Tradition has it that Pien Chueh, the famed physician of the Warring States period, once brought the Prince of Kuo state back to life through the use of acupuncture and other medical treatment, and was thus dubbed the "father of acupuncture."
扁鵲本名秦越人，是戰國時代的傳奇人物，根據「史記」記載，他曾經以針灸配合湯藥，使虢國太子死而復活，也因此而被後世尊稱為「針灸醫學之祖」。