In any most neglected situation, when the hopes for qualified doctors burst like a soap bubble, people know that the last hope is a medicine man. Traditional medicine is still in great demand. And the question of what healers treat, excites the minds of many.
Who are the healers?
This is an ancient concept. Healer - healer, herbalist. This is a special person with secret knowledge. The healer remembers every weed in appearance, smell and property, with what to combine it, in which cases to use, at what time and where it is better to collect so that it is filled with the most useful properties. He uses his knowledge mainly for the treatment of people and animals, divination and other important areas of life. Such people are also called whispers, because they often mumble ornate conspiracies. Distinguishes them from others by special calmness, curiosity, wisdom and experience. They enjoy respect and trembling trust in society and are accompanied throughout life by rumors and gossip, enveloping and pursuing them, wherever healers appear.
Who can become a healer?
Blood kinship here is of little importance, except that it is easier for blood relatives to transfer knowledge because of the constant presence of these. Anyone can become an apprentice to the herbalist or study medicinal science on their own. But this knowledge is not acquired in one year, because you need to absorb a very large number of secrets and wisdom, gain the necessary experience. It is often believed that being a herbalist is a truly female vocation, but a man can also become a healer, which also has its advantages. Women are known as midwives, it is easier for a woman to entrust something personal, intimate, to entrust a child, but men's advice will be treated with much greater respect. The best healers, according to legend, women are “clean” - single or widowed. But according to North Russian legends, the power of the healer is for one who has all his teeth healthy. In some regions, they say that healers become those who somehow came into contact with the mysterious world, possibly stolen by goblin. Outwardly, they are no different from ordinary people. So with a great desire, you can always find yourself a mentor, healer and find out how healers treat, firsthand.
What abilities do healers have?
Any herbalist is simply a storehouse of information about which a simple layman does not even suspect. They are able to take the evil eye, relieve spoilage, give the child a good night's sleep, find the missing, predict, solve dreams, remove the love spell, protect the young family, strengthen the relationship of spouses, save small pests and rodents, protect the fields, attract luck to hunters and fishermen. But more often than not, healers specialize in some basic area of traditional medicine, like ordinary doctors. Some people think that herbalists are hiding with unclean ones, others say that healers work only by turning to God.
How to distinguish a healer from a sorcerer?
It is strange that people involved in the healing and study of medicinal herbs are considered to be involved in connections with evil spirits. Village superstitions are guilty of these superstitions, where they still continue to consider healers as sorcerers. These prejudices arise due to the fact that people are used to suspecting the work of supernatural forces in everything unknown to them. And seeing, but not fully understanding, what the healers treat, people immediately ranked the healers among the witches. From the letters of Zemstvo doctors dated to the nineteenth century, we know about the hostile attitude of peasants towards doctors, there are cases of doctors killing during epidemics, as they were accused of spreading the disease. Ordinary people preferred to contact the healers, believing that doctors can only treat the diseases of the gentlemen. The main difference between a healer and a sorcerer is that sorcerers shrouded their deeds in secrecy, and healers work openly, and conspiracies begin with an appeal to God. The healer has a bright, clean, warm hut with the smell of dried herbs. And the healer does not require money for his help. Although it is not shameful to thank with money, products or a service, because knowledge, art, and not sorcery, are evaluated.
What do healers treat?
Healers use special conspiracies to treat, pronounced either over the patient or over the drug. They use the power of nature, water, objects, make up various mixtures for indoor and outdoor use. Herbalists consume water and spray people with it. He uses a medicine man and his hands, threads, candles, coal, chips. The healers consider the disease at a different energy level, therefore, in the first place, they correct human injuries at the energy level. Sometimes ailments are personified, and they talk with them, asking to leave the patient. In any case, it all comes down to treatment with herbs, infusions and decoctions. So did the herbalists and Ancient Rus.
And what are the healers of other countries treating? Are there methods completely wild for our understanding? Healers of India, for example, believe that cow urine can cure heart disease, and eating fish alive helps with asthma. They believe that apples treat claustrophobia. Of course, these are doubtful and controversial methods, but it is worth noting that all the same, in the vast majority of cases in India, too, they turn to plants and herbs for help.
If you are interested in joining at least a little bit and feeling like a healer, you can use various literature, for example, read the “Golden Healer of the People's Healer”. You can’t say for sure how useful it will be in everyday life, but at least in order to plunge into the atmosphere that interests you, it will come in handy. Moreover, it will never be superfluous to get acquainted with options for amulets and conspiracies for all occasions.