0 1 After the Opium War, the western powers forcibly opened the door of our country by force. In the face of this once-in-a-century change, our people must respond quickly. In this process, China began to learn from the west and translate western literature. However, it is difficult for traditional Chinese vocabulary to accurately correspond to western vocabulary, so it is a common phenomenon to create words by borrowing words. The appearance of these new words facilitates the integration of China and the West, but it also creates a gap between China people and the ancients, especially when reading ancient books. Among them, "cancer" is a typical example.
Reading ancient medical books, we seldom see the word "cancer". However, this does not mean that the ancients did not know about the existence of cancer, nor does it mean that there was no prescription for cancer in ancient times.
Western medicine believes that the human body is composed of the most basic unit-cells. There are about 30 trillion cells in an adult's body, which need metabolism, but they are not immortal, and cells will have a certain life span. However, for the human body, the survival of these cells is crucial, so when cells die, new cells will take their place. There is also a kind of cells in the human body called stem cells, which are responsible for producing new small cells to keep the balance of the human body. However, some cells will mutate and become cancer cells. They no longer obey orders, just want to "lie flat" and squander themselves with nutrients provided by the human body. Most cancer cells will be destroyed by the immune system in the early stage of production, but if the immune system fails, cancer cells will multiply and spread rapidly, which will bring serious harm to the human body.
In ancient times, Chinese medicine gradually deepened its understanding of cancer. Chinese medicine first classified cancer as a "tumor disease" and divided it into different types, such as intestinal tumor, osteoma and neuroma. However, with the deepening of the understanding of cancer, people find that cancer is different from ordinary tumor diseases, and its tumor characteristics are unique and hard. Therefore, people began to use the word "rock" to refer to cancer, because the tumor shape of cancer is similar to that of rock. Ancient Chinese medicine tried many methods to treat cancer, but because of the complexity of cancer, no effective treatment was found. However, the exploration of traditional Chinese medicine has achieved certain results and found some herbs that have inhibitory effects on cancer.
The word "03 cancer" is really widely used in China, which is influenced by the Japanese borrowing tide. Japan took the lead in integrating into western culture in modern times and translated a large number of western works. However, due to the limited Japanese cultural background, they began to borrow Chinese characters from China for translation. The Japanese chose to borrow the word "cancer" when translating it. Later, many China students went to Japan to study. They found that Japan created many new words to translate western books. Therefore, these China students accepted Japanese words and sent them back to China, which made the word "cancer" become synonymous with cancer.