Chapter 462 The Witch Doctor's Legacy: Tonali, Tayolia, Ihotel

By the hot springs, in the green forest, egrets fly high in the clouds, and wild foxes hum in the grass. The praetorian warriors, wearing armor and holding sticks, were on guard at the perimeter. The dignitaries gathered around the dying stag, meditating and discussing, breathing life into traditional witch medicine.

Na stands tall and slender, 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 stretched out the dagger.

"Your Highness, Princess. In the priest's inheritance, 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."

Naxiu's expression was serious and her voice was like smoke as she spoke eloquently. She talked about the basis of the entire witch medicine and the world in the eyes of the priests, which 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. 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, which are auspicious days blessed by the gods, and also correspond to the four most sacred days in the human body. organ."

Hearing this, Shulot nodded slightly. According to traditional concepts, the first four days are all auspicious days, and the corresponding four organs contain special powers.

Let’s not mention the brain, heart, and liver for now, let’s talk about the tongue first. The leader of the alliance is known as the Big Talker, "Tlatoani". The etymology of this name comes from the human tongue, "Tlachtoli". Because, in people's perception, the tongue has the power to make people obey and is the power to rule.

After speaking, Na Xiu paused for a moment. She quietly glanced at the girl in white who was listening attentively, with a faint smile on her face.

".In a month, there are several other bad 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, and the twelfth day, Corresponds to the hand. The grass day 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. hair."

Hearing this, Shulot lowered his eyes slightly. He uses the title "God of Death" and is most familiar with these statements. Wrinkles appear on the skin, the smell of old people smells in the nose, the hands and feet are unsteady and trembling, the stomach and intestines have difficulty eating, and the hair begins to turn white. These are all symbols of death in Nava religion. Children born on these unlucky days are often regarded as curses and may even be intentionally discarded.

"Finally, at the end of a month, there are usually days that are neither good nor bad. 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 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, and she should have been calm and ordinary. But after she was selected by the priesthood as a child, her destiny completely changed. From then on, she only lived for another person.

"very nice."

Xiuluo nodded, with a look of praise on his face. Then, he looked at the charming female warrior and gave instructions in a deep voice.

"Naxiu, keep talking!"

"I obey you."

The female warrior bowed her head in greeting. Then, she muttered to herself and recited 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 'Teyolia' 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 life force 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 performing rituals to communicate with the gods and taking sacred mushrooms and herbs, priests can affect the 'tonali' in the head and even cause it to temporarily leave the body when we die. At that time, '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, but in medicine, it is roughly a collection of nervous and endocrine systems. The witch medicine that carries out thinking, perception and body regulation is based on these concepts. Learned through knowledge and practice.

Based on 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" on the head, they will use black feather jade, datura, psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, as well as frog venom, scorpion venom, and snake venom to gain fantastic insights and heal the body and spirit. disease.

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 is a drug corresponding to the nervous and endocrine systems. 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 also determines his fate after death. When we die, 'Tayolia' will separate from the body and go to Go to the sky of the kingdom of God and then plunge into the afterlife. The fate of a person after death and the whereabouts of 'Taiyolia' are determined by the way he dies, especially the destination of his heart. Therefore, the sacred sacrifice is not only. In order to satisfy the gods, it is also a promise to the sacrificer in the afterlife."

Shulot looked solemn. The reason why the Alliance's sacrificial rituals value the human heart so much is precisely because of the "Tayolia" in the heart. In religion, "Teyoria" can be seen as the soul. In medicine, "Taiyolia" is the blood circulation system. Thinking of this, the young man asked loudly.

"Naxiu, what results have the witch doctors achieved in studying 'Tayolia'?"

"Your Highness, 'Taiyolia' 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, blood loss.”

Na Xiu 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 use cotton or vines to wrap it. If the wound rots and suppurates , you can put 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 cuts caused by long and narrow war sticks. "

"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. In part, these larvae 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.

"Isn't it an ant?"

"Yes! The princess is knowledgeable."

Naxiu smiled and gave a few instructions to the nearby bodyguards. Soon, a warrior came forward carefully holding a sealed clay pot. Naxiu opened the clay pot, stretched out her slender fingers, and quickly pinched it, then quickly took it out and closed the clay pot.

"Huh? Are these army ants?"

Shulot looked between Na Xiu'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 close to a knife wound of the stag. When the army ant smelled the blood, it suddenly opened its jaws and bit hard on the wound. Then, with a precise pinch of the 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 together and bit the buck's wound, which happened to sew the corner of the knife edge, forming a natural "suture". 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, the wounds on the body can be sutured. And these army ants in this 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 sew wounds. In this era, Europe is still widely using bloodletting. The medical level of the ancestors of Central America is actually not weaker than The West in this era 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 distinguished people. The great nobles of the alliance often live to be over fifty, and it is not uncommon for elders to be sixty or seventy years old. But at the same time, the average life expectancy across Central America is only in the early twenties. There is a distance between heaven and earth between the divine nobles and the common people, from the quality of life to the length of life.

"Your Highness, the last kind of life force, 'Ihotel' is located in the liver. It 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. The priests are still exploring its understanding, and there are many different theories. The fried grasshoppers, a common snack in villages and towns, are based on the form. . Use grasshoppers that look like livers to strengthen the 'Ihotel' in the human body. After death, Ihotel will disappear. "

Shulot recalled for a moment and remembered what exploding grasshoppers were. That was the Mexican snack of later generations, Chapulines. It is also a medicine that can help diuresis, treat kidney disease, and relieve gastrointestinal pain. Then he pondered the last life force, 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’s mysterious and unknown. That’s it. That’s full right of independent interpretation!”

The young prince stood up, his mind suddenly cleared up. He looked up, looked at the steam rising from the top of his head, changing into different forms, and sighed softly.

"Like fog, rain, and wind, like clouds, snow, and dreams. To integrate the two systems and spread the medical knowledge of later generations in this ignorant era, we still have to learn from the ancient theories of Chinese medicine in the Celestial Empire!"

This chapter took a very long time to write, and I referred to a lot of information. Cat, please support me! In addition, I recommend a foreign website that introduces Aztec culture, mexicolore. Finally, a belated blessing, happy Lantern Festival!