There are many supernatural events in the world. These mysterious things that are difficult to explain with science have made people keen to explore the mysteries.
Among them, the ancient Miao Gu technique is the most eye-catching, has its presence in many movies and literary works, and many people also talk about it.
So what exactly is Gu technique? What kind of history does it have? Let's take a systematic introduction.
Preliminary exploration of the origin of Gu technique
First, Gu technique did not originate from the Miao nationality, but from the Central Plains, but later it was promoted in the Miao nationality.
This is a very ancient spell. As for what era it was created in, it is hard to explore now. But what is certain is that at least before the Zhou Dynasty , there was already a saying of Gu.
However, there was no systematic Gu technique at that time. and Gu refers to the mysterious poisonous insects produced in the natural environment. For example, if the grain is stored for a long time, it will become moldy and deteriorate, and moths will be produced.
later came to during the Warring States Period. A more systematic Gu technique was produced in the Central Plains, and it was applied to a certain extent. It was at this time that Gu technique began to spread more widely.
Regarding its basic operation, " Compendium of Materia Medica " has a detailed introduction to this work. The specific method of is simply to catch a hundred poisonous insects.Then they were confined in a sealed container. After the poisonous insects killed each other, the "victor" that survived was called Gu.
Since this is the content in the Compendium of Materia Medica, it can be known that is not only harmful to people, but also has the effect of curing diseases and saving people.
It's a pity that the components of Gu Shu's Chinese medical techniques have not been promoted, and the harmful function is used by those who are not right in their minds. This has also become the reason why people talk about Gu's discoloration.
Gu cultivators usually quietly put the prepared Gu worms into the victim's food or drinking water. When he takes it, he will get the poison.
The onset of Gu poison is rapid and slow. Some victims will have symptoms in a short time, and some will lie in the human body for several years.
According to modern medical point of view, these symptoms are caused by pathogens in Gu worms.
After being introduced to the Miao people, the Gu technique was promoted.
However, the Gu technique has not become mainstream in the Central Plains, and is far less developed than the poison technique that has a deep connection with Chinese medicine. On the contrary, after the introduction of the Gu technique to the Miao people in the south, gained a profound development.
It is difficult to determine when the Gu technique was introduced to the Miao people and when it was promoted. But at least in the Tang Dynasty, the Miao Gu technique was very famous.
The famous poet at the time Bai Juyi introduced the customs of the Lingnan area in his work "Send Passengers Out of Spring in the Twelfth National Games of Lingnan". mentioned that we must pay more attention to the local area. Zhonggu, don't receive the treasure in the bag".
This is to remind the Central Plains people going to the local area to beware of the invisible Miao Gu technique, which shows that this is a very popular method in the local area.
According to records, women of the Miao ethnic group are particularly good at Gu surgery. Because Han people often bully local Hmong women, they often use this method to retaliate, which also makes the powerful and powerful among the Han people feel jealous.
It can be seen that there are historical reasons why Gu art became a harmful art in the Miao people. It is because of the persecution of the Miao people that developed Gu art as a unique counter-attack method.
On the other hand, the inside of the Miao people is not monolithic, and those who have mastered Gu art will also use them in the struggle within the clan.
As the number of victims increases, over time, those who master Gu art within the Miao people will gradually become isolated and even hostile. In modern times, the Miao Gu technique gradually began to decline, and finally basically disappeared.
Detailed introduction of Gu technique
There are many types of Miao Gu technique, more common than are Insect Gu, Scorpion Gu, Snake Gu, Dog Gu, Toad Gu and so on. Although it can now be determined that Gu is not a supernatural spell, but a physical one, it has been generally regarded as an intangible thing since ancient times.
The legendary Gu technique can move in the air, harming people invisible, and can also change freely. It seems to be a kind of ghost-like thing with a certain intelligence, and even the releaser of the Gu technique can be controlled remotely by mind.
In fact, this is an over-deification of Gu art. Gu art is actually a kind of poison. It only uses animals instead of plants. The releaser of Gu art cannot control Gu worms at all.
What's more, it is even more nonsense that the rumors that Gu can control the victim's mind and make it a puppet that obeys the caster.
So what is the specific production method of Gu?
Gu technique is well-known as a secret technique in the Miao area, and many people believe in it. In the Miao area, even has a saying that "no Gu can't make a stronghold".
It is said that in the Miao area, women are more threatening than men. , especially when you see young widows, must be more careful, because they are most likely to be Gu practitioners.
If a foreigner enters their eyes, these women will secretly drop the worm into the victim's drinking water or food, and soon they will get sick, and ordinary doctors can't cure it at all.
At this time, some local people will pretend to be knowledgeable people and point you to the maze. In fact, they are the entrustment of Gu practitioners.
They will say to outsiders who have been hit by Gu spell, you are hit by Gu spell, and the person who casts the spell must be able to heal it. As a result, the victim will have to be controlled by the Gu spell master and become their slave.
The most common worms used by these female gu practitioners are scorpions or centipedes. Vipers and toads are not easy to control because of their larger size, and they are also difficult to conceal.
After they catch scorpions or centipedes, they usually keep them in earthen jars. In order to enhance their toxicity, they will use their blood of to feed the worms.
In this way,The Gu worms obtained are significantly larger than the common poisonous worms. On the other hand, this also makes the self-made gu poison unique, because no one except one can remove it.
After the gu worms are grown, heat the crock with fire, roast the gu worms to death and dry them, and finally crush them into powder with a stone pestle, so that the gu is made. .
usually hides these powders in their long nails. Once they have a release target, they will lightly flick them in the opponent’s tea bowl or rice bowl. Gu technique will be released, and only wait for the opponent Poisoning is enough.
is also very particular about the specific release method, and there are different countermeasures according to different purposes. For example, uses two fingers to eject powder, which is only used to punish the opponent or intend to enslave the opponent, so that the released Gu technique can be cured.
But if the powder is ejected with three or four fingers, it is a large dose of Gu poison, which is undoubtedly dead and cannot be saved.
Except for the purpose of deliberately harming others in order to enslave each other, the purpose of Miao people’s release of poison is usually for revenge. As far as women are concerned, this kind of hatred mostly arises from the feelings of men and women. Because of love and hatred, female Gu practitioners must use cruel methods to torture the negative person.
Of course, there is another situation where multiple women compete with each other. In order to kill their rivals, they will use their own unique gu worms to secretly harm each other. Everyone tried their best, and the one who failed would die horribly.
The Miao people also have some more distinctive Gu techniques,For example, Loach Gu is one of the representatives.
The specific production method is to first grab an ordinary loach and raise it in clean water. Then add bamboo leaf in the clear water as a medicine, and then put in the Gu poison that you configure.
Over time, this ordinary loach will be contaminated with toxins and become a poisonous loach.
At this time, make the poisonous loach into a dish for the victim to eat, let him poison him.
The specific symptom is that the victim will feel that there is a real loach swimming in his abdomen. It will hit his throat for a while, then hit his anus, and then hit his belly button. Eyes are simply miserable.
A patient who has been caught by the loach gu can neither eat nor excrete. In the end, the abdomen will be as big as a bucket, but the limbs will be weak, the face will be yellow and the muscle will be thin, and the death will be miserable.
There is also a more distinctive technique called stone gu, This kind of gu is to make the poison into a liquid, and then put a small stone in it for a period of time. After
and other stones absorbed the toxicity, they were secretly placed in the victim's food. After the stone enters the victim's stomach, it will gradually absorb various substances and food residues in the body, and the small stones will gradually become larger and eventually form huge stones.
The victim will feel unbearable abdominal distension and extremely constipation, loss of appetite, malnutrition, and death within three years.
Of course, if talks about the Miao Gu technique, one must mention the famous Golden Silkworm Gu. is also one of the most powerful Gu techniques.
This is a kind of poison that does not invade water or fire. It is said that the flames cannot kill it.It is also recognized within the Miao nationality as the most powerful and difficult to remove poison.
People who have been hit by golden silkworm gu will have pain in their chest and abdomen, and will bleed and die within seven days. As long as they are hit by golden silkworm gu, there is basically no cure.
In fact, apart from the Miao nationality, Zhuang also has its own unique method of making gu. They call it epilepsy and chakra, but the power is far inferior to the Miao gu technique.
The so-called epilepsy is to make people mad. is made in a relatively simple way, usually by burying poisonous snakes in the ground and waiting for the body to decay to take germs and toxins to poison others.
The chancre is more common in Guangxi. It is best to make it around the Dragon Boat Festival. is the time when the yang energy is strongest, and the produced Gu has the best effect.
Gu Master will roast centipedes, ants, snakes, earthworms and other snakes and insects on the Dragon Boat Festival, then grind them into powder, and then burn their hair into ashes, and place them afterwards. In the dark room, enshrine them in front of the gods they believe in, so that the poison can be made. The method of
release is nothing special. It is usually put into the victim’s diet or drinking water. After taking , the victim will experience abdominal distension, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms, which are actually similar to dysentery .
Of course, the Zhuang people also have deadly poisons, such as swollen gu.
Swelling Gu, as the name suggests, can cause swelling of the whole body and confusion.As if being attacked by a ghost or evil, sometimes the patient will self-mutilate or even commit suicide.
How to distinguish Gu poisoning
Gu poisoning actually has certain characteristics, if such characteristics are found, it can be judged as Gu poisoning, and relevant measures should be taken for treatment in time.
Gu is an organic toxin, so it is most appropriate to use organic as a reagent for poisoning or not.
can first be distinguished by soybeans, let the patient eat soybeans or black beans raw, If you do not feel the beany smell when chewing, it is very likely that you have been poisoned.
The second method is to take a little bit of licorice, broil it with fire and give it to the patient to chew and swallow it. If the patient vomits fishy smelly liquid before long, it indicates the probability of poisoning. Very big.
The last method is to use boiled eggs or duck eggs, take only the egg white part, let the patient hold the egg white in the mouth, take it out after a period of time, if the egg white turns black, it can also be inferred that it is in the patient Gu poison.
Regarding the prevention and treatment of Gu poison, there are two main aspects. The first is prevention and the second is treatment.
First, let me talk about how to prevent it. When outsiders go to the Miao area, they must pay more attention.
For example, if a family member is particularly tidy and the house is spotlessly clean, especially if there are no spider webs on the roof, then this family member is most likely to raise Gu. It is precisely because he raises Gu that even spiders can’t get close.This is one of the characteristics.
In addition, If the Miao people are serving meals, whether it is tea, water, or food, once they find that they are flicking or tapping with chopsticks, they must be vigilant.
You can ask them at this time, is it poisonous?
When the master sees his own tricks seen through, he will think that the other party is also an expert and dare not act rashly, so he will give up the plan to kill Gu.
Another way is to use garlic. You can eat some garlic before eating at a Hmong family. If there is a gu in the meal, you will vomit immediately, so you can judge whether the gu is in it, and the owner will not dare to see it. Continue to inflict damage.
A similar method is to use water chestnuts, also called horseshoes in the south. Cut them into slices and then dry them. After getting up early every morning, take the slices of water chestnuts with water, or you can mix it with garlic The same effect.
The last method is to never drink alcohol in the Miao area. Because alcohol is a very common medium for local poisoning, not drinking alcohol can avoid a considerable part of the threat of poisoning.
So how should I treat it once I get poisoned? If is the kind of less powerful gu poison, the common method is to mix the three medicinal materials of , realgar, calamus and garlic, and take it with hot water, so that it is possible to excrete the gu poison. discharge.
Of course, this method is a bit rough, and it is not effective for some difficult poisons. It has to be analyzed in detail. There are many related records in ancient books.
The medical technique called "Fifty-two Prescriptions for Diseases" unearthed in the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha in the last century is a representative of it.As Changsha is close to the Miao area in western Hunan, the local area naturally developed medical skills against Gu poison.
For example, the use of bats as medicine, or the use of virgin sky sunflowers, etc. Although may not prove to be effective, it at least shows that the ancients are making corresponding explorations on the treatment of Gu poison.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty has more detailed records on the treatment of Gu. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records a total of more than 360 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, of which more than 40 have a certain therapeutic effect on Gu poison. .
such as red arrow , miwu, euonymus are all very representative of them. Li Shizhen traveled all over the world in order to write this wonderful book, and also has a deep research on Gu poison.
In the Qing Dynasty, there were also some folk prescriptions that proved to be effective. For example, one of them was to take herbal medicine.
This herb is not mentioned in the Compendium of Materia Medica. It is called 嘉草 in ancient books.
Another method is slightly more complicated and is to make pills to treat Gu poison. The body composition is made from roasted dried peach skin, plus wheat bran and pan-sting powder, all made into powder, and then mixed with rice soup to make a puree, and finally rolled into a date-sized pill. can treat the poison .
Why people have stayed away from Gu technique since ancient times
According to the above description, I must have a certain degree of understanding of Gu, and also know some prevention and treatment methods. So why do people from ancient times to the present generally keep away from Gu technique? We can get some enlightenment from a famous ancient essay.
This article is "The Snake Catcher", the author is Liu Zongyuan , from the Tang Dynasty. As this article was selected as a middle school textbook, I think everyone will not be unfamiliar with it.
This article mentions that there is a kind of poisonous snake in Yongzhou area of Hunan Province. Its toxicity is so fierce that even the place it passes through will spread toxins, causing vegetation to wither, and humans or animals are bitten by this snake. In the future, it is almost certain to die.
However, this venomous snake is not useless, because although it is very toxic, it can be used as medicine to treat many intractable diseases. At that time, high-ranking officials and relatives of the emperor and relatives in the capital were very dependent on this kind of poisonous snake, so the imperial doctors paid high prices to let the local people in Yongzhou risk the snake hunt.
At that time, the behavior of catching snakes was basically to pin their heads to the waistband, because once they were bitten by a snake, there was no cure.
But there is no way. Although the emperor Tiangao in Yongzhou is far away, the local officials have levied wildly, and all kinds of exorbitant taxes and taxes continue.
The people of Yongzhou can't survive, so even if they risk their lives, they must hunt snakes desperately.
After people of later generations read this article, most of them think that this is a fictional story by Liu Zongyuan. In fact, there is no such a powerful snake. He wrote it just to make a metaphor, using the snake to refer to the harsh government. Yu Hu.
In fact, this kind of poisonous snake is real, and what Liu Zongyuan wrote is not groundless.
There was a work in the Song Dynasty called "Continued Zi Zhi Tong Jian Chang Bian", which wrote: During the Northern Song Dynasty, the court ordered the "House of Animal Gu" in Yongzhou area to relocate to the wilderness, and they were not allowed to interact with normal ones. Farmers live in the same village. The imperial court does not need them to perform corvee, and they can also be exempt from paying taxes,But they are not allowed to marry ordinary people.
The "home of animal gu" mentioned above is a family that raises gu for a living, and if they want to raise gu, venomous snakes are definitely indispensable, so it can prove that the Yongzhou area is indeed venomous. The story written by Liu Zongyuan is not fictional.
It is true that some people who catch poisonous snakes do use them in exchange for money and subsidize poor families, but there are also quite a few people who catch snakes to raise gu, which is also recorded in history books.
There are some snake catchers who do not sell them immediately after catching poisonous snakes. Instead, they stay in their homes to raise snake gu, and even sell snakes that lose their poison after raising them as poisonous snakes.
Since Yongzhou is close to the land of western Hunan and belongs to an area where the Miao and Han people live together, the local Gu culture is relatively developed and already has a considerable scale.
Ordinary people are naturally afraid of it. Later, through the collection of poisonous snakes, the court also gained a deeper understanding of the local gu breeding behavior and understood its harmfulness.
Because Gu people have a strong ability to poison, it not only severely endangers local security, but also has a significant impact on the rule of the court. Therefore, starting from Song Dynasty, officials are convenient to those who raise Gu Perform a certain degree of blow.
However, the Gu technique is too mysterious after all, and it can harm people invisibly. Although the local government cracks down on the people who raise Gu, it is inevitable that they will suffer a certain degree of revenge.
In addition, most of the people who raise Gu are from the Miao ethnic group. They have a certain degree of hostility towards the Han government. A mere attack will not solve the problem, but will intensify the contradiction.
Later, the government simply stopped paying attention to them, because it was indeed difficult to stop them, so they let these Gu-raisers stay away from ordinary farmers. After all, they are not a majority group but only a minority, so let them go. , As long as it does not affect the lives of ordinary people, just let it go.
However, although they will no longer be hit in actual operations,However, in terms of public opinion, the government will definitely carry out a considerable degree of negative publicity on Gu Yang.
For example, it is claimed that keeping Gu must be to harm people, or to exaggerate the symptoms of Gu poison, etc., These public opinion offensives are also very effective. Some people who don’t know much about keeping Gu are natural after hearing these propaganda. Respect and keep away from raising Gu, and also reject those who raise Gu.
Although it is difficult for the imperial court to use practical means to put an end to the cultivation of Gu, it ultimately relied on propaganda to make the cultivation of Gu a scourge in the eyes of the common people, making its popular circle smaller and smaller, and the soil for survival smaller and smaller, and finally It can only be popular in small circles.
According to historical records, it seems that in the Tang Dynasty, the cultivation of Gu was relatively popular, but in the Song Dynasty, it was gradually marginalized, and the act of raising Gu was also evil, and became a more disgusting thing in the eyes of ordinary people. .
With the development of modern science, the traditional and mysterious behavior of raising Gu has been criticized by the scientific community. Now in traditional Miao areas, most people are also connected to electricity and the Internet. After receiving the baptism of science, ordinary people sneer at these supernatural mysteries.
At this time, if someone raises Gu publicly, he will definitely become an alien in everyone's eyes and cannot be accepted by everyone.
In fact, things have two sides. The purpose of raising Gu is indeed to harm people, but Gu surgery is not only harmful to people. In fact, it is also the traditional medical technique of Miao people. and Han Chinese medicine have no essence. The difference is just being used by people with wrong intentions.
For people who have received modern education, there is actually no need to talk about discoloration, just look at it from an objective perspective.
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