Ancient Chinese Doctor’s Skills were Lightyears Ahead of Modern Medical Science

Bian Que was a famous doctor of Chinese medicine who lived in ancient China.

Bian Que

He worked in a hotel when he was very young. At that hotel, he made an acquaintance called Changsang.

The young Bian Que was always very respectful when serving Changsang.  For over 10 years he served Changsang faithfully.

One day, Changsang said to him, “I have some secret recipes for certain medicines. But I am old now and would like to pass them on to you. Please do not tell anyone else about it.” Bian Que thanked him and agreed.

A few days later, Changsang produced a bag of herbal medicine and asked Bian Que to take the medicine with “water that did not touch the ground” – like morning dew, for instance.

Bian Que followed the old man’s instructions and took the medicine; within 30 days, he was able to see things that had been invisible to him previously.

If there was a wall, say, and someone standing on the other side, he would be able to see the other person through the wall. When looking at a patient, he could see all of their internal organs and instantly know if anything was wrong.

Changsang disappeared after giving Bian Que the recipes and the medicine.

After that, Bian Que began to practice medicine in the Kingdoms of Qi and Zhao.

He was famous for analyzing the meridian system.

Remote Sensing

Once, Bian Que passed where a funeral was being prepared. An officer told him that the Prince had suddenly died. Standing at the palace entrance, Bian Que told the officer that the prince had not really died.

In fact, he could help the Prince come back to life.

The officer did not believe him. He said that unless Bian Que had skills like the ancient doctor of Yu Fu—where he could directly adjust a patient’s meridian system instead of resorting to herbal medicine or acupuncture, there would be no hope for the prince.

Bian Que sighed and said that the methods mentioned by the officer were very limited; they were like trying to see the sky through a bamboo pipe.

The officer reported this to the King. Bian Que explained that the Prince’s illness was caused by the disharmony of yin and yang, that led to chaos within the meridian system and was reflected on the surface.

As a result, the body was paralyzed, and he appeared to be dead on the surface.

Bian Que then asked one student to prepare needles and applied acupuncture to the Prince’s body.

The prince regained consciousness after a short while. Bian Que then asked another student, to prepare an herbal medicine plaster that worked through the skin and apply it under the prince’s ribs.

The prince was then able to sit up. With additional soup to balance yin and yang, the prince fully recovered in 20 days.

When people praised Bian Que for bringing a dead person back to life, he said, “There is nothing I can do if a person has died, but if he is supposed to continue living, I can help him regain his health.”

With superb medical skills and his supernormal powers, Bian Que decerned that the Prince was still alive in another dimension and so he was able to revive him.

Seeing Through the Body

When Bian Que was in the Kingdom of Qi he served under King Huan Hou.

Bian Que told King Huan Hou, “You have an illness, and right now it is between your skin and muscle. If you ignore it, it will go inside of you.”

King Huan Hou replied, “But I feel all right.”

He said to the people around him, “Some doctors are just after fame and they like to ‘cure illnesses’ even for those who are not sick.” ]

When meeting the King again five days later, Bian Que said, “Your illness is now in your meridian system. It will go in further if ignored.” The king said, “I do not have any illnesses.”

Five days later when seeing the King again Bian Que said, “Your illness has reached the intestines and stomach. It will get worse if neglected.” The king did not say anything.

Another five days passed. When seeing the king this time, Bian Que backed off without saying a word and left.

The king sent someone to ask him why. Bian Que said, “When the illness is between skin and muscle, merely soup or plaster will cure it.

When the illness is in the meridian system, acupuncture and medicinal stones can take care of it. When the illness is in the intestines and stomach, medicinal wine can treat it.

But when the illness is in the bone marrow, even the god in charge of fate cannot do anything about it. The king’s illness is now in his bone marrow, so I can no longer offer to cure it.”

The king died soon afterward’ Bian Que was able to see through the body’s flesh layers.

Heart Exchange Surgery

Bian Que was able to understand health and personality beyond that.

Once both Gong Hu and Qi Ying went to Bian Que to treat their illnesses.

After curing them, Bian Que said they had inherited not just diseases but also shortcomings in personality.

If their hearts were exchanged, he suggested, this issue could be resolved.

After receiving an agreement from both of them, Bian Que gave them anesthetic wine and made both of them unconscious for three days.

During that time, Bian Que opened their chests, exchanged their hearts, and applied a secret medicine for recovery. After the surgery was over, both men regained consciousness and were very healthy.

Upon returning home, however, both men went to the other’s house. This triggered arguments in both families that weren’t pacified until Bian Que went and explained what had happened.

Ancient Chinese medicine was very advanced in ways perhaps beyond our current medical science.

One needs to have an open mind to truly understand it and accept it.