What are the materials of western traditional staff?

This is a snake stick. Western medicine is marked by "snake stick", which symbolizes magical medical skills and neutral medical ethics.

Medical symbols:

There are two systems of medical labels in the world: one is a double snake stick with wings on it, and the other is a single snake stick. The double snake-winged staff originated from Hermes/macri's wand in Greek mythology. The staff of a single snake is the main symbol of Ashibis, the medical god in Roman mythology. Traditionally, people think that a snake's walking stick is an orthodox medical symbol. Whether it is a single snake stick or a double snake stick, both of them imply the meaning of "sex", indicating that the root of cure comes from the magical power of creating life.

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Legend from ancient Greece: Asclepius, one of the founders of ancient Greek medicine, is said to be the son of Apollo, the sun god, and Coroni, a mortal. He once studied medicine with Khyron's superb medical skills, and his medical skills were very good. One day, when he was absorbed in thinking about a case, a poisonous snake crawled over and wrapped around his hand. Asclepius was surprised and killed the poisonous snake at once. Who knows, at this moment, another poisonous snake appeared, with herbs in its mouth, lying next to the dead snake, and the dead snake came back to life.

When Asclepius saw this scene, he immediately realized that snakes are poisonous and can kill people, but they have mysterious healing power and can save people. No wonder people always think that snakes are the embodiment of wisdom. From then on, wherever Asclepius went to practice medicine, he not only took a snake with him, but always wrapped a snake around his cane. Once this theory spread, people engaged in the medical industry followed suit, so the "snake stick" became the symbol of the western medical industry. In the old society, the collar of the Kuomintang military medical officer was the badge of "snake stick".

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