Asclepieia

Asclepius was embraced as the primary doctor, and myth set him as the child of Apollo. Sanctuaries committed to the healer-god Asclepius, known as Asclepieia (Greek: Ἀσκληπιεῖα; sing. Ἀσκληπιεῖον Asclepieion), worked as focuses of restorative counsel, forecast, and healing.[7] At these holy places, patients would enter a fantasy like condition of actuated rest known as "enkoimesis" (Greek: ἐγκοίμησις) much the same as anesthesia, in which they either got direction from the god in a fantasy or were cured by surgery.[8] Asclepeia given precisely controlled spaces helpful for recuperating and satisfied a few of the necessities of foundations made for healing.[7] The Temple of Asclepius in Pergamum had a spring that streamed down into an underground room in the Temple. Individuals would come to drink the waters and to bathe in them since they were accepted to have restorative properties. Mud showers and hot teas, for example, chamomile were utilized to quiet them or peppermint tea to sooth their cerebral pains. The patients were urged to rest in the offices as well. Their fantasies were deciphered by the specialists and their side effects were then investigated. Pooches would every so often be gotten to lick open injuries for help with their recuperating. In the Asclepieion of Epidaurus, three extensive marble sheets dated to 350 BC protect the names, case histories, grievances, and cures of around 70 patients who went to the sanctuary with an issue and shed it there. A portion of the surgical cures recorded, for example, the opening of a stomach ulcer or the evacuation of traumatic outside material, are sufficiently reasonable to have occurred, however with the patient in a condition of enkoimesis initiated with the assistance of balmy substances, for example, opium.[8]

The Rod of Asclepius is a general image for drug right up 'til today. Be that as it may, it is every now and again mistook for Caduceus, which was a staff used by the god Hermes. The Rod of Asclepius typifies one snake without any wings while Caduceus is spoken to by two snakes and a couple of wings delineating the quickness of Hermes.