>>4923043Hinduism also has a symbol that is very similar to the Rod of Asclepius called the Kundalini ("coiled one"). It takes the form of a serpent:
>the figure of a coiled female serpent—a serpent goddess not of gross but subtle substance—which is to be thought of as residing in a torpid, slumbering state in a subtle center, the first of the seven, near the base of the spine: the aim of the yoga then being to rouse this serpent, lift her head, and bring her up a subtle nerve or channel of the spine to the so-called "housand-petaled lotushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KundaliniWhat's interesting about this is that the spinal cord connects to the hypothalamus, which we looked into before.
