Analysis of the Epidemic Prevention Thought and Methods of Qing Dynasty Medical Practitioners in"Supporting Healthy Qi and Avoiding Evil"
Liu Kui,Chen Gengdao,Wang Shixiong and other doctors in the Qing dynasty delved into the importance of"healthy Qi in the body"and"avoiding evil"in the prevention of epidemics,and put forward the basic principles of health preservation and supporting healthy Qi,avoiding evil and isolation.They emphasized the essence of epidemic prevention according to three factors-concerned treatment,and attached importance to the self-protection of doctors.It is considered that sanitary conditions can be improved to prevent epidemic by cleaning the air,clean water,fumigation of clothing,elimination of insect pests and so on.In the use of epidemic prevention prescriptions,more aromatic drugs were used than previous generations of doctors,such as Atractylodis Rhizoma,Angelicae Dahuricae Radix,Caryophylli Flos,Dalbergiae Odoriferae Lignum,Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma,Borneolum,Moschus,Myrrha,and Realgar pills,non-plague prescription,Touding Qingliang powder,Tongqi powder and other anti-epidemic prescriptions,which were used by oral,nasal sneezing,eye drops,bathing,ironing method.They further promoted and improved vaccination prevention to protect vulnerable populations.Full attention should be paid to the ideas and methods of epidemic prevention among doctors in the Qing dynasty,so as to provide inspiration and reference for today's epidemic prevention and control.