Is the ancient cold really an incurable disease?

How can I put it? In traditional Chinese medicine, ancient wind-cold is evil wind entering the body. If you have a cold, you must evacuate the cold before you can recover. But the modern cold, as we all know, is caused by virus invasion, and a series of symptoms of cold are also the result of the struggle between human immune system and virus. The difference is that the ancients and our cognition are different.

However, it is true that ancient cold can be fatal. After all, for a long time, human reactions to diseases were very extensive, and the ancients were not particularly clear about the causes of diseases. In that ignorant age, many people thought that the disease was brought by the so-called plague god. At present, in our view, this statement is even a bit ridiculous, but in ancient times when science and technology were underdeveloped, this statement could be popular. When people are sick, they don't take medicine and pray for the so-called god's blessing, which delays treatment. Some people are weak and have low immunity.

The virus may not be fatal at first, but delayed treatment is likely to be fatal. Bloodletting was popular in ancient Europe, and all diseases can be treated by bloodletting. At that time, there were no professional doctors, but probably barbers in barbershops treated people. The difference in cognition caused the tragedy that a cold could kill people in those days.

China is better, with a complete system of Chinese medicine, and many theories are interlinked with modern medicine, but the number of words is slightly limited. But Chinese medicine is not as effective as western medicine. In some particularly serious cases, it is not surprising that wind-cold can also be fatal, especially for children and the elderly, whose immunity is low and even more fatal.

However, with the rapid development of modern medicine, cold and fever have become a very common disease, and people who die of colds are extremely rare. Because we now have better medical conditions, our cognition has gone further. Many diseases in history are like this. For example, tuberculosis was once considered as a terminal disease. Now we know that the cause of tuberculosis is the invasion of tuberculosis virus, so we can carry out targeted treatment more effectively.

Viruses and bacteria have always existed in nature, and the causes of disease are essentially the same. Different results can only show that we are making continuous progress. I believe that in the near future, diseases that are now regarded as terminal diseases can be better cured like colds.