Surgery Godfather
Chapter 809 - 724: Yellow Dragon Decoction

Chapter 809: Chapter 724: Yellow Dragon Decoction

"Don’t be nervous, this method is only used when traditional treatments are ineffective. If the traditional methods work, there’s naturally no need for such a crude approach," Little Five reassured everyone.

"Unfortunately, this might be his only choice," Yang Ping said with regret.

The people surrounding Yang Ping were confused, so he had no choice but to move the mouse and pull up Wang Dapeng’s case record, highlighting the allergy history section, which listed a string of drug names that nearly included every antifungal drug.

Antifungal medication must be used to treat this condition because the microorganisms fermenting in the intestinal tract are fungi.

Everyone was stunned, and Xu Zhiliang, with his characteristic stutter, said, "Wh-what do you mean? Must we use—fecal matter and a mixed community of microbes transplanted as a whole?"

"Professor, time is so precious, do you think I’m just talking for fun?" Song Zimo said, knowing Yang Ping’s style, once he delved into the case, he would automatically go through a series of thoughts in his mind, including diagnosis, data, prognosis, and so on.

"A fecal transplant, really?" Robert covered his reddening nose.

"Please use the proper academic terms!" August reminded him again, as he hated casual and imprecise people the most.

"Is surgery needed? How do we prevent infection? The intestinal tract is a huge bacterial reservoir," Zhang Lin’s thinking also began to diverge.

Opening the abdominal cavity and incising the intestines to place feces into the intestinal lumen is an extremely risky operation, and the consequences of an infection are unimaginable, considering that the intestinal tract is a huge bacterial reservoir with the number of bacteria accounting for 90% of the total bacterial population in the human body.

"How foolish must one be, to use incision techniques to transplant feces? The correct approach is—to purify the feces into fecal water and then instill it into the intestinal tract," Xu Zhiliang got into the swing of the discussion and even started to speak without stuttering.

"If you administer fecal water via a gastric tube, won’t the stomach acid kill most bacteria? Can the few bacteria that make it to the intestines continue to function?" Zhang Lin refused to appear weak.

Xu Zhiliang glanced at him, "The purified fecal water is not transplanted from top to bottom but from bottom to top—by enema. One can use a colonoscopy to assist. Teacher Zhang, you’ve really opened my eyes. Is this a new enema method you invented? Administered through a gastric tube?"

Zhang Lin blushed, having desperately opened his mind just enough to keep up with the discussion, he hadn’t expected to get the direction wrong.

"Administering through a gastric tube, that’s a bit of an extreme idea, isn’t it?" said Li Guodong, who had just quieted his churning stomach, only to have it stirred up again by Zhang Lin’s suggestion.

"What’s with gastric tube administration, there are even direct oral methods. In the history of traditional Chinese medicine, Ge Hong’s Yellow Dragon Decoction, which includes feces as a main ingredient was used to treat food poisoning and severe diarrhea; it is consumed directly, surprised or not?" Zhang Lin said confidently and without a change of expression.

August, Robert, and Ivan all looked toward Yang Ping at the same time, hoping for a reasonable explanation. Could traditional Chinese medicine really have such intense treatment methods?

"In fact, such practices existed, and because of the use of feces as medicine, modern people have a deep misunderstanding of traditional Chinese medicine, considering it pseudoscience and absurd to use feces for treatment, nothing could be more ignorant," he said.

"However, later research on intestinal bacterial communities changed people’s perspective. In 1958, Dr. Ben Eiseman, a surgeon at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in the United States, treated four severe pseudomembranous colitis patients. He tried every method he could think of—antibiotics, corticosteroids, probiotics, etc.—but the patients’ conditions did not improve and even worsened, leading to shock. In desperation, Dr. Ben Eiseman thought of using feces for treatment. With just an attempt in mind, he used the feces of the patients’ family members to make fecal water and performed an enema on the patients. The treatment results were astonishing, with three patients recovering and being discharged within a few days," he said.

"You have to know that Ge Hong’s Yellow Dragon Decoction was used to treat diarrhea over sixteen hundred years ago, meaning sixteen hundred years ago, the Chinese had already mastered a method similar to adjusting the intestinal bacterial community, albeit empirically. Many treatments or prescriptions in traditional Chinese medicine are often considered pseudoscience and are subjected to ridicule because modern science has not yet fully revealed the level of traditional Chinese medicine. For example, using feces for treatment seems absurd, but in fact, it is full of scientific principles. It is only today, more than a thousand years later, that we understand feces can also treat diseases," he explained patiently to everyone.

Upon hearing this, August, Robert, and Ivan developed a solemn respect for Chinese culture, recognizing its advancement even under ancient technological conditions. Meanwhile, contemporary Western medicine was still using such barbaric methods as bloodletting.

"Of course, we mustn’t dwell in the past, we must look forward, and modern medicine is the mainstream, but we must maintain awe and respect for tradition, and not slander or malign it casually," Yang Ping said slowly.

"A salute to five thousand years of civilization!" Robert stood up straight, maintaining an upright posture.

August and Ivan also straightened up, maintaining an upright posture.

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After staying in the VIP ward for 48 hours, Wang Dapeng felt very comfortable. If possible, he thought he wouldn’t mind staying for another ten days or half a month.

After the blood test results came out, both Wang Dapeng and Hu Xiaoliang were stunned; neither of them could have imagined such an outcome.

In the world, there truly exists a disease that can get you drunk without drinking alcohol. If it wasn’t for Hu Xiaoliang’s past experience of frequently drinking alcohol while mixing with society and his strong tolerance for alcohol, he might have been in a tipsy state every other day. It was precisely because of his high alcohol tolerance that the high blood alcohol concentration didn’t affect him much, and he mistook it for fatigue caused by running around.

This result completely dispelled the misunderstanding between the two.

At that time, Wang Dapeng was convinced that Hu Xiaoliang remembered the grudges from their middle school days and that taking him in for drunk driving twice was just personal revenge.

On the other hand, Hu Xiaoliang insisted that Wang Dapeng was looking for trouble and seeking an excuse to evade legal punishment.

Now the two stood there, dumbstruck.

"Auto-brewery syndrome?"

Laypeople, and even doctors, few had ever heard of this disease, let alone seen it.

"Your intestines, your very own intestines, are like a tiny brewery, producing alcohol which you then absorb. So, you don’t need to drink alcohol; just eating food containing starch will get you drunk the same way," Little Five patiently explained while looking at the test report.

Since the issue was raised by the Comprehensive Surgery Department, it was natural for them to take charge of the follow-up. Little Five, representing the Comprehensive Surgery Department, oversaw Wang Dapeng’s diagnosis and treatment.

Because the test report contained professional jargon, Wang Dapeng didn’t understand it. He just flipped through it superficially, pretending.

"Are you saying I can brew alcohol myself? Make my alcohol and drink it?" Wang Dapeng asked in amazement.

Little Five nodded, and Zhang Lin, who had come with him, also nodded.

Wang Dapeng was pleasantly surprised, "I actually have such a special ability? But the feces I pass every day don’t seem special, and it’s not like they’re lees?"

Little Five solemnly said, "It’s a disease, and if not treated, you might not be able to drive in the future. Plus, you’re always in danger. Who knows when you might suffer from alcohol poisoning."

"No wonder sometimes I feel dizzy, as if drunk. I thought it was fatigue from working on construction sites." After thinking it over, Wang Dapeng realized the doctor was right; he did often feel dizzy, but he never thought it was a state of inebriation.

"But I don’t actually get completely wasted, just dizzy. With so much alcohol, shouldn’t I have collapsed?" Wang Dapeng asked, puzzled.

"Because your liver contains a high level of the enzyme that breaks down alcohol—aldehyde dehydrogenase—it’s difficult for you to reach a deep state of intoxication," Little Five explained.

"That’s it! Back when I was involved with gangs, I used to drink baijiu like water, often knocking everyone under the table while I was fine. Turns out I have a natural talent?" Wang Dapeng suddenly understood.

Little Five continued, "You could say your talent was extraordinary in the past, but no matter how strong your tolerance is, it’s just that—strength. If the concentration of alcohol in your blood rises higher and exceeds your tolerance, you’ll still suffer from alcohol poisoning, which can sometimes be fatal."

"Therefore, treatment is a must," Zhang Lin emphasized.

Wang Dapeng thought for a moment, "How do you treat it? It’s not too much trouble, is it?"

"It’s usually simple and could involve medication, but you’re allergic to antifungal drugs, having suffered from severe exfoliative dermatitis, so we have to resort to special methods," Little Five put away the test report.

Wang Dapeng sighed, "I’ve been allergic to several medications for fungal infections before, almost killed by exfoliative dermatitis."

"That’s why we need to use a special method, simply put, a stool transplant. We transplant someone else’s feces into your intestines. The feces contain a large number of bacteria, which can help you establish a normal bacterial group. Your problem right now is an abnormal intestinal bacterial group," Little Five explained slowly and clearly.

"Put someone else’s poop into my stomach???" Wang Dapeng’s eyes widened in shock.

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