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  1. Cimage is the cleaning product of sulfide minerals, cinnabar sand, and the product specifications are divided into cosmetics, mirror sand, and bean paste. It belongs to commonly used Chinese medicine. With a lot of fakes appearing on the market now, how should I identify the authenticity in the face of cinnabar? Here is the method of identifying cinnabar that I have compiled for you. I hope to help you.

    The identification method of cinnabar: Take a little genuine, heat it with tin foil, the color will be brown first, and finally turning into black, and at the same time, it makes burst sounds; ; For a long time, it is not gray, and the hive -like traces are left after cooling. After the fake is heated in the same way, there is no other change except the color changes from dark red to black.
    Method two: Take a little genuine and place it on the white paper, heat it under the paper, change from the original bright red to black, and leave the flame. The primary color is restored, and the white paper is not stained. When the fake is heated, it changes from the original dark red to black. After leaving the flame, it cannot be restored. The white paper is dyed light red.
    Method 3: Use a matchstick to pick a little genuine powder and ignite. It can be seen that the burnt the matches are bright and small mercury beads. There is no such reaction.
    Method 4: Take genuine and a small amount of iron powder in the test tube, seal and heat, and the test tube wall has mercury beads or mercury mirrors. After the fake is heated, the tube wall is light red, and small particles become silver -gray.
    The taboos of cinnabar use 1. It should not be taken for a long time.
    2. Play magnets, daunting salt water, avoid using fire.
    3. "Wu Pu Bencao": Fear the magnet. Evil salt water.
    . "Medicine Pay": Avoid all blood.
    5. "Materia Medica Congxin": It is dull.
    6. This product is toxic, it is not advisable to take a long time and take more. To avoid mercury poisoning. Avoid the fire, the fire is made of mercury, which is highly toxic. Water boiling medicine. Patients with liver and kidney disease should be used with caution.
    The geographical distribution of cinnabar is produced in limestone, slate, and sandstone. The name of Chensha directly comes from its place of origin, Chenzhou (now Hunan Fuling), which is the earliest place to discover Chensha in China. Tongren in Guizhou, Chenxi, Fuling and Miyang in Hunan are the main producing areas of Chensha. In addition, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi and other places are also produced. The main diamond -facial shape of cinnabar sand, coupled with the small output of the crystal itself, is very difficult to collect. The crystal with a diameter of 25 mm or more is a treasure collected by the museum, and the cinnabar crystal of more than 25 mm is produced in my country. The largest cinnabar crystal in the world is produced in Guizhou Tongren Double Crystal Sand Crystal with a specification of 64mm × 51mm × 49mm.
    The medical role of cinnabar 1. After the powder is moisturized with hydrochloric acid, the powder is rubbed on the smooth copper tablets. The surface of the copper sheet shows silver white luster, heated and baked, and the silver white disappears.
    HGS 2HCL → HgCl2 H2S ↑
    2hgCl2 Cu → CUCL2 Hg2Cl2 (white substance, chlorine mercury)

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