at Jiang Xiu and said, "You are truly brave, and truly lucky."

"With so many small steel balls in your stomach, you haven't even developed an intestinal obstruction."

"Come with me, I'll take an X-ray for you."