Can cinnabar be eaten after all?

Cinnabar is edible. This product is toxic and should not be taken for a long time to avoid mercury poisoning. No heating, heating will precipitate mercury vapor, which is highly toxic.

Cinnabar has sedative and hypnotic effects, and the understanding is inconsistent; It has the functions of detoxification and antisepsis; External use can inhibit or kill skin bacteria and parasites.

Cinnabar is a compound of mercury, and mercury has a special affinity with sulfhydryl groups in protein. At high concentration, it can inhibit many enzymes and activities. Mercury entering the body is mainly distributed in the liver and kidney, causing liver and kidney damage and directly damaging the central nervous system through the blood-brain barrier.

Extended data

Cinnabar, also known as Cinnabar, Red Cinnabar, Red Cinnabar and Mercury Sand, is a natural ore of mercury sulfide (chemical name: HgS). Bright red, with diamond luster to metallic luster, belonging to ternary crystal system. The main component of cinnabar is mercury sulfide, but it is often mixed with realgar, apatite and asphaltene.

The main component is mercury sulfide, and it is also mixed with realgar, apatite, asphaltene and other substances. It has also been reported that cinnabar contains elements such as mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium, barium, magnesium, iron and zinc in artificial gastric juice.

Contraindications to drugs

1. Not suitable for long-term use.

2. Evil magnetism, fear of salt water, avoid burning with fire.

3. Upp Materia Medica: Fear of magnets. Salt water.

4. "medicine right": avoid all blood.

5. "materia medica from the beginning": it is boring to use it alone.

6. This product is toxic and should not be taken for a long time. In order to avoid mercury poisoning. Avoid fire calcination, which will precipitate mercury and is very toxic. Boil water as medicine. Use with caution in patients with liver and kidney diseases.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia: Cinnabar