The symbolic meaning of the World Health Organization

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The emblem of the World Health Organization is that the needle goes through the snake and is wrapped with olive leaves on the spherical map of five continents. In ancient Greek legend, snakes were used to treat diseases, and needles symbolized imperial doctors. "snake-wrapped cane"-as a medical symbol and emblem, it is called "snake emblem" The snake on the scepter is a symbol of medicine and health, while the scepter and a pair of wings are a symbol of peace.

For a long time, a scepter coiled by a snake has been a symbol of medicine and medicine. It originated from the story of Eiskola's Pios, which was revered as a medical god by the ancient Greeks, and its worship involved the use of snakes. Greece is the birthplace of the snake emblem, which has spread all over Greece from ancient times to the present. In modern times, the United States, Britain, Canada, Germany and the United Nations World Health Organization all used the snake emblem as their medical symbol.

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Related myths and legends

Snakes and wands are in memory of Asclepius, a great doctor. Asclepius was the son of Apollo, the sun god, and Asclepius learned medical technology from -Cheron, a centaur. But Zeus, the king of gods, was worried that some people in Asclepius's profound medical knowledge club would live forever. In order to avoid this, Zeus killed Asclepius with lightning.

Later, people worshipped Asclepius as one of the gods, and gathered in his temple to rest and sleep. People believed that they could pass on the secret recipe of treatment to patients in their sleep and make them recover immediately. In view of people's belief in Asclepius, Zeus finally had to resurrect Asclepius and officially make him a god.

Because Asclepius usually appears in front of people in a standing position, wearing a robe and holding a scepter, there is a snake winding on the scepter, and then the scepter becomes the only symbol of medicine.

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