What types of medicine did they invent?
China was one of the first countries to have a medical culture. The medical care and treatment of patients with contagious diseases began in the Yin-Sang dynasty. Treatments which were used in Ancient cHina included they use of plants and herbs. Plants were not the only things used to treat patients they also used tonic. Chinese people call tonics poison. This would help relieve the pain and some people said in to rid of evil spirits. What remedies did they use to cure people in Ancient China? Many people in Ancient China used chanting spells, herbal medicines, lancing (cutting the skin open) and cauterisation (burning the flesh) to cure little problems, this would not help diseases but it would cure things like snake bits or mental illnesses. |
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