A Look at the History and Origin of Chinese Medicine

According to the Chinese legends, in the beginning, there was no Heaven and Earth, but Pangu broke through the chaotic darkness and then Heaven and Earth emerged. Later, the gods created human beings. In the Bible, it talks about the creation of human beings by God. In the Chinese culture, it depicted how Nuwa created the human race. Gods created human beings and, at the same time, passed down the culture to them. Therefore, human beings had all they needed to get on with their lives.

It is said that traditional Chinese medicine was passed down by the gods. In the first chapter of the The Yellow Emperor, a classic of Chinese medicine, it discusses on how one should follow and obey the heavenly principles instead of how to cure illnesses via certain methods. In addition, it discusses true selves, virtuous men, sages, and wise men. Here the true selves are really enlightened beings, namely gods. Why, in the first chapter of a Chinese medicine classic, does it talk about gods and Taos? It indicates to us that traditional Chinese medicine was passed down to man by the heavens.

Human beings exist in a dimension that is constructed of molecules. Western medicine is limited to only looking at an issue in relation to this dimension of molecules where we are. In Chinese medicine, there is a multitude of layers and it is certainly not limited to just this single layer of molecules. The internal organs from Chinese medicine can be easily understood by the western medicine, but the Ying and the Yang, the five elements, and the meridians are beyond Western doctors' comprehension. In addition, Chinese medicine has a comprehensive system of theories that originated in the Tao School. The more these theories are studied by the scholars, the more amazing they become. In reality, the gods passed down Chinese medicine because the gods have compassion for man and, through Chinese medicine, sentient beings can understand the Tao. Therefore, those who have great enlightenment quality can become wise, sages, virtuous, and return to their original true-selves.

Nowadays, the profound meanings in Chinese medicine still exit, but Chinese medicine is no longer as good as it was in the ancient times, the culprit been the decline in medical ethics. Poor people may die in front of a hospital and no one will help them. Nowadays the majority of people no longer believe in the existence of the gods and fail to uphold a moral standard. Gods from Heaven are always compassionate and selfless. Therefore, human beings have to believe in gods and respect gods in order to have hope.

Many of us know the story of Bian Que, a great physician of Chinese medicine. When Bian Que was young, he worked as an employee in an inn where he was often visited by Chang Sangjun. Bian Que was always very courteous to him. After more than ten years of observation, Chang knew that Bian was a person with a noble character. One day, he took out a little package of herbs and told Bian Que that if he took it, he would be able to see everything. Besides the herbs, he also gave Bian books of formula's. Upon leaving him with such items Chang Sangjun immediately disappeared. Bian Que took the herbs and found that he could see through a nearby wall. With this capability, he was able to correctly diagnose the causes and locations of all illnesses. This story illustrates that Bian Que's medical skills were passed down by the enlightened Chang Sangjun. And Bian Que was picked because of his noble character.

We are extremely fortunate to be born in this era. More than two thousand years ago, the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha predicted that when the King of the Falun Paradise came down to earth, the human world will become wonderful due to the wide spread of this Great Law (Dafa) and the moral standard will also improve.