Miao Witch Doctors of Miao Medicine in western Hunan

The Miao medical disease, more sorcerers to apply witchcraft, medicine and sorcery combination of methods. They often use a kind of "painting water" to cure diseases and pains, and the water they make has water of Hua Tuo, water of heron silk, water of blood, water of sealing the mouth of the knife, etc. When painting water, a simple ceremony must be held to meditate. When drawing water, they must hold a simple ceremony and recite incantations silently, with names such as "Water Amulet for Difficulty in Childbirth", "Fetal Water Mantra", "Fetal Mantra in Rope Borders", "Belly Pain Drawing Mantra", and "Knife Injury Drawing Mantra", etc. These seem to be a kind of spiritual therapy, but they are not the same thing. These seem to be a kind of spiritual therapy and a false cure. The three processes of learning the technique of painting water are said to be worshipping a master, setting up an altar and practicing. To worship the master, one has to promise to abide by all kinds of rules; to set up an altar, one has to follow the method taught by the master, and place a small table with a lack of clear water and a set of incense in some hidden place at home, and to insert a pole on every first and fifteenth day, and to practise the hair-raising technique on it at a certain hour of the night every day. In addition to mastering the techniques of hair power, but also to understand the 12 hours of the day the human body qi and blood running situation and blood position relationship, which is the key to drawing water to cure the disease. Therefore, leaping into superstition, but also can receive magical results. The main function of this therapy is to stop bleeding, pain, cold, high fever, peace of mind to drive away evil spirits.

It is said that Hmong doctors use nearly a hundred kinds of incantations, but their degree of secrecy is extremely high, making it very mysterious.

There is also a kind of witchcraft that many women know, called "Bu Ben". Infants and young children are frightened, noisy night, they will be boiled eggs, broken into two, go to the yolk, cover in the acupuncture point, it can be up to the purpose of the collection of fear.

The Miao women in the countryside due to poor living conditions, prenatal are tired all day long, and after the birth of only a few hours of rest, they get up to cook. Or go uphill to do labor, rain and sunshine do not avoid. The medicine they take, is a water stove or stove on the hall mold soot, washed with boiling water, cover the yin and yang bowl for a long time and then serve, strange so that you can benefit the body, recover as before.