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Chapter 285 A Mental Illness Is Hard to Cure

"Because this disease cannot be cured by Western medicine, and even traditional Chinese medicine cannot completely cure it. In the end, it still depends on the patient to save himself," Chen Huo said calmly.

Director Hu was taken aback upon hearing this.

Zheng Fei seemed to be deep in thought.

Chen Huo stared at her and said in a deep voice:

"Grief injures the lungs, excessive thinking injures the spleen, and the seven emotions cause internal damage. Prolonged worry and excessive thinking lead to stagnation of Qi, deficiency of Qi in the spleen and lungs, insufficiency of Qi and blood, and malnourishment of the heart and spirit, which in turn triggers diseases of multiple systems throughout the body."

People say there's only one incurable disease in the world, and that's poverty. But there's another incurable disease, and that's the disease of the heart.

"If you don't get rid of your emotional distress, even if I relieve your pain today, it will relapse in the future. In fact, I think you should see a psychiatrist."

Many people may not know or pay attention to the fact that untreated mental illnesses can cause physical pain and even lead to extremely serious consequences.

For example, long-term anxiety, high stress, and emotional exhaustion can cause headaches, migraines, tight band headaches, neck, shoulder, back pain and stiffness, and even chest pain, chest tightness, and precordial pain.

There's also depression. If it gets too severe, it can cause substantial problems with all the body's organs, nerves, endocrine system, muscles, digestion, and circulation.

Many people think it's a serious illness, but tests can't find anything wrong with the organs.

This is why Zheng Fei's treatments repeatedly failed.

She has never faced her psychological problems squarely. This kind of mental illness is not something that can be treated by traditional Chinese medicine or neurology. She should see a psychologist instead.

They deliberately avoid psychological problems and keep putting them off.

That's why she's reached such a serious stage now.

Su Wanqiu understood Zheng Fei's situation, and after hearing Chen Huo's words, she understood what he meant. She sighed, slowly walked to Zheng Fei, whose expression kept changing, and took her hand.

"Sister Fei, just live your own life. Isn't it tiring to live with so much worry? Let it go. If you can't hold on to something, just let it take its natural course. Think more positively."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Fei's eyes visibly reddened.

Tears started to fall.

After only a few breaths, she burst into tears.

"Late autumn, my life is so miserable!"

The crying was so heart-wrenching, so utterly devastating.

She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, grew up in a sweet environment, and married the person she loved. Her husband, with his own abilities and the help of both families, became one of the wealthiest men in the world. They had a son and a daughter and lived a happy life together.

For the first thirty years of her life, she had it too easy and was too happy.

They encountered almost no setbacks.

When her husband's chemical business failed and his career collapsed, she didn't feel anything. The personal wealth they had accumulated was more than they could spend in several lifetimes.

But then a series of blows followed.

First, her husband died a violent death, and the loss of her beloved caused her unbearable pain. Before she could recover from the pain, a woman with a child came to her door demanding a share of the family property.

It turns out that her husband, who seemed to be loving towards her, was actually having an affair and had a child with her. He kept this a secret from her for eight years, pretending all along.

After losing her father and becoming a single parent, her two biological children also developed psychological problems. At first, they were just rebellious, but later they did all sorts of unbelievable and unconventional things.

The son is gay, and the daughter is promiscuous.

Not long after, the son contracted AIDS, and the daughter became addicted to drugs.

Now her son is in the U.S. and refuses to come back, her daughter is in a drug rehabilitation center, her elderly father died of a heart attack because of these things, and her elderly mother also has high blood pressure and coronary heart disease in a bad condition.

Now that she is seriously ill, her son won't even come back to see her.

All these setbacks have led to her current situation.

If it weren't for her elderly mother still being alive, she wouldn't even want to live anymore.

Su Wanqiu knew a little about these things.

But Chen Huo was unaware of this.

He wasn't interested either.

All he knew was that Zheng Fei's problem stemmed from a psychological issue.

Physical ailments are easy to treat, but mental illnesses are difficult to cure.

He didn't know what to do about it, and he didn't want to be Zheng Fei's confidante and listen to her tragic experiences. Everyone has their own fate, and there's no other way to save oneself from such things.

"Remove the silver needles, let's go."

Chen Huo said to Yu Ji.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Fei immediately stopped crying, her voice tinged with pleading:

"Dr. Chen, please, save me!"

Chen Huo shook his head slightly: "I can't help you. You can only rely on yourself. Once you figure it out and let it go, you'll be fine. I suggest you go see a psychologist; it might help."

Zheng Fei looked disappointed upon hearing this.

She then said with a worried expression, "Dr. Chen, I'm not in pain now, but what will I do when it hurts again? Is there any way to relieve the pain? I really don't want to experience that feeling again."

There is no specific cure.

Chen Huo shook his head.

Seeing Zheng Fei's haggard and dejected face, Chen Huo had an idea and said, "How about this, I'll prescribe a formula to relax your muscles and tendons and relieve liver stagnation, which should help alleviate some of your pain."

He certainly has a way to completely relieve the pain.

For example, the acupuncture technique just performed.

And a certain kind of elixir.

However, he didn't have the time or energy to rush over to relieve Zheng Fei's pain at any time. Moreover, that kind of pill required many medicinal materials to make, including some rare and hard-to-find herbs.

Most importantly, these methods only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

No matter how good the methods or medicines are, they cannot cure a heart ailment.

After seeing Chen Huo off, Su Wanqiu personally arranged for someone to prepare medicine for Zheng Fei.

She decided to take the medication for the chronic illness and then see a psychiatrist.

The medicine wasn't ready yet when Director Hu, who had just left, arrived again.

He handed Zheng Fei a sheet of paper covered in dense writing.

"Ms. Zheng, this is a disclaimer. Please read it carefully. If you think there are no problems, please sign it."

"Disclaimer? What does that mean?" Zheng Fei asked, looking puzzled.

He took it from her and handed it to Su Wanqiu.

"Take a look at this for me."

Su Wanqiu was also full of doubt as she took the paper and examined it carefully.

Director Hu explained with some helplessness:

"It's not that we don't believe in Dr. Chen's abilities, but we're just doing our best to be safe. We consider your illness to be quite complex and difficult to treat. What if something goes wrong if you take medication prescribed by other doctors at our hospital?"

Zheng Fei suddenly realized what he meant.

To put it bluntly, it's because they're afraid of taking responsibility.

In the unlikely event that the medication caused by Chen Huo has caused any harm, this disclaimer ensures that neither the hospital nor Director Hu will be implicated should anything happen.

Zheng Fei was somewhat unhappy.

But it's understandable.

Su Wanqiu quickly finished reading the contents.

"No problem."

"I'll sign it then."

Director Hu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two women, who were of extraordinary status, did not cause any trouble. He quickly took out a pen and handed it to Zheng Fei, who wrote her name in a flash.

"Okay, I wish you a speedy recovery."

Director Hu made a perfunctory remark, then left with the disclaimer.

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