The Noah Reid Action Thriller Series: Books 1-3 (plus special bonuses) by Wesley Robert Lowe

Author:Wesley Robert Lowe
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Wesley Lowe Media
Published: 2017-09-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

In Dr. Tang’s compact clinic overflowing with herbal medicines and Traditional Chinese Medicine supplies, Noah showed Dr. Tang the snake’s bite marks on Master Wu and told him about the encounter with a snake in the sifu’s studio. “I think Master Wu has been poisoned by snake venom.”

“Let me do the diagnosis, Noah,” said Dr. Tang with an uneasy urgency. Ever since coming to Hong Kong over forty years ago, Dr. Tang was the only physician Master Wu had ever seen, Dr. Tang had treated him for everything from hemorrhoids to broken bones to kidney stones. More than just having a physician-patient relationship, the two bachelors became friends. The philosophies underlying Chinese medicine and Shaolin martial arts were in harmony—the body is a gestalt, not a collection of isolated parts. The physical was an extension of the metaphysical.

Noah was also a patient of Dr. Tang’s and over the years learned much about Chinese medicine. Dr. Tang taught him that a body’s Qi, or life energy, flowed through a network of invisible pathways called “meridians” that connected the entire body together. When Noah’s back was sore, Dr. Tang would insert the long, thin acupuncture needles in his legs to help alleviate the aches. Or during the time Noah was perpetually hung over after the murder of his parents, Dr. Tang inserted the needles between the webbing of his big and second toe to cleanse the toxins.

“Sorry, Dr. Tang. My bad.” Noah watched anxiously as the seventy-five-year-old physician hovered over Master Wu’s still body, probing under his tongue and checking the pulse with his wrists.

“Don’t worry, Noah. You are in fine hands between me and Dr. Lisa Mah, my assistant,” assured Dr. Tang. “She has been with me for several years and she is an excellent doctor.” He nodded toward Lisa.

When Dr. Tang agreed to be Lisa’s mentor, he did not know that it was prompted by Chin. When Chin was still a disciple with Master Wu a lifetime ago, he noticed that the Chinese physician had the sifu’s complete trust. Five years ago, Chin told King that an inside connection with the doctor could be beneficial. It wasn’t hard to convince the lovestruck Lisa to be that person.

“How is he doing?” queried Noah.

A puzzled expression crossed Dr. Tang’s face. “His tongue and pulse seem almost normal but the qi is just a bit off.” He turned to Lisa. “Let’s begin acupuncture.”

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