In the fast-paced modern life, we often hear discussions about superstition and medicine. The two seem to be completely different, but they are inextricably linked.
In the old village, the old people sit around and share the "earthwork" that has been passed down from generation to generation. Some of these earthworks are very strange and even inexplicable. Some are based on reverence for nature, while others are based on the observation of life. They may not be as scientific as modern medicine, but in practice, it can be found that these "earthworks" have miraculous curative effects. But sometimes it's ineffective? Why?
Medicine is a professional discipline that has been gradually formed after hundreds of years of development and combined with the research and exploration of countless scientists. It is based on empirical evidence, through in-depth research on the best and most pathological, to provide people with a more accurate plan. But medicine is the same as earthwork, sometimes it works well, but for others, although it is the same case, it is ineffective, why?
How do you look at this? Why is it that diseases that cannot be cured by medicine can be cured with earthwork?
On the one hand, superstition can sometimes mislead people into choosing the wrong **, thus delaying the illness. For example, some people believe in certain home remedies too much and reject modern medical methods, which leads to irreversible consequences. There are many such examples, especially some surgical examples are better.
On the other hand, some ancient superstitious ideas may contain wisdom that has not yet been discovered by modern medicine. These traditions** may provide new ideas and directions for future medical research. These focuses on a number of incurable diseases. The disease that was helpless in the hospital was easily cured through earthwork and even some seemingly superstitious means.
I have heard people tell her own personal experience, her mother is seriously ill and has been carried to the hall, usually the dying person will be carried to the hall, after the death of the person on the hall floor for a day before entering the coffin. At this time, an old monk came, and heard a cry come in, saying that it was okay, it was okay. At that moment, she lit three sticks of incense, put the incense to her mother's nostrils, fanned it with her hand, and said that she could carry it in. The patient really came to his senses, and then saw that the old monk was gone. This is a real story.
Therefore, science and superstition are not absolute opposites, they are both an exploration of this unknown world. It's just that the path and approach are a little different. The key is how we perceive and deal with the relationship between the two.
Not blindly believing and not easily denying is the real science.