Aztec Immortal - Chapter 480
Chapter 463 Plague Theory
Surrounded by clouds and fog, water vapor rises, changing like floating clouds, and like the air of heaven and earth. The crowd surrounded Xiulot, listening to His Highness’ revelation.
“Between the heaven and the earth, all living things circulate, and there are all kinds of qi. They are invisible, colorless and odorless, but they really exist. There are yang qi full of vitality, constant qi that changes with the seasons, and there are also qi that violate vitality. Epidemic gas, together affect the health of the human body!”
Xiulot pondered for a long time, and did not speak in a low voice until the sun was setting. Naxiu next to her took out a pen and paper, and carefully recorded every word of God’s revelation.
“.Yang Qi falls into our body with the birth of a baby, and it turns into different vitality. It is divided into three, which is the heaven, earth, and abyss in the priest’s inheritance. The sky’s Qi falls on the head, transforming into three Tonali, the head, contains the divinity bestowed by the Lord God, and determines the fate of people. The air of the earth falls in the heart, and turns into Teyolia in the heart, containing the soul of people. The air of the abyss falls in the heart. The liver, transformed into Yihotel in the liver, is in charge of the health of the human body!”
Hearing this, Naxiu paused for a moment, her expression became pious.
In the priesthood of Aztec, there is also the concept of “three talents”, which are nothing but the sky, the earth and the abyss, as the manifestation of the divinity of the world. The human body corresponds to the world, there is a mysterious connection, and it also has three kinds of vitality, just like the “unity of man and nature” in the traditional Chinese thought.
In fact, this concept exists widely in the world of Mesoamerica. The three gods of the Sun, Moon, and Star of the Prepecha people, and the sacred world of the Chichimek dog descendants, all have similar cognitions.
“Yang Qi resides in the human body, echoes with the heavens and the earth, and maintains the operation of the human body. The cause of disease is the manifestation of the struggle between the Yang Qi in the human body and the normal and epidemic qi that invaded the body! As for the result of the struggle , or the yang qi wins, expelling the two kinds of evil qi, and the human body returns to health; or the evil qi goes deep, suppressing yang qi, and the disease becomes more difficult to treat; or the two coexist, the disease is hidden in the body, and a balance is temporarily reached.”
Xiulot’s voice was loud, and every sentence was as deafening as a bronze bell.
The alliance’s witch doctor inheritance corresponds to the nature of heaven and earth, which is just integrated with the traditional theory of traditional Chinese medicine. And the mystical elements in witch doctors can only be fully guided by using the “Qi” of Chinese medicine theory. The reason is probably that the medicine of the Celestial Dynasty is inherited in one continuous line, and many concepts originated from the ancient pre-Qin period. Both the “Huangdi Neijing” and “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica” contain many ancient legends, and naturally they can also accommodate American witch doctors in the ignorant era.
“Sholot, in this way, we get sick, grow old or die because of weak yang qi, unable to resist evil qi? And when evil qi enters the body, will it destroy the nine systems you mentioned?”
Alyssa blinked her eyes thoughtfully. Such a statement is easier for the priests to understand than the tiny cells, and it is also easier for the people to believe.
“Exactly! Evil qi enters the body, yang qi weakens, and the organs that maintain the human body’s operation will be damaged. And the evil qi that hurts people can be divided into two types, one is the normal qi caused by environmental changes, and the other is the epidemic qi derived from infection.” !”
In Shulot’s mind, he suddenly remembered a buried movie, and the words “Plague Theory” came to his mind. The greatest threat to American civilization is the plague. He smiled with emotion and spoke in a deep voice.
“Human diseases can be divided into two types. Ordinary injuries and colds are caused by feeling the normal qi of the heaven and earth; and severe epidemics are caused by feeling the plague qi of the heaven and the earth! Normal qi and evil qi should not be confused. The sources of the two are very different, and the responses are also completely different!”
In traditional Chinese medicine, typhoid fever is a general term for exogenous diseases, rather than typhoid fever, a severe infectious disease in later Western medicine.
“For example, when the cold wave went south the year before last, thousands of people in the northern city-states suffered from the cold and fell ill. They had fever, cough, weakness and headaches, all of which were affected by the cold air of the world. The cold air entered the body and suppressed Yang Qi, and Yihotel suffered damage. So we become weak. It is necessary to get rid of the cold in order to gradually restore health! It is hot in summer, and farmers fainted due to heatstroke, because they are affected by heat. The sea breeze is humid, and fishermen’s knees hurt, because they are affected by moisture. It depends on the movement of the human body!”
“Ah, so that’s the case. Shulot, I understand now when you say that!”
Alyssa nodded vigorously, suddenly realizing. Immediately, she asked curiously.
“What about the epidemic air? Will it be more powerful than normal air?”
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“Alyssa, the two armies fought, and there were many casualties. If the corpses are not buried, the plague will be produced, and then the plague will spread. And similar plague diseases can spread on a large scale, causing many people to suffer from the same disease This is not because of the intrusion of normal qi such as wind, cold, heat, and dampness, but because of the infection of the epidemic qi between heaven and earth!”
With a solemn expression, Xiulot discussed the most important mechanism of the plague.
“Plague Qi cannot be seen, touched, or smelled. It can suppress Yang Qi in the human body and multiply; it can also spread across the world and spread with the wind and water. The way the plague air spreads to people is natural. There are also two kinds. One is contagion, through contact with a sick person, he is infected with the disease in his body; get sick.”
“Most of the ways that plague gas invades the human body is from the mouth and nose, and then invades the chest and abdomen, spreading throughout the whole body. In the chest and abdomen, it can simultaneously damage the Teyoria of the heart and Ihotel of the liver. And The essence of the epidemic gas is what I said before, bacteria and viruses that are smaller than dust, but they are currently invisible. These tiny epidemic gases are different, and they damage different parts of the human body in different ways. Therefore, Only a certain kind of epidemic gas can cause corresponding infectious diseases, this is the theory of mixed gas!”
Xiulot paused for a moment, sighed quietly, and his voice became low.
“Because the epidemic can multiply and spread among the crowd, it is extremely dangerous. Once a severe epidemic spreads in the city-state, the number of people who will get sick and die will be hundreds of thousands, or even millions!”
“Ah?! One million people died!”
Hearing this sensational number, Alyssa exclaimed. Although she believed her lover’s words, she couldn’t imagine how cruel it was.
“Yes! Even the death of a million people is just the beginning.”
Xiulot looked heavy, thinking of the history of another time and space. The thick darkness came like a pavement, making it difficult to breathe.
In 1519-1520, smallpox was spread by the team of the Spanish colonist Hernán Cortes. According to the estimates of later generations, in just two years, smallpox caused the deaths of 5-8 million people in Central America, and many tribes were wiped out!
The states of the Mexica Alliance suffered heavy casualties. Most of the nobles and warriors were killed or injured. Even the successor king Quetravac died of smallpox. Millions of people fell into the panic of the last days, struggled to fall into the abyss, and died of despair in the plague. A year later, the Spanish colonists who had been defeated several times made a comeback. With the power of smallpox, they captured the empty lake capital, the majestic Tenochtitlan.
And in 1545, a new plague floated across the sea and spread across the land of Central America, bringing the cry of death, known in history as the “Coco Lizzie Pandemic”. This pandemic may be the simultaneous spread of multiple severe infectious diseases, including typhus, typhus and measles. Between 1545 and 1548, the three-year pandemic caused a total of 5-15 million deaths, directly taking away more than 80% of the population of Central America!
What’s even more frightening is that this pandemic has lasted for more than 30 years and is the most tragic plague in human history. From North America to South America, countless indigenous people are struggling in despair. The pandemic struck again between 1576 and 1578, killing another half of Central America’s remaining population in three years, killing 2 million to 2.5 million people.
By 1578, there were only more than 2 million people left in the entire Central American world, including the Yucatan region. And back in 1519, before the outbreak of smallpox, the population of the entire world was at least 22 million! In just 60 years, 90% of the Central American population died, almost genocide!
The cruel plague took away too many lives, significantly reduced human activities in the Western Hemisphere, and even reduced the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere. Studies have shown that one of the reasons for the occurrence of the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty was the change in the gas composition of the atmosphere, which caused the global cold to advance. Although this statement is doubtful, from another aspect, it reflects the destruction of Native Americans by the plague.
“Compared with the colonists, the plague is a world-destroying threat! Therefore, the kingdom and the alliance must put the development of medicine first. Only the medical level that surpasses the times can deal with the never-before-seen plague. It is possible to save American civilization! And this, perhaps, is the most important meaning of my coming to this era.”
Xiulot remained silent, and a strong sense of mission surged into his heart, like a hot flame burning in his heart, which never stopped for a moment.
At this moment, Alyssa and Naxiu both stopped moving. The two looked at their lover in a daze, and felt that his eyes seemed to be burning with light.
Note: The above population figures are from the 2002 document “Megadrought and Megadeath in 16th Century Mexico”.