Western medicine takes "snake stick" as its symbol. The so-called "snake stick" is a walking stick with a snake-shaped pattern around it. There is an allusion here, which comes from the legend of ancient Greece: Asclepius, one of the founders of ancient Greek medicine, is said to be the son of Apollo, the sun god, and Coroni, a mortal. He once studied medicine with Khyron's superb medical skills, and his medical skills were very good. One day, when he was absorbed in thinking about a case, a poisonous snake crawled over and wrapped around his hand. Asclepius was surprised and killed the poisonous snake at once. Who knows, at this moment, another poisonous snake appeared, with herbs in its mouth, lying next to the dead snake, and the dead snake came back to life. When Asclepius saw this scene, he immediately realized that snakes are poisonous and can kill people, but they have mysterious healing power and can save people. No wonder people always think that snakes are the embodiment of wisdom. From then on, wherever Asclepius went to practice medicine, he not only took a snake with him, but always wrapped a snake around his cane. Once this theory spread, people engaged in the medical industry followed suit, so the "snake stick" became the symbol of the western medical industry. In the old society, the collar of the Kuomintang military medical officer was the badge of "snake stick".

Medical symbol

There are two medical symbol systems in the world: one is a double snake stick with wings as the theme; The other is about a snake wrapped around a stick. The double snake-winged staff originated from Hermes/macri's wand in Greek mythology. The staff of a single snake is the main symbol of Ashibis, the medical god in Roman mythology. Traditionally, people think that a snake's walking stick is an orthodox medical symbol. Whether it is a single snake stick or a double snake stick, both of them imply the meaning of "sex", indicating that the root of healing and healing comes from the magical power of creating life, and Kundalini in Sanskrit and the "spiritual quantity" in Chinese translation can correspond to it. In short, the snake stick symbolizes magical medical skills and neutral medical ethics.

Hermes

Hermes, the messenger of God in Greek mythology, was the son of Zeus and Maya. He is in charge of business, tourism, competitions and other physical exercises, even including stealing. In short, he is responsible for all activities that require skill and dexterity. He is an emissary of the Greek gods, wearing a winged hat, winged shoes and a staff wrapped around two snakes, which has hypnotic effect. Zeus once ordered Hermes to hypnotize argus, the cyclops guarding his mistress, with this wand.

Roman mythology

In Roman mythology, macri is equivalent to the God of Hermes in Greek mythology. 1480 macri, the messenger of Venus on the leftmost side of Botticelli's famous painting Spring, used a wand wrapped with a snake to drive away the dark clouds, keeping the garden of Venus in eternal spring. It is said that he invented the ancient plucked instrument lyre. One day, he found a turtle, took off its shell, drilled several holes in the edge of the shell, and then put linen thread through these holes, so a new musical instrument was born. This line is divided into nine strands to commemorate the nine muses who were in charge of the literary and artistic power. macri gave the lira to Apollo, the sun god, in exchange for the magical Kedius. In addition, the word mercury is also mercury in nine planets and mercury in chemical elements.

Double snake staff

Double snake staff (caduceus；; Karukeion (Greek) is the symbol of Hermes/macri, the messenger of God, and also represents the baton. Two snakes twine left and right with opposite ends, and some sticks have a pair of angel wings at the top. Modern people regard double snake sticks as a symbol of trade and transportation, as well as medicine and alchemy. There is also a legend that when macri threw his walking stick between two biting snakes, the two snakes got together again. Therefore, the double snake staff is also regarded as a symbol of peace.

God of medicine

Asclepius; (pius, Asli; Latin aesculapius is the god of medicine in Roman mythology. His image is holding a stick with a snake wrapped around it. Why did the Greeks associate this sign with medical care? That's because snakes shed their skin every year, which has always been regarded as a process of recovery and renewal. The wooden stick represents the position of the spine and midvein of the human body. Represents the double helix ascending movement when the mental quantity rises along the midvein. Coincidentally, this double helix form of mental activity is very similar to the DNA molecular structure of human genetic genes. In ancient times, especially in hospitals located in medical hot springs, snakes were regarded as sacred objects. It is said that when the plague raged in ancient Rome, people invited Ashibis, who was transformed into a giant snake, and the plague disappeared immediately.

From a longer perspective, European culture is a revived Roman culture, inheriting the mantle of Greek culture, which is deeply influenced by ancient Egyptian culture and the culture of the two rivers. The source of civilization in the two river basins is currently considered to be Sumer. And it can be considered that Sumerian culture has become the source of the whole Middle East culture and even the whole western culture since 7500 BC or even earlier.

In Sumerian legend, human beings were created by Enqi and Ninggulshag. As the god of water and technology, Jean's symbol is a snake. Jean gave human life and knowledge, and saved human beings from the gods who never liked human beings many times, but lost to his younger brother enlil in the battle for the highest position. So in the worship system, it and its descendants were placed in an incorrect role. Therefore, even the ancient snakes based on human wisdom in the Bible are considered to be evil, even the incarnation of Satan. But the snake is still the main symbol of Yiqi, and the wisdom and life it represents are imperceptibly imprinted in the deep heart of the whole western cultural world along the veins of the Middle East, Egypt, Greece, Rome and Germany. The reason why the snake becomes a symbol of medical treatment is precisely because of the life it represents, and the source of this meaning is Jean of Elidu.