Chapter 100 - Seeking Victory in the Eight Extraordinary Meridians

Vegetative state, something that no one was unfamiliar with.

It had always been a typical gimmick in dramas after the princess was being hit by a vehicle. Speaking in medical terms, as long as a patient possessed the sleep-wake cycle with the absence of responsiveness and awareness, they’d be deemed as a vegetative state.

The current study of medicine was still in a blank state in terms of treating the vegetative state, especially in western medicine, since this involved the most complicated study of the brain’s nervous system.

As for TCM, there were some accidental results in treating a vegetative state, and they’re generally split into two situations. Firstly, a fluke by using acupuncture to clear up a certain acupoint and vessels to revitalise the patient’s nervous system, allowing them to restore their consciousness.

As for the second one, the vegetative state was also separated into temporary and permanent. Patients that were in that state for over a year would be deemed a permanent vegetative state. So those that had been in a vegetative state for a shorter time had a higher chance of restoring their consciousness. Some vegetative patients that recovered might not be due to external help, but they might merely...