How were epidemics controlled when they existed in ancient times? Did they disappear on their own?

Historically speaking, any country, any dynasty will have plague attack. Let's not talk about foreign countries, let's say that in our country as early as more than 3,000 years ago, during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, there were records of plague on the oracle bones, ? Malaria? Disease year? and other words have been recorded in the ritual divination activities. According to Deng Tuo, "China's history of salvation," recorded in ancient Chinese history, there are detailed descriptions of the? Pandemic? ***260 times. Among them: Zhou Dynasty, 13 times, Qin Dynasty, 17 times, 17 times, Sui and Tang Dynasties, 74 times, 74 times, Ming Dynasty, 64 times, 74 times, Qing Dynasty.

So how were they cured or how did they disappear?

From ancient times to the present, the spread of the plague is no more than three major necessary factors, namely: the source of infection, transmission routes, susceptible people, so the ancients for each outbreak of epidemic control methods are mainly three.

First, cut off the source of infection.

Second, the establishment of epidemic isolation area. According to the Zhou Yi, ? There is no disease when you come in and go out, and there is no blame when your friends come in? , the meaning of which is to warn people that people with diseases should not socialize with others to avoid mutual infection.

Third, take effective treatment and prevention and control measures. When an epidemic attacked us suddenly, our customers in ancient times would also send special court officials to carry out the policy of consoling the people in the disaster area, and send high doctors to actively rescue the victims from the fire. They used traditional Chinese medicine to actively respond to the situation, treat the patients, and took effective preventive and control measures, which received good results, and eventually made the epidemic disappeared!

For example

For example, under the structure of the ancient village rijia system, if there was a local epidemic, the village chief would be responsible for the epidemic, isolating patients who were already sick, and reporting suspected cases to the higher level of government, which would send specialized physicians to treat patients in the area.

Because of the rapid spread of the epidemic, especially in densely populated cities, in order to prevent the epidemic from spreading on a large scale, the government would also set up specialized areas as quarantine places, such as the Song Dynasty? An agent square? in the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The government would also set up special areas as quarantine places, such as the Anxianfang (安剂坊) in the Song Dynasty and the Reunion House (留养所) in the Qing Dynasty. These were places where patients were centrally housed and treated. Even the doctors or patients that the patients had contact with had to be isolated and observed for a period of time, which is somewhat similar to today's anti-epidemic measures.