I grew up in southeastern Guizhou and have some understanding of these things. There are many people in the village who plant and collect poison. Generally speaking, in the village, anyone who is said to have a voodoo will most likely be isolated. People of the older generation often say: Don't answer those old ladies who have a voodoo when they call you, or you will be poisoned!
Gu, this kind of thing is not a patent of the Miao people. Tracing its roots, Gu comes from the Central Plains culture.
Real voodoo is effective, and it is not mysterious. Generally speaking, poisons can be divided into four categories: medicinal poisons, insect poisons, animal poisons and curses.
In the answer, I took screenshots of two ancient books on voodoo. There are three words in the lower right corner. The first two characters are (vood) and the third character is (net). Find it yourself. There are many such e-books on voodoo, with very detailed contents of voodoo.
Voodoo in the Central Plains is different. Both men and women can learn voodoo. Most of the professionals who learn voodoo are doctors. . Because voodoo is a type of witchcraft, witches and doctors do not separate families. Some doctors, whose medical skills are not very good, in order to make money, give people poison and then treat them to make money.
To put it bluntly, medicinal poison is poison. Poisonous herbs or minerals obtained by witch doctors from nature. Some people say that when the witch doctor casts a poison, he only needs to put the poison in his hand, and with a flick of the spy, the poison will be on the victim. The poisons used in this method are all medicinal poisons. For example, arsenic trioxide crystals (arsenic) are extracted from ores. When bewitching, you only need to put arsenic in your fingernails (witch doctors all have long nails). If you want to harm someone, you only need to flick it into that person's food. When the poison enters the water and the person eats it, he is poisoned. This is an internal application, as well as an external application. Grind arsenic crystals into fine powder and sprinkle it on the victim's pillow or beard while he is sleeping, allowing the victim to inhale it on his own, which can also poison him. .
Insect Gu, many books say, is to put various poisonous insects in a jar and let them eat each other. The one who survives in the end is the insect Gu.
This statement is wrong. It only knows the appearance but not the inside. Insect poisoning requires putting many poisonous insects in a special container, but it is not to let them kill themselves, but to collect as many poisonous insects as possible and let them survive in a special container. Because the previous witch doctors were not very proficient in breeding methods of poisonous insects, and it was difficult to create an environment suitable for the survival of poisonous insects (an environment that allows poisonous insects to survive out of season), many poisonous insects were taken home and gradually died after being raised for a period of time, so they tried their best to Collect more poisonous insects and take good care of them to increase the survival rate of poisonous insects so that they can be used at any time. For example, for poisonous insects that only appeared in July, 10 were caught in one day. By October, the poisonous insects in nature have died, and there are still 5 alive ones maintained at home, so they can continue to be used in October. It is absolutely not necessary for them to kill each other. They cannot go beyond biological limits and complete evolution in a short period of time by killing each other. There is no need at all.