Now many friends will joke that they are going to be poor when they have no money at the end of the month. Many friends think that eating soil is a kind of saying we use for joking, but it is not. In the famine years in our history, some people ate soil to satisfy their hunger. This kind of soil is what we usually call "Guanyin soil".

So what exactly is "Guanyin soil"? Is it edible? Let Xiaobian tell you the answer below.

In fact, what we commonly call "Guanyin soil" is the "kaolin" that exists in our lives. It is a clay substance containing many minerals. Once people take this kind of soil, they can feel full in their stomachs, because the soil can't be digested in people's bodies. Many local people call this soil "Guanyin soil", because in their eyes, this soil was given to mankind by Guanyin Bodhisattva, who helped the poor, so that more people would not starve to death.

However, Guanyin soil can't be absorbed by the human body, and if it is eaten in large quantities, it will cause abdominal distension. These soils will not be excreted with your intestines, but will accumulate in your body. If it goes on for a long time, people's stomachs will be bulging into a ball shape and eventually die. Although Guanyin soil contains all kinds of minerals needed by the body, a small amount of it can also help absorb heavy metals in the human intestine and help the human body excrete toxins. However, it also contains many kinds of parasite eggs and other kinds of bacteria, which will cause intestinal dysfunction if eaten too much.

Many people feel very choked after eating Guanyin soil, and they have to take a lot of water to try to wash it down, but once the water is mixed with Guanyin soil in their stomachs, it forms a muddy shape, which finally causes obstruction in the stomach and finally kills people. In history, there are countless examples of people who died of abdominal distension because of excessive consumption of Guanyin soil to satisfy their hunger.

Many elders who have eaten Guanyin soil say that Guanyin soil tastes more delicate, although it is not delicious, but it can be swallowed better than other soils. Moreover, in that era when everyone was hungry, Guanyin soil brought people a very good sense of fullness. Many people would rather eat Guanyin soil and eventually die of bloating than starve, because that taste was really painful.

Up to now, there is also a special snack in Henan Province: Tumo. It is a flour product steamed with Guanyin soil, which looks no different from clods. You can feel the fragrance when you bite it, which preserves various mineral elements in Guanyin soil and has certain medical effects.

Many tourists will come here for a feast. Moreover, a drug called "montmorillonite powder" sold in our daily pharmacy, the main component of which is Guanyin soil, is used to treat diarrhea in medicine.

To sum up, "Guanyin soil" turned out to be such a thing. Are all the friends aware of it now?