“When seeking pleasure, take five stone san” is the bridge of many ancient TV dramas. Five Stone San was the most popular among the literati in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and it was the “magic weapon” for the literati at that time. In the Wei and Jin dynasties, metaphysicians and Taoists were convinced that “those who take gold live as long as gold, those who take jade live as long as jade”, so they took “Wushi San” and elixirs as a means of “longevity”. Therefore, in the diet of the scholars, Wushi San was popular for a while. Although it was a “divine” pleasure, it was also poisoned, so it was defined as a “poison”. The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, who were unrestrainedly happy. So, is “Wushi San” a “poison” or not? In this issue of “Nonsense Chinese Medicine”, we are going to correct the name of “Wushi San”. “The history of the use of five stones in medicine has a long history in ancient China, and there are related therapeutic uses of ore medicine. As early as in “Zhou Li – Tian Guan – Ulcer Doctor”, there is a record about “five stones” for surgical diseases. The history of the use of medicine is also roughly divided into the following categories: 1, according to the use of cold and heat dialectic Bian Ji believes that “Yin stone to cure Yang disease, Yang stone to cure Yin disease”, according to the disease of cold and heat dialectic use of stone medicine. Zhang Zhongjing used Hou’s Black Powder and Purple Stone Cold Food Powder to treat deficiency labor and cold diseases caused by prolonged illness. 2, the treatment of five strains of seven injuries and other chronic deficiency labor diseases “Thousand Gold Wing Formula” tasted: “five stone kidney gas pill, treatment of all deficiency labor” “five stone wutou pill, treatment of men five strains of seven injuries all accumulation of cold, twelve wind (disease)”. “Five stone rejuvenating powder, treating men with five strains and seven injuries, weakness and lethargy in bed, the doctor can not be cured, take this invariably cured.” “Five stones to protect life, cure deficiency labor hundred diseases.” 3, prolong life Qu Yuan in the “nine chapters – Shibi River” said “climb Kunlun and eat jade Ying, with heaven and earth and live together, with the sun and moon and light”, “Shennong Ben Cao Jing” there are 46 mineral medicine, including white quartz, Yu Yu Rong, stalactites and other 18 can lighten the body and benefit the qi, not old and prolong life of the top quality medicine. Not psychedelic! The five stone medicine effect you know Five stone powder originated from the Warring States, “The Records of the Grand Historian” recorded that “the king of Qi served the doctor Sui, who was sick, and made himself five stone powder to take”. Chun Yu Yi thought that Wang Sui “had a fever that wouldn’t let him piss, so he couldn’t take five stones”, so he didn’t listen to him. The five stones are composed of stalactite, sulfur, white quartz, amethyst and hematoxylin, after taking the five medicines, the body must be hot and bothered, “cold clothes, cold drinks, cold food, cold sleep, very cold and good”, so it is also known as “cold stones. 1, stalactites can be seen and can be used as medicine. Stalactites can warm the lung qi, strengthen the yang, and lower the breast milk. 2, stone sulfur can strengthen Yang, kill insects. 3, white quartz can warm the lungs and kidneys, calm the mind and facilitate urination. 4. Amethyst can calm the heart, tranquilize the mind, lower the rebellious Qi and warm the uterus. 5. Red quartz can astringent to the intestines, astringent to stop bleeding, collect dampness and astringent to sores, and generate muscle. Therefore, Wushi San is a warming and dry-heat dispersant, with aphrodisiac and physical strength, curing impotence, and is contraindicated for patients with yin deficiency and damp-heat. However, Wushi San is an ore medicine as the main agent, which is harsh and easy to injure the righteousness. Even if it is used to cure diseases, it needs to be accurately identified, and the medicine should be used precisely and stopped when the disease is hit, not too much. If used improperly, there will be a lot of adverse reactions, which will cause endless harm. As Wushi San is very hot, after taking it, it will make the skin delicate and white, invigorate the spirit, and produce the stimulant effect of “Shi Fa”. The symptoms include headache, dizziness, abdominal distension, vomiting, ringing in the ears, swelling all over the body, heart tingling, and fainting in the body. Stone must be taken with the help of walking to cathartic, so called “line of medicine”, Yuan Shen poem “line of medicine step wall yin”, that is, in order to line of medicine in the wall yin walk. Huangfu Qui: “five stone” forced out of the “ancestor of Chinese medicine acupuncture” about five stone, there is an interesting story. It is said that Huangfu Qui when he was young had a serious rheumatism, very painful, anxious to seek medical help, also followed by taking five stone, the results of the disease did not get better, the body worse. After desperation, he tried to commit suicide, but later learned from his pain and lived to die, and researched acupuncture by himself, not only cured the disease, but also wrote a 10-volume long “Acupuncture and Moxibustion A B Jing”, becoming “the ancestor of Chinese medicine acupuncture”. The “demonized” Wushi San! It is not a poison. The New Story of the World – Words and Expressions records: “He Pingshu cloud: taking Wushi San is not only a cure, but also feels enlightened.” In the Wei and Jin dynasties, there were many people who took it, and there were also many people who were poisoned, such as He Yan, Jikang, Wang Rong, Huangfu Qu, Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, etc. They were all troubled by “stone hair”. Therefore, many articles “define” Wushi San as a poison or “aphrodisiac”. In fact, the main chemical component of stalactite, which is a component of Wushi San, is CaCO3, and the main component of stone sulfur is sulfur, which also contains a little arsenic, selenium and tellurium. The main component of white quartz is silica, and contains a small amount of zinc, iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium and other elements. Amethyst is a fluoride mineral fluorite group fluorite, mainly containing calcium fluoride, and contains impurities iron oxide and rare earth elements. Hematite fat mainly contains aluminum silicate hydrate, and contains a small amount of trivalent iron oxide (or hydroxide), etc.. And these ingredients do not cause poisoning. As for why people would be poisoned after taking Wushi San, it is most likely that they added arsenite and other toxic alchemical minerals according to the recipe. In 1965, two hundred grains of mercury sulfide (HgS) elixir were unearthed from the tomb of Wang Danhu (Wang Xizhi’s cousin) in Nanjing, and it can be inferred that the Wang family made cuts to the traditional Wushi San formula by adding or simultaneously taking certain drugs from Taoist external elixirs, such as Dansha (mercury sulfide), arsenite ( arsenic iron sulfide) and other highly toxic stone medicines that are extremely damaging to liver and kidney function. Even the relatively minor side effects of amethyst, white quartz, and hematite in the formula are not negligible in their long-term use. Therefore, Sun Siwan cloud: “five stone San big fierce poison. Rather eat wild kudzu (also known as hook-nose, poisonous), not to take five stones. When you encounter this formula that must be burned, do not be for the harm of the living (living beings, referring to human beings).” In fact, from the emperors and generals, down to the common people, the “five stone san” is not terrible, you must not listen to some “bridge” in the film and television drama, as long as the right method, control the dose, ” Five stone san” is also a good medicine.