Since 2019, a new crown epidemic has swept the world, and the whole world has been plunged into the catastrophe of this epidemic. Millions of people around the world have lost their lives in the outbreak so far. Although the epidemic is terrible, fortunately, China has the most modern advanced medical technology and the selfless dedication of countless epidemic prevention workers, and more importantly, our government has formulated effective epidemic prevention policies, and China has become a benchmark and model for the global fight against the epidemic.
If this epidemic had occurred in ancient times, what a terrible scene it would have been, I can't imagine it. In the history of our country, there have also been several epidemics of large-scale infection throughout the country, which have led to a sharp decline in population and almost led to the demise of our thousands of years of historical civilization. So, what large-scale epidemics occurred in ancient China?
In some historical books, the records of epidemic diseases are called epidemics, diseases, and boils, etc., which are generally collectively referred to as epidemics, collectively referred to as diseases. "Lü's Spring and Autumn" says: "When the spring of the season is summer, the people are sick and sick." Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty discussed the plague in the "Elbow Reserve Emergency Fang": "Typhoid fever, shixing, and plague, three of the same ear Have furunculosis in their years, and they are also poisoned by ghosts, called Wen Disease." ”
There have been dozens or even hundreds of recorded mass epidemics in almost every dynasty. According to incomplete statistics in the "History of China's Rescue of The Wasteland", the number of epidemics in China in the past is: 1 time in the Zhou Dynasty, 13 times in the Qin and Han Dynasties, 17 times in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, 17 times in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, 32 times in the Two Song Dynasties, 20 times in the Yuan Dynasty, 64 times in the Ming Dynasty, and 74 times in the Qing Dynasty. With the increasing number of Chinese in ancient times, the number of outbreaks of diseases has become higher and higher, and the number of deaths has become higher and higher. The earliest recorded outbreak was during the Zhou Dynasty. In the summer of the twentieth year of the Duke of Luzhuang, the "Great Disaster of Qi". The largest number of deaths occurred during the Ming Dynasty, when the plague of the Ming Dynasty caused about 5 million deaths in Shanxi and Hebei. Moreover, these are only the two northern provinces, and you can imagine what kind of tragic situation China would have been at that time.
So, in the face of a large-scale outbreak of the epidemic, how did the ancients prevent the epidemic? Here we have to admire the wisdom of the ancients, the ancients' epidemic prevention measures are actually very effective epidemic prevention measures now.
Ancient governments had a very complete intelligence collection department throughout the country, and whenever problems such as epidemics were discovered, local officials would report them as soon as they were discovered. At the same time, before the approval of the imperial court is down, the local government will carry out effective isolation, set up isolation areas, and take in and isolate patients. Reduce the mobility of people in the affected areas and prevent the spread of the epidemic. The Qin Law stipulates that all lepers must be sent to the "furuncle relocation center" for isolation; at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in the face of epidemic diseases, the imperial court would specially vacate empty houses to accommodate patients.
After the establishment of the epidemic to isolate the epidemic, the next step is for the imperial court to send medical officers to enter the scene. Of course, there are some famous folk doctors who are highly skilled. The medical officer will check the patient after a certain amount of protection in the isolation area to find the cause and source of the epidemic. After the investigation is clear, it is reported to the imperial court for appropriation of funds and medicinal materials. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the imperial court provided free medical books and prescriptions for the people to promote relevant medical research; during the Southern Song Dynasty, the plague occurred in the capital city of Lin'an, and Emperor Gaozong of Song launched the "Chai Hu Pharmaceutical", which had obvious results and "many living people".
After the epidemic was controlled, the imperial court would also send people to carry out disinfection and sterilization work. Medical officers generally use wormwood lavender, drinking potions made of male yellow wine, and mugwort wine to spray large-scale in the epidemic area to reduce the possibility of the disease continuing to spread. For example, if a major epidemic occurred in Chang'an in the Han Dynasty, the "moon incense" incense was used in the palace to alleviate the epidemic.
Of course, these ancient people's anti-epidemic measures were only carried out under the enlightened and responsible imperial court. If you encounter some obscure monarchs or corrupt officials, you may use extremely bloody means to deal with it.
The evolutionary history of Chinese civilization has almost developed along with epidemics, and after continuous summarization and improvement of the anti-epidemic experience of successive dynasties, the ancients already had a set of effective anti-epidemic methods. Even after thousands of years, it still shines with wisdom, providing valuable experience for today's people to fight the epidemic.
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