Chapter 118 — A Master Physician
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"I believe so..." Liu Tianyi nodded. "The day before yesterday, when we came and were strolling in the commercial district, my father suddenly fell ill—and we had no medicine on hand. At the critical moment, a doctor gave my father a massage and manipulation treatment, and he recovered very quickly..."
"Massage? He cured angina pectoris with massage alone?" Guan Xuewen was even more astonished. He knew that traditional Chinese medicine was a wondrous discipline—truly one where you learn until the day you die. Though he already enjoyed great renown at home and abroad, Guan Xuewen was well aware that he had only glimpsed the threshold of Chinese medicine's profound depths; he was still far from mastery.
But he knew even better that angina pectoris could not be resolved by massage alone. Acupuncture might have a chance of bringing it under control—not a great chance, but a hope nonetheless. Even he himself would resort to Western medicine for emergency treatment, and only after the patient stabilized would he use acupuncture to keep the condition in check...
"Yes, he just massaged him a couple of times, and my father gradually recovered..." Seeing Guan Xuewen's astonished expression, Liu Tianyi felt a chill in his heart. Though he knew nothing of Chinese medicine, Guan Xuewen's face told him just how miraculous that doctor's skill had been that day—even Guan Xuewen could scarcely believe it.
"How is that possible..." Guan Xuewen furrowed his brow. "Massage and manipulation, with such wondrous effects? Did he use no other means?"
"None. I was right there beside him, and he only happened to be passing by. If he hadn't known the girl who was driving... I doubt he would have bothered to intervene..." At this point, Liu Tianyi flushed with embarrassment and shot his wife a venomous glare. If not for the Wu family, he would have divorced this wife long ago—she was utterly humiliating, a wholly unreasonable shrew. He had no idea what kind of upbringing she'd had.
Fortunately, Guan Xuewen cared about nothing beyond the massage itself. Hearing Liu Tianyi's words, he sank into thought. "Traditional Chinese medicine is vast and profound. I once read in a medical text that in ancient times, qigong combined with massage was used to treat illness, and it could indeed produce such effects—but that art has long since been lost... I cannot be certain whether the man you describe knows such techniques..."
"Oh? If that's the case, then wouldn't that man be truly remarkable?" Liu Tianyi felt some regret. Had he known earlier that the young fellow possessed such wondrous medical skill, how could he have let him go? Even if he had to beg, he would have asked whether there was hope of curing his father's illness. But he hadn't known at the time. Alas...
"If everything you have said is true, then this man's medical skill is likely above my own... But when did such a formidable physician of traditional Chinese medicine arrive in Songshan City? How is it that I know nothing of him?" Guan Xuewen searched his memory with all his might for any such accomplished hand among the people he knew, but to his regret, there was not only no one—he had not even heard of such a person...
"A young fellow of about twenty, somewhat lean, though his bearing was most proper..." Liu Tianyi carefully recalled Wei Zhao's appearance and manner at the time.