The ancients committed suicide by swallowing gold and ate gold. Can a beautiful girl be poisoned by "putting gold on her face"?

Since ancient times, gold has been a symbol of status and wealth. The more gold products you wear, the more decent your owner will be, and the higher your wealth and status will be.

In modern society, because of its stability, the meaning of gold representing wealth has not changed, and even more uses of gold have been developed.

Let's discuss some alternative uses of gold from ancient times to the present.

First, commit suicide by swallowing gold.

Li Shizhen stated in the Compendium of Materia Medica that "poison gold is gold, out of Jiaoguang Mountain, red poison, killing people, refining for more than ten times, and the poison has been eliminated."

It probably means "gold produced in nature is toxic, so toxic that it can kill people." It needs to be refined more than ten times to eliminate toxicity. " This will let everyone know the concept that gold is toxic.

So the word "swallowing gold to commit suicide" was derived.

But in reality, gold is an extremely stable metal, which will not cause any reaction after swallowing, and it is not a toxic metal itself, so "swallowing gold to commit suicide" will not be poisoned.

Raw gold in Compendium of Materia Medica refers to our present mineral gold. Because of its low purity and many toxic impurities, it is mentioned in the article that "poisoned milk has been refined for more than ten times."

Second, eat gold foil.

One of the production processes of gold foil

As early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, China had the process of making gold foil. The gold used to make gold foil here is gold with very few impurities. Gold foil developed because of its good ductility, and was seen by the rich in ancient times, and there were records of eating gold foil.

Pure gold can be hammered into a thickness of one tenth of a millimeter, that is, one gram of gold can be made into gold foil of about 0.5㎡. The gold foil on sale in the market is generally 9.33*9.33cm, and the price is about one in 5 yuan. At present, it is widely used in the addition of food and beverage.

Third, gold and beauty.

Cleopatra used gold foil to beautify herself online.

Since gold foil has the functions of "suicide" and "eating", how can it be less in the beauty industry?

Mulan Poem

In Mulan Ci, "the window is decorated with clouds and the mirror is painted yellow", in which "flower yellow" is both gold foil.

Use cases of cosmetic gold foil.

In modern life, it is widely used in cosmetics because of its excellent antioxidant effect.

Developing cosmetics with gold foil has become a fashion at home and abroad.