It may take several days and results in an altered, state of consciousness. They did interpret it for the healing came out from the interpretation but from the dream experience itself. Patients who were healed recorded the stories of their healing in plaques that were placed upon the walls of the temple. A fee was paid to the priests to maintain the temple, if not paid, a relapse would occur. Feminine powers of warmth, concern and intuitive understanding are needed, Water is also important with ritual purification.
Water also has a feminine significance.
It is like a container of life, a womb from which life springs in which it is nourished. Life began in the water of the ocean, in our dreams, water is the most common symbol of the unconscious and often refers to the life giving qualities of the soul. The symbol of Asklepius was the serpent. Ancients saw the serpent as the symbol of renewing, transforming energy that lies at the heart of life. The serpent symbolises a beneficient power.