Legend has it that the Miao people cultivate a type of “Gu worm.” The most famous of these is the so-called “Love Poison.”
According to legend, the Miao people domesticate a kind of insect called the “Love Poison.”
It is said that if you secretly give this Gu worm to someone you have a crush on, that person will become incredibly obsessed with you,
even if they initially had no feelings at all.
As a Miao girl, I once saw a witch performing a ritual when I was a child. Since I was too young at the time, I couldn’t tell whether it was real or fake. In my memory, the witch was covered with a cloth and chanting spells that I couldn’t understand. The ritual was meant to exorcise a demon from a sick relative of mine, but he was later taken to the hospital and diagnosed with intermittent convulsions caused by high blood pressure.
As for Gu worms, I have never seen one with my own eyes.