Li Xu's fingers rested on Lu Ke's wrist, his brow furrowed slightly as he seemed to carefully discern the subtle changes in her pulse.
"The pulse is thready and rapid."
Li Xu said slowly, "This is a classic case of qi and yin deficiency with internal accumulation of toxic heat. Combined with your long-term late-night streaming, which has depleted your heart-blood, it has resulted in insufficient righteous qi, leaving you unable to resist pathogenic forces."
He lowered her hand and looked at Lu Ke. "I have a general understanding of your condition now. It's early-stage, with no metastasis. That's a silver lining in this unfortunate situation."
"Even though there are no targeted drugs for you, this doesn't mean it's a dead end. In TCM, fighting cancer is about 'strengthening the righteous and dispelling the evil'. As long as we change the 'environment' inside your body, the cancer cells won't be able to grow."
