Cancer research in traditional medicine

Can the ancients get cancer? In fact, an emperor did die of cancer in China. As the last most representative figure in the old society of China, Puyi, aged 6 1 year, died of kidney cancer.

During 1964, Puyi went to the hospital for hematuria, and the doctor found two tumors on Puyi's left kidney, which was finally diagnosed as renal cancer. The left kidney was removed shortly after the diagnosis, but soon after the operation, Puyi's hematuria recurred and she died on 1967.

Puyi was not an ancient man, but a long time ago, there were some medical records about cancer in ancient China, and the ancients did suffer from cancer.

Cancer is a well-known disease of modern people, which is a western saying, but it was also recorded in ancient times. As early as the Song Dynasty in12nd century, the word "cancer" was mentioned in Dong Xuan's book Bao Shu in Wei Ji. 1264 In the Song Dynasty, Yang Shiying, a Fujian native, wrote Ren Zhai's Theory of Directing at Appendices, which was the earliest concise description of cancer in traditional medical literature. There is a narrative in it: "Cancer patients are as deep as caves", and it is also mentioned that cancer "has a deep poisonous root". The description here is somewhat similar to "cancer" in our modern medicine in clinical manifestations and characteristics.

But the so-called tumor in ancient times is difficult to understand, because there are many names used to describe tumors, and the classification of tumors is also a problem. In the literature of past dynasties, carbuncle is a large tumor-like abscess, which has many names, such as malignant sore, cancer, gall, swelling, tumor, stone, etc. In ancient times, tumors were not divided into malignant, benign, abscess, hematoma, mold, etc. Because diagnostic radiography was not yet born, many diseases were difficult to diagnose in the early stage, which limited the diagnostic methods. Therefore, ancient people lacked understanding of the concept of "cancer".

We will find that few people died of cancer in ancient times, but now people have a high incidence of cancer. Why?

1, the safety of modern food is worrying.

The staple food in ancient times was mainly grains, mostly coarse grains. The staple foods we eat now are mainly rice and pasta, which belong to flour and rice. In ancient times, eating meat was restricted, so it was impossible to eat a lot of meat. In ancient times, there was no convenient transportation and vegetable greenhouse technology, so vegetables and fruits could only be eaten in season. Modern people's living conditions are better, there are all kinds of food, people eat more meat, obesity, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases follow, and modern food safety is also worrying. Pesticide residues and various additives can be seen everywhere. If you eat these risky foods for a long time, it is easy to induce cancer.

2. The modern environment is seriously polluted.

In ancient times, it was mainly agricultural economy, mainly farming, which rarely brought environmental pollution. Naturally, there will be no air pollution and water pollution caused by chemical plants. However, there are many various factories in modern times, which affect the air quality. Coupled with the influence of natural climate, such as sandstorms, New Scientist also mentioned that environmental pollution in modern society has indeed caused many carcinogenic factors around us.

Modern people have many bad habits.

Many modern people like to stay up late for a long time, overeating, smoking and drinking, and lack of exercise. These bad living habits are also factors leading to cancer. In ancient times, people went to bed earlier, rested at sunset and worked at sunrise, which was the standard of going to bed early and getting up early. Modern people usually sleep less, fall asleep late, and it is more common to work overtime and stay up late.

The life expectancy of modern people has become longer.

The reason why there were few confirmed cases of cancer in ancient times is probably because the ancients died before they lived to get cancer. According to the analysis of historians, the life expectancy of the ancients was about 27 to 35 years old, and a few lived to 40 years old. In modern times, according to 20 19 issued by the World Health Organization, the average life expectancy in China reaches 76. 1 year.

Modern medical research believes that cancer is a geriatric disease, and aging is an important factor leading to cancer. New Scientist magazine also reported it. Joachim Shu Ci of the International Agency for Research on Cancer believes that age is closely related to cancer, and 90% of cancers occur in people over 50 years old.

Although there were few cancers in ancient times, there were many diseases with high mortality due to underdeveloped medical technology. But with the improvement of modern medical technology, these diseases have become minor illnesses.

1, tetanus

In ancient times, tetanus meant death, and Mongolian soldiers even used it as a biological weapon. But in modern times, if you accidentally get tetanus, you can go to the hospital to inject tetanus immunoglobulin in time, but you should fully understand tetanus, and delay in treatment may lead to death. However, the symptoms of tetanus are more obvious in the later stage, and there will be symptoms such as spinal arch and high fever. Going to the hospital at this time can still be treated, but it may leave sequelae.

2. Tuberculosis

For tuberculosis patients, if they live in ancient times, there is almost no way out. For example, Emperor Xianfeng, even as an emperor, had the best medical resources, but he died of tuberculosis. With the development of modern medical technology, antibiotics have been invented, and there are effective treatments for tuberculosis in modern times, so few people will die of tuberculosis in modern times.

3. Appendicitis

Acute appendicitis usually requires surgery, but there was no such thing in ancient times. Finally, the appendicitis patients basically died. For example, the sister of the last emperor Puyi got appendicitis and had a stomachache. Western doctors in Japan said that they needed surgery, but at that time, their families did not believe in western medicine and insisted on Chinese medicine treatment, and eventually died. But now, appendicitis can be solved with only a small operation.

4. Diabetes

Diabetes was called diabetes in ancient times. Because there were no insulin and hypoglycemic agents in ancient times, it would be terrible if complications occurred. There are more and more modern diabetic patients, but now there are effective hypoglycemic drugs and insulin. You can use a blood glucose meter to monitor the changes of blood sugar, and you can use drugs to screen various complications and delay the occurrence of complications. So in modern times, although diabetes can't be cured, it is not a terminal disease.

In ancient times, due to the underdeveloped medical technology, many diseases could not be treated, and even what diseases were unknown. But in modern times, many diseases have been effectively treated, and it is believed that more diseases will be overcome by human beings in the future. # Health and Thermal Energy Program # # Cancer Science Qualifying Competition #

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