In the early Warring States period, the “Shanhaijing” recorded that many plants and animals “do not swell when eaten and can cure hemorrhoids”; in the same period, the story of the king of Qin who had hemorrhoids and called for a doctor was recorded in “Zhuangzi – Lie Yuguo”. In the Han Dynasty, hemorrhoids were divided into 4 categories in the “Fifty-two Diseases Formula”, then into 5 hemorrhoids in the Sui Dynasty, and then into 7, 9, 11, and 21 hemorrhoids in the Sui Dynasty, and into 25 hemorrhoids in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and into 24 hemorrhoids in the Song and Ming Dynasties; 24 hemorrhoids were described in the “Jinjian of Medicine” by Wu Qian, a physician in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty, and then gradually increased to 72 hemorrhoids in the Tongzhi Period. This intuitive and simple perception-based nomenclature merely enumerates the external forms of various anorectal diseases, some of which are not exactly hemorrhoids. For example, fissured hemorrhoids and hooked hemorrhoids refer to anal fissures; oyster hemorrhoids, pulse hemorrhoids, and intestinal fistula hemorrhoids refer to perianal abscesses and fistulas; wine hemorrhoids, prolapsed hemorrhoids, and hanging hemorrhoids refer to constipation and prolapse; locked hemorrhoids refer to anal canal cancer or congenital anal atresia; coral hemorrhoids refer to rectal polyps; and prune hemorrhoids refer to anal sexually transmitted diseases …… Due to historical limitations, the ancients could not Although the name “hemorrhoids” in Chinese medicine has no practical significance for modern treatment, it is clear that the ancients had done in-depth research on hemorrhoids, and we would like to express our respect for their knowledge. References: [1] Huang Naijian. A preliminary examination of the literature on anorectal pathology in Chinese medicine [J]. Chinese Journal of Anorectal Diseases, 1984, 4, 35. [2] Zhang Dongming. Modern concepts in the classification and treatment of hemorrhoids [J]. Journal of Colorectal Surgery,2000,6(3):24-35. [3] Li Chunyu. Anorectal pathology [M]. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2013.6. [4] Jin Heiying, Zhang Bei. Practical anorectal pathology [M]. Shanghai: Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 2014.10. [5] An A.H. Anorectal pathology [M]. Beijing: People’s Health Publishing House, 2015.3.