Chapter 343 - 343: Healthy Weight Loss Without Exercise?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Tang Beibei was nervous as the doctors stared at her, but she still spoke.

“Madam Wu’s recent heart attack is an acute condition. Western medicine would stabilize her acute condition quicker but if she wants to recover and return to her daily life without any problems, she can supplement her treatment with TCM.”

“Madam Wu has high blood pressure other chronic diseases, which may cause her heart to act up again or to suddenly faint.”

“My idea is to treat her acute condition but delay another major surgery and help her recuperate as much as possible. After all, doing another major surgery would weaken her foundation and makes it harder for her to recover and recuperate.”

Someone in the group burst out laughing.

Tang Beibei looked up and saw a middle-aged man laughing. She stopped talking and lowered her head.

Professor Chen frowned and looked at the internal medicine doctor. “Dr. Teng, what are you laughing at?”

Dr. Teng, chief of the internal medicine department, quickly stopped laughing and said seriously, “I have no ill intentions. I just feel that the young lady is still young. She said something so lightly with confidence after learning only a few theories.”

“Madam Wu was in a critical condition now. If we delay her surgery, who would take responsibility if her condition got worse?”

Professor Chen sneered and said, “Any treatment has its risks. Even when you take cold medicine after catching a cold, there are side effects.”

“I asked my student to share her opinion. I’ll correct her if she said something inappropriate. You’re laughing as though your surgery will be 100% successful without any side effects and Madam Wu would live an active, centenarian life.”

Dr. Teng did not dare to say more.

Professor Chen was a hired external consultant doctor attached to the TCM department of the hospital. He was someone that even the Chief Medical Director of the hospital had to give face to. His reputation was impeccable at the hospital.

Having Professor Chen in a joint consultation wasn’t only a blessing for the patients, but also a learning opportunity for doctors like them.

Professor Chen scanned the crowd and everyone was cautious and kept their mouths shut.

Madam Wu, who was sitting in bed, smiled and eased the atmosphere, “Beibei is still young, but her idea isn’t bad. My bypass surgery was only two years ago, and I had another heart attack. My life now is even more difficult than before.” “I have high blood pressure and a slipped disc, which makes me restless. If it’s not my legs hurting, it’s my head.”

“Since I’ve had a heart surgery, it’s not a bad idea to have a TCM physician examine me. I’m lucky to have that.”

Professor Chen looked at Tang Beibei. “What do you think?”

Tang Beibei felt very uneasy. She blinked and wanted to reject him.

She was begging in her heart for Professor Chen to open his eyes and look at her. She was only a sophomore. She couldn’t really come up with any constructive suggestions.

Tang Beibei glanced at Madam Wu. “Madam Wu, do you mind if I put my fingers on you?”

“Of course not.” Madam Wu said with a smile.

Tang Beibei walked to the bed and pressed on her lower back. Suddenly, Madam Wu cried out in pain.

Tang Beibei’s fingers continued to move down Madam Wu’s back. When she reached the back of her knees, she took a closer look. She then moved her fingers upwards to the back of Madam Wu’s neck and pressed on an acupoint at the back of her neck.

Madam Wu felt sore and then pain, and she looked a little pale.

Tang Beibei let go and apologized.

“I’m sorry to bother you, Madam Wu. Your slipped disc has caused damage to your spinal nerves. The nerves are compressed, making it difficult for you to move your legs and impede you blood circulation.”

“You have a dowager’s hump, and inflammation in your shoulders, which cause migraines and poor sleep. As a result, you are tired during the day and afraid to exercise. It’s a vicious cycle.”

“In my opinion, Madam Wu, you should lose weight first.”

“Lose weight?”

Madam Wu looked at her round body. She felt quite embarrassed at her age.

“I’ve tried different diet pills. I didn’t lose weight but gained weight instead. Sigh!”

The cardiologist among the group couldn’t help but remind, “Madam Wu has a heart disease. She can’t do many activities, let alone exercise. It’s out of the question.”

Tang Beibei explained, “Losing weight is to reduce the excess fat in her body and speed up the internal circulation in her body. She doesn’t have to exercise.” The other doctors laughed. Healthy weight loss without exercise?

Anyone with some common sense would know that if one wanted to lose weight, one must keep their mouth closed and move their legs.

How could she lose weight if she couldn’t even move her legs?

Only when pigs fly!

Seeing everyone’s doubtful eyes, Tang Beibei pursed her lips and looked at Professor Chen timidly.

Professor Chen chuckled once and said, “I told you that you guys live in a bubble, but you don’t believe me. Through acupoint massage, you can increase peristalsis and eliminate the impurities in the patient’s body. It’s not strange for the patient to lose a few pounds in a day.”

The other doctors stared at Professor Chen with wide eyes.

If someone else said this, they would definitely not believe it. But Professor Chen had treated all kinds of complex illnesses. Helping a patient lose weight was probably a piece of cake for him.

“Can I really lose weight?”

Madam Wu looked at Professor Chen excitedly.

Which woman didn’t want to look beautiful?

Which woman didn’t want to be slim and healthy?

Being fat was not a sin, but once it burdened one’s body, it could be troublesome and life-threatening.

With Professor Chen’s support, Tang Beibei quickly said, “We can reduce the pressure on Madam Wu’s lower back, adjust her lifestyle, and raise her vitality. Her dowager’s hump can be treated with scraping, acupuncture, and moxibustion. Combined with Chinese medicine that calms her mind and nerves, we can restore her foundation.”

“A good night’s rest is beneficial to the heart. It could also greatly increase the success rate of another heart surgery.”

Madam Wu wished she could sleep better too. She held Tang Beibei’s hand and said, “Beibei, hurry up and think of a solution. I haven’t slept well for years and suffer bad migraines. None of the medicine I took helped.”

The other doctors looked at Tang Beibei strangely like she was an idiot.

They were discussing a treatment plan for her heart disease but Tang Beibei was talking about unrelated, useless things without suggesting any treatment method.

However, expecting a second-year student to treat heart disease was like chasing rainbows in a desert.

Professor Chen wanted to train his student and was protective of her, so everyone kept quiet.

Professor Chen walked to Madam Wu’s bedside and pressed a few acupuncture points on the back of her neck. Madam Wu cried out in pain.

However, after the pain passed, she felt that her mind was much clearer. She clearly felt that some of the tightness were gone.

She felt really good!

Seeing that Professor Chen had stopped, Tang Beibei quickly went forward and handed him a tissue like a good servant.

Professor Chen glanced at her but did not take the tissue. Instead, he said, “I’ll teach you a set of techniques and write you a prescription. After you learn it, Madam Wu will lose 10 pounds every day from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and sleep well at night.”

“Alright.”

Tang Beibei remembered that she had classes at that time every day, but she didn’t dare to refute Professor Chen.

Madam Wu was so excited that her hands trembled when she heard that she wouldn’t only lose weight but sleep well at night. She asked anxiously, “Professor Chen, I’ll pay you however much you need.”

Professor Chen waved his hand. “It’s free, but you’ll have to buy my student’s time. She needs to study and attend classes. You should do the right thing and not let her worry.”

“I won’t. I’ll definitely be obedient.”

Madam Wu looked at Tang Beibei again with sparkling eyes. She liked this girl more and more.

The doctors from the other departments frowned. “Professor Chen, treatment for Madam Wu’s heart disease…”

Professor Chen said, “This shouldn’t affect your treatment. You guys decide how to treat her heart disease. I’m an old man. I’m just supporting you. Do you understand support? You fight on the frontlines, I provide food and grass, and listen to your commands.”

Everyone’s mouth twitched. Who would dare to command Professor Chen?

However, he didn’t give them any ideas about treating her hearts disease in this joint consultation. He only helped Madam Wu treat her slipped disc and recuperate her body. What should they do?

They didn’t know if their medication would affect his prescription and treatment.

What should they do if there was negative drug interaction?

The other doctors looked worried after the joint consultation.. They looked at Tang Beibei again and thought that she was such a joke! A sophomore showing off in front of them because of Professor Chen?