Bian Shi is an ancient primitive medical tool, a wedge-shaped stone.

Bianshi is a method of treating diseases by needling the skin with stones in ancient times, and Bianshi is the original medical tool of ancient wedge stones. Because "Bian" originated from stone products, it is called "Bian Shi". In the treatment, doctors usually apply a layer of traditional Chinese medicine to the patient's skin, then heat the stone to a moderate temperature and then put it on the patient for massage or massage.

The medical skill of using bian stone to treat diseases is called bian stone, which is one of the six major medical skills of traditional Chinese medicine, including bian stone, acupuncture, medicine, pressing and guiding. Among bian stone, Sibin bian stone has the best curative effect. According to Huangdi Neijing, acupuncture and medicine are four independent medical techniques in China. Xu Shen in the Eastern Han Dynasty interpreted it as "stabbing a disease with a stone" in Shuo Wen Jie Zi.

The origin of bian stone

Stone tablets were first produced in the Stone Age. As early as in primitive society, when people were struggling with nature, they made stone rafts with various stone tools, and treated pain and diseases by knocking, rubbing and puncturing certain parts of the body and acupoints, and gradually developed into stone rafts.

In the Neolithic age, the stone cutting technology and tools for treating diseases have developed to a certain level. The History of Taoism, a miscellaneous history of the Southern Song Dynasty, records that Fuxi tasted grass to treat diseases. It shows that Fuxi tried herbs and made tools to treat human diseases five thousand years ago.

Sima Qian recorded in Records of the Historian Biography of Cang Gong that during the Warring States Period, Bian Que, a doctor too much, treated Prince Guo with Bianshi and other therapies, so Bianshi was also called Stone. "Historical Records" also records that in ancient times, there was a doctor named Yu Yong who used Bian Shi instead of tisanes.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bian Shi compiled books