What's the use of fortune telling and burning paper?

Today, a fortune teller asked me to tell my fortune. He said that my marriage was not good, and then he gave me a symbol to burn and eat in the water. I didn't burn the place with words when I burned it. ...

In fact, there are many reasons why latent water can work.

First, faith. Usually, people who drink water are superstitious, or at least pantheists. After praying to pagan ghosts and gods, the parties trust the efficacy of drowning and psychologically heal themselves.

Second, painting symbols.

This is not to say that calligraphy is really effective, but that the material of calligraphy is cinnabar. Cinnabar can soothe the nerves and improve eyesight, fight poison with poison, and thus achieve the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. In a sense, rich water has certain curative effect.

Third, Taoist doctors are not separated.

In fact, in ancient times, the Taoist school made great contributions to the development of medicine in China. There are many Dan pharmacists and formulators. The ancient medical work Neijing was mostly influenced by Taoism. So there is a saying that many doctors in ancient times would call themselves alchemists and practice medicine. Rich water was a prescription from the beginning.

Take Taiping Road as an example. For peaceful people, the teacher holds nine as a blessing and teaches patients to kowtow and think, because they drink with water. If you get sick, or get over it, you will know that this person is a channel; If you can't heal, you don't believe it. The first thing to say here is the posterior nature of rich water. You should be able to, but you can't because you are not religious enough. Considering the common symptoms in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the main materials of submerged water may be salt and cinnabar. So in the early days of the Taiping Rebellion, one of the reasons that can be repeated is faith and salt. In the case of drinking water, salt and faith make the Yellow Scarf cult invincible.

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