What is miasma in the virgin forest?

Tragic? This word is no stranger to us, and it has been mentioned in novels and film and television dramas. For example, a group of people went to which mountain to look for treasure and met the so-called miasma. So what is this miasma and why should we avoid it? Open the history books, many of which are recorded? Is there miasma in the south? But not then? Hey? This word uses other words to express miasma. For example, in Hanshu, miasma is expressed by poisonous gas, or in Cao Zhi's seven-wound poem? The south is suffocating, and the early bird can't fly? The miasma here is expressed by qi. The use of miasma became popular after the Three Kingdoms period.

The ancients believed that miasma was a poisonous gas, which could cause diseases. If people inhale it, it will lead to long-term illness and the possibility of repeated attacks. The ancients attached great importance to it. The ancients believed that miasma was a deadly poisonous gas, mainly distributed in the southern mountainous areas, so the ancients often said that there was miasma in the south. The modern explanation of miasma is the gas produced by the decay of animals and plants. The main components of toxic gases, such as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and methane, are harmful to human body. The weather in the southern mountainous area is hot and humid, so the ancients also said that miasma is a poisonous gas of hot and humid. However, is the harm of miasma really caused only by these toxic gases? Actually, it is not. Due to the humid environment and hot and humid climate in the southern mountain forest, this is a breeding paradise for some mosquitoes carrying germs. In the forest, there are many potholes, and the evaporated water vapor can make a space foggy. Mosquitoes especially like places like this.

Mosquito-borne diseases, such as mosquitoes, spread malaria, which was difficult to cure in ancient times. Countless people died of infection. Malaria is often called flutter. After infection, the whole body is cold first and then hot, and the symptoms recur periodically. The ancients had no specific medicine, so malaria was considered as a terminal disease in ancient times, and few people recovered. Ancient books often say that malaria is caused by infection, generally referring to some tropical diseases. This includes malaria. Malaria in history books refers to malaria. Some people say that malaria is the miasma in history books. In fact, this statement is not accurate Mimiasma doesn't mean malaria. As I said above, it refers to a kind of tropical diseases and infectious diseases.

Therefore, miasma cannot simply be regarded as a toxic gas. In fact, it is easy to understand that in the big forest, it is not a closed space. The poisonous gas produced by the decay of animals and plants will quickly spread into the air, so it will not make people sick in terms of concentration. What really makes people sick is mosquito-borne diseases, which is the main cause of miasma. Hot and humid environment is easy to breed mosquitoes, and biting human body may spread various diseases. Because the ancients lacked scientific knowledge, they thought that simple miasma made people sick.

In the virgin forest, what we need to worry about is not the poisonous gas produced by the decay of animals and plants, but all kinds of poisonous insects, mosquitoes and poisonous snakes that infect diseases. These are all places that need more attention. Toxic gases produced by animal and plant decay will not reach the pathogenic concentration in such a large space. Besides, in such a large virgin forest, I don't believe that a large number of animals and plants will die together and produce a huge amount of toxic gas.

what do you think?