Chapter 462: The inheritance of the witch doctor: Tonali, Tayolia, Ihotel
By the hot springs, in the green forest, egrets are flying high in the clouds, and wild foxes are lowing in the grass. The imperial guards are wearing armor and holding sticks, and are on guard at the periphery. The nobles are surrounding the dying stag, meditating and discussing.
Breathing life into traditional witch medicine.
Naxiu stood tall, with a delicate and calm face. After hearing His Highness's order, she nodded solemnly, moved her long legs, and walked to the dissecting stag. Then, she stretched out her slender right hand, not caring about the blood in front of her eyes, and accurately
The ground stretched out the dagger.
"Your Highness, princess. In the inheritance of priests, every part of our body strictly corresponds to the days of the calendar. Our body contains the enlightenment of destiny and communicates with the entire world."
Na Xiu had a serious look on her face and her voice was like smoke as she spoke eloquently. She talked about the basis of the entire witch medicine, which is also the world in the eyes of the priests, that is, the correspondence between time, destiny and the human body!
"In the calendar, there are twenty days in January. The first day is an auspicious day, the Crocodile Day, which corresponds to the heart. Children born on this day are blessed by the gods and have an excellent destiny. The second day, the Wind Day, corresponds to the heart.
Tongue. The third day, the day of the palace, corresponds to the brain. The fourth day, the day of the lizard, corresponds to the liver... These are the first four days of the month. They are all auspicious days blessed by the gods, and they also correspond to the most sacred part of the human body.
Four organs.”
Hearing this, Shulot nodded slightly. According to traditional concepts, the first four days are all auspicious days, and the corresponding four organs contain special power.
Let’s not mention the brain, heart, and liver for now, let’s talk about the tongue first. The leader of the alliance is called the big talker, “Tratoani”. The etymology of this name comes from the human tongue, “Trahetoli”
.Because, in people’s perception, the tongue has the power to make people obey and is the power to rule.
After finishing speaking, Naxiu paused for a moment. She quietly glanced at the girl in white who was paying attention and listening carefully, with a light smile on her face.
"...In a month, there are several unlucky days involving death. The ninth day, the water day, corresponds to the skin. The tenth day, the dog day, corresponds to the nose. The eleventh day, the monkey day, corresponds to the nose.
The sun corresponds to the hands. The grass sun corresponds to the intestines... This is the fourth day of the month, which contains unknown signs. The organs corresponding to these four days can reflect the proximity of death. Of course, there is also the sixth day
, the day of death, corresponds to the hair.”
Hearing this, Shulot lowered his eyes slightly. He used the title "God of Death" and was most familiar with these statements. Wrinkles appeared on his skin, his nose smelled of old people, his hands and feet were unsteady and trembling, his stomach and intestines had difficulty eating, and his hair began to turn white.
..are all symbols of death in Nahua religion. Children born on these unlucky days are often regarded as curses by people, and may even be intentionally discarded.
"Finally, at the end of a month, there are unlucky and unlucky days. The seventeenth day, the earthquake day, corresponds to the teeth. The eighteenth day, the stone knife day, corresponds to the ears. The nineteenth day, the rainy day, corresponds to the eyes.
.The twentieth day, the flower day, corresponds to the chest...The last four days symbolize a peaceful life, and the child born will have an ordinary life. The corresponding organs have no special religious meaning."
Having said this, Naxiu looked at His Highness and smiled complicatedly. She was born on the fourth day of the lunar calendar and should have been calm and ordinary. But after she was selected by the priesthood when she was young, her destiny completely changed. From then on, she only served for
Live with another person.
"very nice."
Xiuluo nodded with a look of praise. Then, he looked at the charming female warrior and gave instructions in a deep voice.
"Naxiu, keep talking!"
"Obey you."
The female warrior bowed her head in greeting. Then, she murmured to herself, recited some difficult incantations, faced the dead wild deer, reached out and touched the deer's head, heart and liver respectively, and performed a simple requiem ceremony.
"Your Highness, our body contains three special life forces, which are located in three sacred organs. That is the 'Tonali' in the brain, the 'Tayolia' in the heart, and the 'Taiyolia' in the liver.
'Ihotel'!"
"'Tonali' is located on the head. When we were born, it was given to us by the Lord God and placed in the body. This vitality controls our growth and arranges our destiny. It determines the vitality and vitality of the body.
Vitality also determines the aging and fatigue of the body... By holding rituals to communicate with the gods and taking sacred mushrooms and herbs, priests can affect the 'tonali' in the head and even make it temporarily leave the body.
When we die, 'Tonali' will remain in our bones and return to the earth..."
Hearing this, Shulot touched his chin and fell into deep thought.
The concept of "tonali" is similar to human divinity in religion, and in medicine, it is roughly a collection of nervous and endocrine systems for thinking, perception and body regulation... The inherited witch medicine is exactly
Explore from these cognitions and practices.
According to the practical experience of generations of witch doctor priests, the priests generally know the role of the brain in the human body. In order to affect the "tonali" in the head, they will use black feather jade, datura, psilocybin mushrooms, and death.
Vine water, as well as frog venom, scorpion venom, snake venom... to gain magical insights and treat physical and mental diseases.
These animal and plant medicines contain special alkaloids and hormones, which can act on the brain and the whole body, effectively anesthetizing, sedating, analgesic, sterilizing, and even completely changing a person's mental state.
"Tonali...the nervous and endocrine system...corresponding drugs...well, Naxiu, go on!"
"'Tayolia' is located in the heart and is the seat of knowledge and vitality. It determines a person's vitality and the fate after death. When we die, 'Tayolia' will separate from the body and go
Go to the sky of the Kingdom of God, and then plunge into the afterlife of human beings... The fate of a person after death and the whereabouts of 'Tayolia' are all determined by the way he dies, especially the destination of his heart. Therefore, the sacred sacrifice
Not only to satisfy the gods, but also to promise the sacrificer the next life..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Shulot looked solemn. The reason why the alliance's sacrificial ceremony places so much emphasis on the human heart is precisely because of the "Tayolia" in the heart.
In religion, "Tayolia" can be regarded as the soul. In medicine, "Tayolia" is the blood circulation system. Thinking of this, the young man asked loudly.
"Naxiu, what results have the witch doctors achieved in studying 'Tayoria'?"
"Your Highness, 'Tayolia' is integrated into the blood and is the source of vitality for the human body. Once a person is injured and too much blood flows away, he will lose vitality and even lose his soul. Therefore, witch doctors will try every means to reduce human trauma.
time, the loss of blood.”
Naxiu pondered for a while, recalling the commonly used methods to stop bleeding.
"Applying ink leaves, spicy grass, yucca juice, honey or even clumps of spider webs to the traumatic wound can effectively stop bleeding. In order to prevent the wound from cracking, you can also wrap it with cotton cloth or vines. If the wound rots and suppurates
, you can put in the larvae of the mung bean fly to eat away the necrotic pieces of meat and speed up healing... Of course, the high priests of the alliance also have a secret method to stop bleeding, which was learned from the Mayans, and can deal with long and narrow war sticks.
Cut."
"Well, indeed. As long as the larvae of the mung bean fly are cultured in a clean environment, they can be used to treat rotten wounds. The larvae of the mung bean fly are strictly scavengers and will only eat rotten and necrotic tissues, and will not affect healthy living bodies.
Some. These larvae can also secrete chemicals that kill microorganisms..."
Shulot thought for a moment and nodded slowly. Maggot therapy is quite popular in the alliance. It may seem disgusting, but it has saved many injured warriors from infection. Then he became more interested and asked with a smile.
"What is the secret method of the Mayans to stop bleeding? How can they deal with long and narrow cuts?"
Alyssa next to her blinked, as if she thought of something.
"Hmm...is it an ant?"
"Yes! The princess is knowledgeable."
Naxiu smiled and gave some instructions to the nearby bodyguard warriors. Soon, a warrior came forward carefully holding a sealed clay pot. Naxiu opened the clay pot, stretched out his slender fingers, and quickly
He put it in and pinched it, then quickly took it out and closed the pot.
"Huh? Are these army ants?"
Shulot looked between Naxiu's two fingers. A tropical army ant half the size of a fingernail was opening and closing its strong upper and lower jaws, shaking its big head, struggling in vain.
Naxiu smiled softly and brought the army ant to a knife wound on the stag. Smelling the blood, the army ant suddenly opened its jaws and bit hard on the wound. Then, it pinched with precision with its delicate white fingers.
, the army ant's body fell off, leaving only its round head, biting tightly on the wound.
"That's it!"
Na Xiu bent her fingers and gently touched the army ant's head. The two jaws on the head closed and bit the deer's wound, which happened to sew the corner of the knife edge, forming a natural "suture". This
This kind of "suture" not only sews tightly, but also carries sterilizing saliva, which can help disinfect the wound.
"Your Highness, you see, as long as there are enough army ants, you can sew the wounds on the body. And these army ants in the clay pot are all prepared for you..."
Seeing this, Shulot was amazed and filled with emotion.
"Teyoria values blood! Various herbs treat wounds, maggots fight infection, and ants suture wounds. In Europe at this time, bloodletting was still widely used... The medical level of the ancestors of Central America was actually not at all
It is not weaker than the West of this era, it is even much stronger!"
Of course, in the Mexican Alliance, these precious witch doctor inheritances are only monopolized by middle- and high-level priests and serve a very small number of nobles. The great nobles of the Alliance can often live to be over fifty, and six or seventy
It is not uncommon for older people to be over 20 years old. But at the same time, the average life span in Central America is only in their early twenties. There is a distance between heaven and earth between the divine nobles and the ant commoners. From the quality of life to
The length of life.
"Your Highness, the last vitality, 'Ihotel' is located in the liver, controls a person's emotions and desires, and also determines his health and charm. The meaning of 'Ihotel' is breathing.
'Qi'. It is intangible and invisible, and its function is extremely mysterious... Priests are still exploring its understanding, and there are many different opinions. And the common snacks in villages and towns, fried grasshoppers, are based on the shape of Qi.
Complementing the body. Use grasshoppers that look like livers to strengthen the 'Ihotel' in the human body... and after death, Ihotel will disappear."
Shulot recalled for a moment and remembered what fried grasshoppers were. That was the Mexican snack of later generations, Chapulines. It was also a medicine that could help diuresis, treat kidney disease, and relieve gastrointestinal pain. Then, he thought about the last thing.
A kind of vitality, Ihotel.
"Ihotel is the breath of Qi, and is somewhat like the 'Yang Qi' of traditional Chinese medicine. In religion, it symbolizes the mysterious and unknown. In medicine, it is related to the respiratory, urinary, endocrine, and digestive systems.
Well, it is mysterious and unknown...that is...that is, full right of independent interpretation!"
The young His Highness straightened up, his thoughts suddenly brightened. He raised his head, looked at the steaming water mist above his head, changing into different forms, and sighed in a low voice.
"Like fog, like rain and wind, like clouds, like snow and like dreams... To integrate the two systems and spread the medical knowledge of future generations in this ignorant era... we still need to learn from the ancient expositions of Chinese medicine from the Celestial Dynasty