Do you know what the ten traditional treatments of the Dai people are?

We Ya (liniment**) according to the condition of the Dai medicine (fresh or dry) mashed, add lard or medicinal juice. Mix well with medicinal wine and wrap it in banana leaves, understand the heat, and then drag the whole body from the head to the top and down, front and back, left and right, and drag the whole body until it is hot and red. Features:

Relieve qi and blood, remove wind and relieve pain, relieve surface and reduce fever. It is used for colds and fevers, body aches, rheumatism and bone pain, limb soreness, stroke hemiplegia, bruises and other diseases.

Guoya (including medicine**) according to the needs of the condition to choose Dai medicine (fresh or dry), add wine or water, medicinal juice, oil, lime, brown sugar, salt, etc., stir-fry hot or cold compress on the affected area. Function: dispel wind and dampness, warm and clear the meridians, invigorate blood and reduce swelling, clear away heat and relieve pain, and connect bones and tendons.

It is used for bruises, fractures, cold, hot rheumatism and bone pain, numbness of limbs and joints, hemiplegia of stroke, insect and animal knife wounds, water and fire burns, treatment of sores and abscesses, scabies sores and sores, and cancerous tumors.

Closed hug (massage, hammering, mouth work and blowing**) closed: according to different symptoms, different techniques are used**, the general techniques are: massage, kneading, pressing, lifting, pinching, breaking, chopping palms, swinging, shaking loose, etc.

Function: Closed: Relieve qi and blood, reduce swelling and relieve pain, used for bruises, stasis, hematoma pain, fractures, rheumatism and bone pain.

It is used for sore throat, mouth and tongue sores, rhinitis, nosebleeds, otitis media, redness, swelling and heat pain of the eyes, traumatic bleeding, treatment of poisonous sores, ulcers that cannot be cured for a long time, water and fire burns and other diseases.

After (cupping**) according to the different pain areas, prick the area with plum blossom acupuncture, and then use a water cup or a fire cup to pull the affected area. Function: Promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain. It is used for bruises, fractures, rheumatism and bone pain, stroke hemiplegia, numbness and swelling pain of limb joints. <>

In the history of the formation and development of Dai medicine, the content recorded in the Dai medical literature is very extensive, and various classic descriptions have similarities and differences, which can be summed up in three aspects: first, the Dai people have understood the relationship between man and nature and disease after millions of years of arduous practice; Through the activity of "Shennong tastes a hundred herbs", he learned the experience of eating various animals and plants, and gradually developed a rational understanding according to their complex tastes, and gave them classification and naming; In order to adapt to the harsh climate environment, the ancestors of the Dai nationality of the ancient primitive group often used some animal and plant leaves and skins to keep out the cold, relieve the heat and prevent diseases according to different seasons and climates, and used them as tea to make clothes and decoction as tea, thus producing health care knowledge, and this evolution process is deeply rooted in the people. The second is to absorb part of the theoretical knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine. The third is to absorb and develop the theoretical knowledge of ancient Indian medicine, and introduce it to the Dai society through Theravada Buddhism as a medium of communication.

These three aspects are integrated with each other, and Dai medicine with unique national and local characteristics has gradually formed. The Dai literature is not signed with the author's name, which is the reason for believing in Buddhism and worshiping the Buddha. The history of the literature is divided into two versions: the "Bayeux Sutra" and the "Red Edition", and before the appearance of these two versions, the text was mostly engraved on bamboo tablets, and later this original recording method was changed due to the advent of papermaking production.

The Dai people mainly live in Xishuangna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture and Gengma and Menglian in Yunnan Province, while the rest are scattered in more than 30 counties such as Xinping and Yuanjiang. Population 102More than 50,000 (4th census in 1990).

On January 24, 1953, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture was established. Later, Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan (July 24, 1953), Menglian Dai Lahu Wa Autonomous County in Yunnan (June 16, 1954), Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County in Yunnan (October 16, 1955), Yuanjiang Hani Yi Dai Autonomous County in Yunnan (November 22, 1980), and Xinping Yi Dai Autonomous County in Yunnan (November 25, 1980).

The Dai people are a people with a long history, as far back as the first century AD, there are records about the Dai people in Chinese historical books. In the Han Dynasty, it was called "Yunnan Yue" and "Shan", in the Tang and Song dynasties, it was called "Golden Tooth", "Black Tooth" and "White Clothes", and in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it was called "Baiyi", "Swing Yi" and "Baiyi". After 1949, according to the wishes of the Dai people, it was named "Dai people".

Usually people refer to the Dai people in the interior and the frontier as "dry Dai" and "water Dai" respectively. The former is called Han Dai because it is close to the Han nationality and absorbs more Han culture, and it is falsely rumored to be "dry Dai", and the Dai people in Xishuangbanna, Menglian, Ruili and other places who maintain more ethnic characteristics are called "water Dai". The Dai people call themselves "Dai Ling", "Dai Ya", "Dai Na", "Dai Band" and so on.

Dai customs and habits: Dai family and marriage used to have obvious feudal colors, which were characterized by hierarchical endogamy. Strict hierarchical endogamy was practiced among toasts, and polygamy prevailed.

The vast number of peasants practice patriarchal monogamous families, and the family members are parents and unmarried children. Young men and women are quite free to socialize before marriage and are free to fall in love. It is very common for unmarried young people to "skewer less" (to find an unmarried woman to fall in love) during festivals or grand occasions.

The custom of summoning people to the door is popular. Burials were common, and the burial grounds of the nobles and the poor were strictly separated. After the death of the monk and the Buddha, he was cremated first, and then the ashes were buried in a clay pot behind the temple.

The religious beliefs of the Dai people are closely related to their social and economic development. In the past, the Dai people in the frontier generally believed in Theravada Buddhism, while retaining the remnants of primitive ghost worship. There are many Buddhist temples in rural areas, and their organizational system is closely coordinated with the organizational system of the feudal ruling institutions.

In Xishuangbanna, in the past, almost all underage men had to live a life as monks, read and recite scriptures, and then return home, and some cultivated themselves as monks. Buddhism has a significant impact on the daily life and customs of the Dai people.

The festivals of the Dai people are mostly related to religious activities, mainly related to the door festival, the door opening festival, the Songkran festival, etc. Closing saves in mid-June of the summer calendar, and opening saves mid-September. During the three months from the day of the closing festival to the opening festival, it is the period of the year when religious activities such as worshipping the Buddha and listening to the Buddha's lectures are the most, and the elderly are more frequent.

After the opening festival, the normal life before the festival was resumed. The Songkran Festival is the Dai New Year, about 10 days after the Qingming Festival of the summer calendar, when the activities such as splashing water, dragon boat racing, and lifting are held, which is the grandest festival of the year.