Aztec Eternals

On the bank of the hot spring, in the green forest, egrets fly high above the clouds, and wild foxes cry low among the grass. The imperial guards were wearing armor and holding sticks, and were on guard carefully on the periphery. The dignitaries surrounded the dying stag, contemplating and discussing, injecting vitality into the traditional witch medicine.

Na Xiu stood tall, with a delicate and quiet face. Hearing His Highness's order, she nodded solemnly, moved her long legs, and walked to the side of the dissected stag. Then, she stretched out her slender right hand, not caring about the blood in front of her eyes, and stretched out the dagger accurately.

"Your Highness, princess. In the inheritance of priests, every part of our body strictly corresponds to the days of the calendar. Our bodies contain the enlightenment of destiny and communicate with the whole world."

Naxiu looked serious, her voice was like smoke, and she spoke eloquently. She talked about the basis of the entire witch medicine, and it is also the world in the eyes of the priests, that is, the correspondence between time, fate and the human body!

"In the calendar, there are 20 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 excellent destiny. The second day, the windy day, corresponds to the heart. Tongue. The third day, the day of the palace, corresponds to the mind. The fourth day, the day of the lizard, corresponds to the liver. These are the first four days of a month, all of which are auspicious days blessed by gods, and also correspond to the four most sacred organ."

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

Let's not mention the mind, 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 the name comes from the human tongue, "trakhtoli". Because, in people's cognition, the tongue has the power to make the people obey, and it is the power to rule.

After finishing speaking, Naxiu paused for a while. She quietly glanced at the girl in white who was paying attention and listening carefully, with a faint smile on her face.

".In a month, there are several unlucky days related to 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, Corresponding to hands. Grass day, corresponding to intestines These are the fourth day in a month, which contains ominous signs. The organs corresponding to these four days can reflect the approach of death. Of course, there is also the sixth day, the day of death, corresponding to hair."

Hearing this, Shulot lowered his eyes slightly. He took the title of "Reaper" and was most familiar with these sayings. Wrinkles appear on the skin, the nose smells like an old man, unsteady hands and feet tremble, it is difficult to eat in the stomach, and the hair starts to turn gray. These are all symbols of death in Nava religion. Children born on these unlucky days are often regarded as curses and even discarded intentionally.

"Finally, at the end of a month, it is an inauspicious weekday. 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, flower day, corresponds to the chest. The last four days symbolize a peaceful life, and the born child has an ordinary life. The corresponding organs have no special religious meaning."

Having said that, Naxiu looked at His Highness and smiled complicatedly. She was born on the last four days, so she should have been calm and ordinary. But after she was chosen by the priesthood when she was young, her fate changed completely, and she lived only for another person ever since.

"very nice."

Xiuluo nodded, showing praise on his face. Then, he looked at the glamorous female warrior, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Nasiu, keep talking!"

"Follow you."

The samurai bowed her head. Afterwards, she muttered to herself and recited incomprehensible mantras. Facing the dead wild deer, she stretched out her hands to touch the deer's head, deer's heart and deer's liver respectively, and performed a simple requiem ceremony.

"Your Highness, in our body, there are three special life forces contained in three sacred organs. That is 'Tonali' in the brain, 'Teyolia' in the heart, and in the liver The 'Ihotel'!"

"'Tonali' is located in 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. Priests can affect the 'Tonali' on the head by holding rituals to communicate with the gods and taking sacred mushrooms and herbs, and even let it leave the body temporarily. And when we die 'Tonali' shall remain in our bones, to the mortal earth."

Hearing this, Xiulot stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

The concept of "Tonali" is similar to the divinity of human beings in religion, but in medicine, it is about the collection of nervous and endocrine systems. The witch medicine that carries on thinking, perception and body regulation is derived from these concepts. It is explored in 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, mandala, psilocybe mushroom, ayahuasca, and frog poison, scorpion poison, snake poison...to gain fantastic understanding and heal the body and spirit disease.

And these animal and plant medicines contain special alkaloids and hormones, which can act on the brain and the whole body to effectively anesthetize, calm, relieve pain, kill bacteria, and even completely change people's mental state.

"Tonali's medicine corresponding to the nervous and endocrine system. Well, Naxiu, let's continue!"

"'Teyoria' is located in the heart, the seat of knowledge and vitality. It determines the life of a person, and also determines the fate after death. When we die, the 'Teyoria' will be separated from the body and go to the To the sky of the Kingdom of God, and then into the afterlife of man. The fate of a man after death, the whereabouts of 'Tejolia', are all determined by the way of his death, especially the destination of the 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 serious. The reason why the sacrificial ceremonies of the alliance value the human heart so much is precisely because of the "Tejolia" in the heart. In religion, "Tejolia" can be seen as the soul. In medicine, "Tayloria" is the circulatory system of blood. Thinking of this, the young man asked loudly.

"Naxiu, what achievements have the witch doctors made in their research on 'Teyolia'?"

"Your Highness, 'Tejolia' is fused into the blood and is the source of vitality of the human body. Once a person is injured and the blood flows too much, he will lose his vitality and even lose his soul. Therefore, witch doctors will find ways to reduce human trauma When the blood is lost."

Naxiu pondered for a while, recalling the commonly used methods to stop bleeding.

"On the traumatic wound, apply ink leaves, pepper grass, yucca juice, honey, or even clusters of spider webs to effectively stop the bleeding. To prevent the wound from cracking, you can also wrap it with cotton cloth or vines. If the wound is decomposed and suppurated , you can put the larvae of the mung bean fly to eat the necrotic meat and speed up the healing. Of course, the high priests of the alliance also have a secret method of hemostasis, which was learned from the Mayans, which can deal with the long and narrow battle stick cuts .”

"Well, indeed. As long as the larvae of the mung bean fly are cultivated in a clean environment, they can be used as a treatment for rotten wounds. The larvae of the mung bean fly are strictly scavengers and will only eat decayed and dead tissues, and will not affect healthy living bodies part. These larvae also secrete chemicals that kill microbes."

Shulot thought for a moment, then nodded slowly. Maggot therapy is popular in the Alliance, and it may seem disgusting, but it has saved many wounded warriors from infection. Then, he became interested and asked with a smile.

"What is the Maya's secret method to stop bleeding? Can it deal with long and narrow cuts?"

Alyssa next to her blinked, as if thinking of something.

"Isn't it an ant?"

"Yes! The princess is knowledgeable."

Naxiu smiled, and gave some instructions to the nearby personal guards. Soon, a samurai approached cautiously holding a sealed clay pot. Naxiu opened the clay pot, stretched out her slender fingers, quickly reached in and pinched it, then took it out quickly, and closed the pot.

"Huh? Are these army ants?"

Shulot looked between Naxiu's two fingers. A tropical army ant the size of half a fingernail is constantly opening and closing its strong upper and lower jaws, shaking its big head, struggling in vain.

Naxiu smiled lightly, and moved the army ant to one of the stag's wounds. Smelling the smell of blood, the army ant suddenly opened its jaws and bit the wound hard. Then, with a precise pinch of slender fingers, the army ant's body fell off, leaving only its round head, biting tightly on the wound.

"That's it!"

Na Xiu curled up her fingers and lightly touched the soldier ant's head. The two jaws on that head closed and bit on the buck's wound, and just sewed up the corner of the knife edge, becoming a natural "suture". This "suture" is not only sutured tightly, but also carries bactericidal saliva, which can help disinfect the wound.

"Your Highness, you see, as long as there are enough army ants, you can suture the wounds on your body. And the army ants in this clay pot are all prepared by me in advance for you."

Seeing this, Xiu Luote was amazed and emotional.

"Tyoria, is to pay attention to blood! Various herbs treat wounds, maggots resist infection, and ants suture wounds. In this era, Europe is still widely using bloodletting therapy. 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 Mexica Alliance, these precious witch doctor inheritances are only monopolized by middle and high priests, serving a very small number of nobles. The great nobles of the alliance can often live to be over fifty, and it is not uncommon for seniors 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 nobles of the gods and the common people of the ants, from the quality of life to the length of life.

"Your Highness, the last vitality, 'Yhotel' is located in the liver, which controls a person's emotions and desires, and also determines his health and charm. The meaning of 'Yhotel' means breathing, is 'Qi'. It is invisible and invisible, and its function is extremely mysterious. The priests are still exploring its understanding, and there are many different versions. The common snack in the town, fried grasshoppers, is to complement the form with the form. .Use a grasshopper that looks like a liver to enhance the 'Ihotel' in the human body. And after the person dies, the Ihotel will disappear."

Shulot recalled for a while, and then remembered what fried grasshoppers were. That is the snack of Mexico in later generations, Chapulines. It is also a medicine that can help diuresis, treat kidney disease, and relieve stomach pain. Then, he thought about the last life force, Yhotel.

"Yhotel is the qi of breathing, and it is also a bit like the 'yang qi' of Chinese medicine. In religion, it symbolizes the mysterious and unknown. In medicine, it is related to the respiratory, urinary, endocrine, and digestive systems. Well, mysterious and unknown. That is. That is, the full right of independent interpretation!"

The young His Highness straightened up, his thoughts suddenly brightened. He raised his head, looked at the steaming mist above his head, changing into different shapes, and sighed softly.

"Like fog like rain and wind, like cloud like snow and like dream, we need to integrate the two systems to spread the medical knowledge of later generations in this ignorant era. It is still necessary to learn from the ancient exposition of Chinese medicine in the Celestial Dynasty!"

This chapter has been written for a long, long time, and I have referred to a lot of materials. Cats ask for support! In addition, I recommend a foreign language website that introduces Aztec culture, mexicolore. Finally, belated blessings, Happy Lantern Festival!