In the history of European medicine, bloodletting once occupied a very prominent position. Once "bloodletting" gradually became the standard treatment for doctors. No matter what disease you have, the first thing to do is to bleed you. There is a very famous medical magazine in Britain-The Lancet. Did you know that The Lancet's original function was to bleed you? If bloodletting therapy is not well controlled, patients will easily die. The most famous medical accident is Washington, the father of the United States. At the age of 68, Washington came back from riding a horse and suddenly felt a sore throat. He went home and lay down for a few days, and his condition continued to deteriorate. The personal doctor in Washington is Benjamin, the "father of medicine" in the United States? Benjamin Rush's apprentice was actually taught this trick by his teacher. As a result, a few pots of blood were shed and Washington died.
After entering the 20th century, bloodletting therapy has been thrown into the garbage dump of history. No doctor will advise you to bloodletting any more, and bloodletting has become synonymous with ignorant medicine. History is so interesting that a treatment that has been popular for thousands of years suddenly goes up in smoke. But what I want to ask is: why can such ignorant medical methods last for thousands of years? If it's so stupid, why are so many people trying?
What is regarded as pseudoscience by science may be rediscovered in a few years. Some recent studies believe that bloodletting therapy is "helpless" under the circumstances at that time. One of the most common genetic variations in Europe is the gene that causes hemochromatosis. The so-called hemochromatosis refers to the massive accumulation of iron in the body. Normal people will stop absorbing iron when there is excessive iron in the body, but patients with hemochromatosis will continue to absorb iron until excessive iron accumulates in various organs, causing multiple organ failure. Bleeding is the most direct way to reduce iron in the body. People who are troubled by hemochromatosis will feel refreshed once they are bled, so they will continue to go to the barber shop to ask for bloodletting. This also explains why Europeans and their descendants are so keen on bloodletting, while China is not interested in bloodletting, because China people rarely carry the genetic mutation of hemochromatosis.
In addition to relieving hemochromatosis, bloodletting is also one of the means to fight bacterial infection. Once, a doctor went to a refugee camp in Africa to seek medical assistance. He found that almost 65,438+0,000% refugee children were anemic, so the doctor prescribed iron supplements to the anemic children, which was terrible. Children who have been supplemented with iron are seven times more likely to die from various infections. The doctor is puzzled. Why are anaemic children more resistant? In fact, the key lies in iron, which is the most urgently needed delicacy for bacteria. Once there is enough iron supplement, bacteria can even be immune to antibiotics.
In the era without antibiotics, doctors can only cause anemia by bloodletting and use anemia to fight bacterial infections. This is the real reason why bloodletting therapy can last for thousands of years.
After bloodletting therapy, let's talk about the valley. Modern people think that three meals a day is a very normal living habit, but I have to tell you that three meals a day is extremely rare in human history, and it can even be said to be a very abnormal situation. In 99.99% of the whole evolutionary history of human beings, people lived a full and hungry life, and it was also common not to eat for several days. Every ancestor of ours has experienced this kind of life.
Most diseases of modern people are caused by overnutrition, such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, fatty liver and stroke. This is because our environment is abnormal, three meals a day are abnormal, and the proportion of fat, sugar and salt in our diet is too high. Long-term abnormal eating habits have caused the spread of these diseases.
The fat reserve in our body is like a battery. According to the original setting, fat is prepared for harsh environment, but the result of three meals a day is that the so-called harsh environment no longer appears, and more importantly, fat is increasing every day. If you bought a notebook computer, the battery weight is more than half that of the computer, and it is still increasing, and you never use the battery (the power cord is always plugged in), would you still want this computer?
The longest hunger strike record in history is 44 days, and ordinary people insist on 10 and a half months. Generally, after the third day, the body will switch to the backup battery mode, which means that the most difficult thing is the third day. After that, it was almost the same as normal people, but it consumed the original "stored grain". But I think it's better to eat some vegetables and fruits than nothing. The significance of food deprivation is that it gives the digestive system and circulatory system, which were running at full capacity, a certain rest time, and consumes fat that they don't need all their lives, which will inevitably greatly alleviate the diseases of the rich. It's not as mysterious as everyone thinks. It's just a potential that everyone has. After the teacher's development, you can easily realize it. But recently, many activities in the market under the banner of avoiding the valley are liars, so everyone must keep their eyes open.
By now, everyone should know that it is not pseudoscience, not to mention fraud, but a health preserving method with a history of two thousand years of Spring Festival in China, and it is also the bane to cure the diseases of the modern rich.