TCM Explains The Origin Of 3 Major Chinese Medicines And How To Choose Them
Oct 19, 2022
Master A Ming wants to talk to you about alchemy today. Alchemy and European alchemy have always been very mysterious topics for human beings. In fact, they are chemical reaction that reduces matter and changes the structure of matter. Today, Master A Ming is going to talk about the relationship between traditional Chinese medicine and metals. People often wonder if the medicine I take contains a lot of heavy metals and pesticides, and will it turn into a mummy if I eat it. OMG! Will I take traditional Chinese medicine to "healthy and hurt the body"?
The first and most famous medicinal material is cinnabar. When he was a child, A Mingshi's first impression of cinnabar was from Lin Zhengying's movie. He took a big pen of cinnabar and wrote the celestial amulet under the yellow paper, and stuck it on the head of the zombie. The human zombie stopped. The records of cinnabar in ancient books are that it can be used to "raise the spirit and soothe the soul". It is similar to the effect of calming the soul in ancient times, very similar to a tranquilizer! But not so equivalent. When children or adults, so-called infantile convulsions, or adults are suddenly disturbed or frightened, this situation is very similar to zombies running around. Adding a little cinnabar to their medicine can calm their souls. return.
As for the use of cinnabar, it is usually "severe illness will stop", that is, under the guidance of a doctor, after the curative effect is achieved, it is not necessary to use it. Cinnabar is very expensive, so it will not be used for a long time. In the 1940s and 1950s, the teacher According to Fu's recollection, the price was about 5,600 yuan per pound, and the Ministry of Welfare and Welfare has expressly prohibited the use of cinnabar, so it is almost impossible to find pure cinnabar on the market.
In order to nourish the heart, the ancients also added a little cinnabar to their food and medicine, but you can rest assured that the Tianwang Buxin Dan used in the TCM clinics on the market is GMP certified, and will never use heavy metals or cinnabar. If you don't believe me, think about it, how can something as expensive as cinnabar be covered by health insurance?
realgar
What everyone has an impression of realgar is when, the Dragon Boat Festival, or the medicinal materials used to repel snakes or worms in summer,
In ancient times, there were several impressions when using the drug realgar. It is very yang, so realgar is often used externally. It is used for some snake bites or skin problems. "Insect", this worm may refer to parasites, or often refers to itching of the skin, because the skin is itchy and pus, some chronic eczema is like a worm running under the skin, so realgar is used at this time. external use.
Realgar itself is arsenic sulfide. In modern times, arsenic also often has some toxicity of heavy metals. Ancient people also discovered this problem. Therefore, realgar is rarely used for internal use, and most of it is used externally.
Regarding realgar, everyone will think, is there such a thing as orpiment? If there is male, there will be female! Realgar is arsenic sulfide, orpiment is "arsenic trisulfide". In fact, they are very close medicinal materials. In ancient times, orpiment was rarely used as medicine, but it was often used as a pigment. ? In ancient times, people often swear on yellow paper, but if I turn my face and don't recognize people, I have to use ordinary to smear it on the paper to change it, similar to the concept of "Li Kehuang", so the idiom of swearing is saying, anyway, you say it and write it It doesn't count on the yellow paper, and it's gone as soon as the orpiment is smeared. That's how it came.
Then we mentioned that the main use of realgar is for external use, killing insects, and solving some problems of skin, chronic infections or ulcers. How do you think about realgar in modern times? Is it still useful? In fact, now that science is prosperous, there is already the concept of microorganisms and wound care. Realgar has almost no role in modern times, so under what circumstances will you see realgar now? It's probably the Dragon Boat Festival! It's time for a calamus! It's time to drink realgar wine! But no one is drinking realgar wine now!
Lead Dan
What do the words "lead" and "dan" mean? Lead is a heavy metal called a lead, and its chemical formula is "lead tetroxide". Dan refers to red, and lead Dan is also red. The purpose of leading Dan is also to calm, so what is the difference between it and cinnabar? Because cinnabar enters the heart, and lead pills enter the liver, these psychotic disorders with palpitations and panic, if the Chinese medicine dialectically belongs to the heart, cinnabar is often used in ancient times. Therefore, cinnabar and lead are actually somewhat similar but different substances and their prices are actually very, very different.
What is the use of lead Dan in modern times? Basically, since this type of medicinal material is used to calm the nerves in severe cases, there are almost all safer and more convenient options. Therefore, lead pills are hardly used at present. Some people have used them for external use, because lead pills have been recorded to treat body odor. Skin infections and chronic skin eczema are helpful, but even so, there are more convenient and safer options in modern times, so lead Dan has almost no role in modern Chinese medicine.
A little trick of the rivers and lakes:
Medication is the same as feeling, expensive or rare is not necessarily better, fit is more important.
At present, qualified Chinese medicine hospitals are mainly based on qualified GMP drugs, and pesticide residues and heavy metals have been tested; no matter what kind of elixir your relatives and friends recommend you to take, please accept this distraction, but please discuss with your Chinese/Western physician whether Suggest.
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