The new crown epidemic has been going on for three years, which is the longest epidemic in modern times. And what about the plague in ancient times?
In ancient times, plagues were common, but in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, a plague lasted for nearly 51 years, leaving only one-fifth of the country's population.
People under the plague
This terrible plague broke out in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it is recorded in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "In the spring and moon of the second year, the great epidemic caused messengers to march to medicine. ”
During the reign of Emperor Ling of Han alone, this epidemic appeared on a large scale five times, affecting a wide range and a large number of people, which was frightening.
Many experts have studied this, and they believe that this epidemic is related to the attack of Emperor Wudi of Han against the Xiongnu.
Because nomads live outside Cyprus for a long time, they eat and live with livestock throughout the day. As a result, many unknown viruses spread silently between humans and animals.
These viruses mutate in the bodies of humans and animals, eventually becoming viruses that can infect both humans and animals. The herders did not know that they were infected, but it was a common cold. In the process of fighting the Xiongnu, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty were inevitably infected, but because the epidemic occurred quickly, the fatality rate was very high. Let the story at that time also be helpless.
This has been going on for nearly 51 years, killing tens of millions of people in this epidemic.
According to the "History of Chinese Mouth", in the seventh year of Emperor Guanghe of Hanling, the population was about 55 million, but by the time of the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population quickly decreased to only 15 million, and the population was reduced by more than half.
In the end, who saved the people from the ravages of the plague?
At that time, a divine doctor, Zhang Zhongjing, was known as the "Medical Saint" by the world.
A generation of medical saint Zhang Zhongjing
In order to eradicate this disease and save the people of Li, Zhang Zhongjing continued to visit and investigate among the people, summed up experience, and unified this epidemic as typhoid fever.
Therefore, he also wrote "Typhoid Miscellaneous Diseases", the foundation work of traditional Chinese medicine, which has made great contributions to the prevention, control and treatment of epidemics.
"Typhoid Miscellaneous Diseases" not only effectively prevented and cured epidemics in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also played a lot of roles in the outbreak of the new crown virus in recent years, such as the "lung cleansing and detoxification soup" launched by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine to prevent the new crown, which is derived from Zhang Zhongjing's book.
Finally, I want to say that the epidemic has survived three years, and now we should live well and pay attention to protection when we go out.
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