Cinnabar, also known as cinnabar, dansha, chidan, mercuric sand, is mercury sulfide (HgS) minerals. Containing 86.2% mercury, it is the most important mineral raw material for refining mercury; its crystals can be used as an important material for laser technology. It is also a traditional Chinese medicine with sedative, tranquilizing and antiseptic effects. In ancient China, it was used as an important raw material for alchemy. In the past, it was named after the best quality produced in Chenzhou (present-day Yuanling, Hunan Province).

Taking cinnabar for a long time, but the toxicity of cinnabar accumulates in the stomach for a long time will surely cause great harm to the human body, and the most serious is more than stomach pain. When taking cinnabar, it must not be taken in large quantities, otherwise it will cause a relatively large burden on the body.

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Precautions for Cinnabar:

1, Cinnabar must be strictly under the guidance of a doctor after careful identification of the use of the patient should never be taken without authorization, or even for a long time.

2, cinnabar should not be into the decoction, pregnant women, liver and kidney insufficiency is prohibited.

3, when taking Chinese medicinal preparations containing cinnabar, attention should be paid to the contraindications of Chinese and Western medicines. Cinnabar should not be taken with iodide, bromide, the two can be taken at the same time in the intestinal tract to generate mercuric iodide or mercuric bromide, which is more toxic and can lead to drug enteritis, dietary taboos should not be eaten kelp and iodized salt, and should not be used at the same time with alum, gum and so on.

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