据《中国疫病史鉴》记载，自西汉以来的两千多年里，中国先后发生过321次流行疫病，由于中医的有效预防和治疗，在有限的地域和时间内控制住了疫情的蔓延。中国的历史上从来没有出现过像西班牙大流感、欧洲黑死病、全球鼠疫那样的一次瘟疫就死亡上千万人的悲剧。

According to the history of Chinese epidemics, 321 epidemics haveoccurred in China since the Western Han Dynasty. Due to the effectiveprevention and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, the spread of theepidemic has been controlled in a limited area and time. In the history ofChina, there has never been a tragedy in which tens of millions of people diedin a plague like the Spanish pandemic, the European black death and the globalplague.