The ancients summed up, (one thing reduces another), (the cow has a way to destroy the cow),
Viruses are also poisons, and if they are poisons, they have antidotes. Several special detoxifying traditional Chinese medicines can ,,,,
Western medicine has found the cause of the disease and found viruses such as coronavirus, but the treatment aimed at killing the virus has not been effective. When treating diseases, Chinese medicine looks for causes such as mental weakness, weak qi and blood, insufficient righteousness and other internal causes, plus external causes such as evil winds or poisons from ghosts and spirits, which all lead to illness. Generally, for the treatment of people who are seriously ill due to virus infection, they can refer to the traditional Chinese medicine classics "Yixin Fang", which contains the prescriptions for treating stroke and death, the prescriptions for treating evil, the prescriptions for treating ghost attacks, and the prescriptions for treating diseases. Active treatment using the methods in the guest dissatisfaction prescription.
I personally believe that things are mutually reinforcing. The ancients lived in caves and used fireworks to repel insects. Smoked meat was used to preserve food rations and is still used today. However, if the sanitary conditions are poor, it means injuring the enemy by one thousand and damaging oneself by eight hundred. But now that the sanitary conditions are better, it is relatively The vitality of being left in the wild is weakened, so everything is divided into two. Chemicals, fireworks, salt and alkali, etc., which are lethal to microorganisms and viruses, are also lethal to humans. Balancing these is the best way to strengthen the body
First of all One thing that is certain is that there are specific treatments for some known viruses.
First understand the virus.
Viruses are the smallest type of pathogenic microorganisms. They are small in size and simple in structure. The core of the virus is nucleic acid and the outer shell is protein. Viruses have no cellular structure.
Most viruses lack enzyme systems and therefore cannot live independently. They must rely on the host's enzyme system to replicate themselves. Viruses are genetic and mutable.
There are many types of viruses, and about 60% of epidemic infectious diseases are caused by viruses, such as influenza, common cold, measles, mumps, polio, infectious hepatitis, herpetic keratitis, and AIDS wait.
The function of antiviral drugs is to inhibit viruses. They cannot directly kill viruses and destroy virions, otherwise they will damage host cells.
The function of antiviral drugs is to inhibit the reproduction of viruses, enable the host's immune system to resist viral invasion, repair damaged tissues, or alleviate the disease so that clinical symptoms do not appear.
Therefore, strictly speaking, there is no specific cure for the virus.
However, for known viruses, such as HIV, herpes virus, influenza virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, etc., there are drugs and vaccines that inhibit the virus. Their function is to inhibit the virus and enhance the body's resistance to viral infection. Immunity.
For example, the well-known anti-influenza drug oseltamivir is also a virus inhibitor. It inhibits virus replication and spread by inhibiting the activity of viral neuraminidase.
Anti-herpes virus drugs acyclovir, ganciclovir, penciclovir, foscarnet, etc.
Anti-hepatitis virus drugs interferon, lamivudine, telbivudine, adefovir dipivoxil, entecavir, telaprevir, tenofovir, etc.
Vaccines can be used to prevent, diagnose and treat disease. Currently commonly used vaccines include rabies vaccine, influenza vaccine, hepatitis A and B vaccine, MMR vaccine, HPV vaccine, polio vaccine, etc.
Like the current new coronavirus, it is a new virus and there are no ready-made drugs and vaccines, let alone effective drugs. The discovery of drugs to suppress the virus requires clinical trials, and developing a vaccine takes time.
Viruses are mutable and drug-resistant, so antiviral drugs are constantly being explored and discovered.
For example, the earliest anti-influenza virus amantadine can no longer be used against influenza viruses because influenza viruses have become resistant to it, so new antiviral drugs have emerged. Oseltamivir et al.
Improving the body’s ability to resist viruses and balancing the body’s immunity should attract sufficient attention from the public.
The effective medicine for treating viruses is: treat it rationally, treat it scientifically, do not believe or spread rumors, have a calm mind, and have confidence!
Historically speaking, the concept of viruses was also developed in modern times.
In medicine, it is divided into traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Western medicine is also a product of modern times. The earliest way to cure diseases and save lives was to extract active ingredients from herbal medicines, so-called decoctions. This is also the essence of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has been developed for thousands of years, and hundreds of herbal remedies have been developed to target viruses. With the development of society, the virus remains unchanged. It will also mutate and be constantly updated and replaced. Therefore, there is no specific medicine to eliminate the virus. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment generally combines the active ingredients of multiple drugs for treatment. Western medicine mainly focuses on the molecular structure of the virus and synthesizes some chemical drugs that can change the molecular structure of the virus to achieve therapeutic effects.
First of all, what I want to say is that the concept of viruses is probably not recorded in ancient Chinese medical books. Like tomatoes, the concept of viruses is an imported product and was only introduced to China in modern times. Therefore, there is no term for virus in Chinese history, let alone the term for treating virus. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine has always focused on the internal relationship of the human body. It relies on inspection, smell, questioning, and physical examination to treat diseases. It relies on decoction, moxibustion, acupuncture, etc. to treat diseases. There has never been a saying that all diseases can be eliminated by taking decoction. In ancient China, treating diseases took time and required conditioning. This is still the case even with traditional Chinese medicine. This is the difference between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Western medicine medicines often have immediate effects and are effective very quickly, but they are also accompanied by significant side effects. Traditional Chinese medicine is different. Traditional Chinese medicine mediates the internal body of the human body and takes a long time to see the effect. Therefore, there were no special medicines in ancient China, let alone special medicines for treating viruses.
There is definitely no magic medicine.
In fact, from the Black Death hundreds of years ago, to the Spanish Flu in modern times, to SARS seventeen years ago, viruses have been around us since the birth of humans. And we have been fighting against them.
The timeline goes back to ancient China. At that time, large-scale infectious diseases were often called plagues by the ancients. Once a plague occurred, it would often have a serious impact on the people and society of all dynasties. It brought huge disasters to the local people. According to records in Chinese history books, plagues have occurred frequently since the Zhou Dynasty. There were more than 500 large and small plagues in three thousand years.
Whenever a plague occurs, the records in history books are always surprisingly consistent, "white bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles." Such a scene of starvation and death in the fields is still palpable to this day when we read it. This has also made all dynasties The government attaches great importance to the prevention and control of plague. However, due to technical limitations, ancient people were unable to use vaccines to prevent and treat viruses like people today. So how did they fight the plague back then? Next, we will take a look at the prevention and control of infectious diseases in ancient times from multiple angles.
"Lun Heng" states that "to treat wind, use wind, to treat heat, use heat, and to treat side effects, use Midan"
"Fight poison with poison" to fight viruses
In an era without vaccinations, the best way to deal with such an unprecedented "bizarre disease" is of course to start with the virus itself. In this way, a basic and universal theory of infectious disease prevention and treatment recognized by doctors emerged. It is our today's "fighting virus with poison".
Volume 29 of "Zhuogenglu" by Tao Zongyi of the Ming Dynasty: "The bones are like rhinoceros and snake horns. Their nature is extremely poisonous, and they can detoxify, so they can fight poison with poison."
Wang Chong's "Lunheng" and "Huangdi Neijing" of the Eastern Han Dynasty mentioned the "fighting poison with poison" therapy. The method is to actively infect a certain number of viruses through special channels, causing the human body's immune system to respond and produce antibodies, thereby avoiding Infected with or infected by a virus.
From today’s perspective, if we cautiously use poison to fight poison, we will find that it seems to make some sense and is in line with the basic principles of modern immunity. Because normal people have an immune system in their bodies to prevent external viruses. Although people are not born with antibodies to certain viruses, by actively infecting pathogens or inactivated pathogens, we can stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies, thereby achieving an immune effect.
Wang Chong, a thinker of the Eastern Han Dynasty
Taking the rabies recorded by the ancients as an example, let's look at "fighting poison with poison"
In ancient times, in addition to the deadly smallpox, there were also There is another extremely lethal infectious disease - rabies, and "fighting virus with poison" has been widely used in the treatment of rabies. Although the history books do not fully record the overall exploration process of fighting fire with poison and the specific application direction of this theory, some basic operating principles can still be presented in the history books for our reference.
"Behind the Elbow" contains: "Kill the bitten dog, take the brain and apply it, and there will be no recurrence."
Traditional Chinese Medicine
The ancients carried Kill the dog with rabies virus, then take out a certain amount of blood and brain plasma from its brain and put it on the wound bitten by the dog. This method was recognized as an effective method to prevent and treat rabies in ancient times. In the later stages of the evolution of this method, people even killed the dog carrying the pathogen, and then ground all its organs and tissues to make drugs that could treat the corresponding diseases. From this perspective, vaccines to prevent and treat rabies are beginning to take shape.
What’s even more surprising is that this method of extracting certain viruses from dogs’ bodies or organs, grinding the organs, and producing basic medicines has also appeared in the West. Western scientists applied this method when making rabies vaccines.
In 1890, the French microbiologist Pasteur began to use the method of extra-tissue virus culture to obtain a certain amount of rabies virus, and then successfully extracted the rabies virus to make a vaccine, although in the end it was not possible. Failed to achieve expected results. But after continuous experiments, they found that animals infected with rabies during the process of extracting the vaccine. The brains and spinal cords of rabies-carrying dogs often contain a large amount of rabies virus. They successfully discovered that rabies virus is present in the bodies of sick animals. existence area. After the scientists made this discovery, they used rabbits as mice, implanted the rabies virus into the rabbit's brain, and then extracted the rabies virus from the rabbit brain, thus achieving more targeted vaccine extraction. Successfully produced a rabies vaccine
"Qian Jin Yao Prescription" said: "When officials travel to Wu and Shu, they often need moxibustion in three or two places on their bodies to prevent the sores from becoming temporary, as the warm malaria and poisonous gases of the miasma cannot be absorbed. People."
Did the ancients love acupuncture?
Another method used by the ancients to immunize against infectious diseases is a relatively traditional conservative treatment. It is not as radical as fighting poison with poison, but it represents the traditional treatment mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine, which is acupuncture, which is inserted through silver needles. Corresponding acupuncture points can promote local blood circulation in the patient's body and play a role in treating and preventing viruses. Silver needles are often grilled until they are hot, so that they have certain medical effects. When the hot silver needles are inserted into acupuncture points, they form the basic operating principle of acupuncture.
The ancients were also particular about the selection of acupuncture materials
Acupuncture has a relatively long history. Early doctors often used different plant species to make corresponding acupuncture tools. For example, wood from pine, cypress, jujube, and mulberry trees is roasted, and then placed in the corresponding acupuncture points to warm the acupoints and conduct the heat into the body, which has a certain effect in preventing and treating diseases. After exploring a variety of materials, The ancients discovered that moxa is a good raw material for acupuncture, so moxibustion began to appear on the stage of history. The working principle and specific effects of moxibustion are also reflected in history books. To this day, moxibustion and fumigation are still used by many families.
The conduction principle of moxibustion
Why do we need to use materials of a certain temperature to conduct heat conduction to acupuncture points to achieve a therapeutic effect? The ancients also explained this. In history books, this was considered to stimulate the human body's immune system, thus opening the door to the outside world and allowing corresponding pathogens to enter the body. In order to prevent the body from being invaded by pathogens, immunity The system will automatically activate the defense function, so that the complete information of the pathogen is retained by the human body's defense system. This has the basic effect of ensuring the prevention of corresponding viruses in the future. This is also a way for ancient people to use the immune system to prevent infectious diseases.
In summary, although no vaccine was invented in ancient times that has a complete therapeutic mechanism and is absolutely effective like modern times. However, the ancient Chinese method of preventing and treating plagues and infectious diseases followed the principle of the effectiveness of our current vaccines. By stimulating the body's immune system, antibodies are produced in the body for treatment and health care. This operating principle is divided into natural immunity and radical immunity. Fighting fire with fire. The two models are different, but they both embody the wisdom of ancient Chinese medical explorers. They also made certain basic contributions to the development of the modern medical system and the discovery and exploration of vaccines, and provided reference for many medical explorers in later generations.
Just like my country’s first Nobel Prize winner in medicine and pharmacologist Tu Youyou, when she invented artemisinin, she combined Chinese and Western medicine and used ancient Chinese medical books as a model to discover more The secret of medicine, the production of artemisinin. Therefore, when viruses are raging and plagues break out, making vaccines is naturally the fundamental way to solve the problem. Ancient medical explorers also let us witness their medical wisdom and practical courage in this regard, and be amazed by them.
China talks about traditional Chinese medicine. Western medicine clearly has no specific medicine for viruses. Traditional Chinese medicine has always insisted on syndrome differentiation and treatment, and prescriptions must also be modified and subtracted to suit the situation. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine does not say that there is a specific medicine, but emphasizes that prevention is more important than cure, treating the symptoms if it is urgent, treating the root cause if it is slow, and treating both the symptoms and the root causes. The special medicine that cures the disease is a case in point: the special effect is achieved overnight, which is even more miraculous.
How could it not be? The wisdom of working people thousands of years ago came from their working life. Such as stove soil, cow dung, yellow mud, ginger, etc. are all very effective! Today, the special effects were randomly edited and all were completed within ten days. A more effective bowl or two of Chinese herbal soup will solve the problem.