Magnetite Mineral
Magnetite (medicinal name also known as ci shi)
This product is the ore of the oxide mineral magnetite.
Certification From the Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica (Shennong Ben Cao Jing);
1. Lei Gong Gun Zhi Lun (Lei Gong Gun Zhi Lun): Do not mistakenly use Xuanzhongshi and zhongma shi, the two stones are really similar to the magnets, but the suction of iron can not be, in the heart of the stone has a red skin, coarse, is the Iron Mountain Stone, misuse of which people give birth to sores can not be cured. Magnetite a piece, four sides of the suction iron a catty, this name Yannian sand, four sides of the suction iron eight both, said the renewal of the stone, four sides of the suction five two up and down, for the magnetite.
2. "Other Records": magnetite, born in Tai Shan Chuan Valley and Cishan. The mountain Yin has the money to be born in its Yang. Pick no time.
3. Tao Hongjing: magnetite, now also in the south. The good ones, can be suspended suction needle virtual even three, four, five is good.
4. "Herbal Atlas": magnetite, today's magnetism, Xuzhou and the South China Sea in the mountains, Ci (magnetism) the state of the annual tribute to the best. Can absorb iron virtual even ten needles, or one or two pounds of knives and tools, turn around not fall especially true, pick no time. There are holes in the stone, holes in the yellow-red color, with fine hair on it, warm, more useful.
5. Diffractions of the Materia Medica: Magnetite color light purple, stone chapped. Its Xuan Shi, that is, the black of magnetite is also, more slippery net, its treatment of the body is similar, can not be divided into two also.
[Original mineral]
Magnetite Magnetite
Morphology: isometric crystal system. Crystals are octahedral, dodecahedral. The crystal surface has stripes. Mostly granular aggregates. Iron black, or with dark indigo color. Streak black, semi-metallic luster. Opaque. No resolution. Uneven fracture. Hardness 5.5-6.5, density 5.16-5.18g/cm3, strongly magnetic. Brittle. Odorless, tasteless.
[Habitat distribution]
Often produced in magmatic and metamorphic rocks. It is also often found in seashore sand. Distributed in Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Nei Mongol, Hubei, Yunnan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui.
[Harvesting]
After harvesting, remove the debris, select the strong iron absorption into the medicine.
Pharmacological effect 1.Effect on blood system:
After giving intravenous injection to rats with ultra-dispersed ferromagnetic particles (ul-trodispersed ferromagnetic particles) of 0.2-1μm in size at 50mg/kg, it can increase the hemoglobin level, the number of erythrocytes and leukocytes in the animal's blood and the blood coagulation time and the plasma fiber. coagulation time and plasma fibrinolytic activity, as well as increased neutrophil phagocytosis. However, magnetite particles of the same size, injected intravenously at 50 mg/kg, did not show the above changes and only increased the phagocytic activity of neutrophils.
2. Sedative and anticonvulsant effects:
The sedative and anticonvulsant effects of magnetite are significantly enhanced after concoction. After concocting 100% magnetite solution 15g/kg to mice gavage, can significantly prolong the sleep time of sodium isobarbital. It has antagonistic effect on the convulsions induced by strychnine in mice, and prolongs the latency of convulsions significantly.
3.In vivo process Magnetite particles (Magnetite, Fe3O4) were between 0.1-0.5 μm in diameter, and the magnets were labeled with 99mTc and 111In, and identified under electron microscope and Mossbaner spectroscope.When these magnetite particles were injected into rats, they were mainly aggregated in the organs of the liver and lungs.
[Chemical composition]
Primarily contains iron tetraoxide (Fe3O4).
[Taste and Function]
Pungent, salty, flat. Calming and tranquilizing the mind, submerging yang and naturing qi.
[Indications and Uses]
It is used for dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, asthenia, epilepsy and dizziness. It is used internally in decoction, or in pills and powder; externally, it is used as a poultice.
[Dosage]
15-50g in decoction; 1.5-3g in pills and powder; appropriate amount for external use. Or, such as pills and bulk with 1 ~ 3 points. Pearl powder layer of internal use 3 ~ 5 points each time, 2 ~ 3 times a day. Appropriate amount for external use.
[Precautions]
Into pills and bulk should not be taken more than once, and should be used with caution for those with weak spleen and stomach.
Magnetic (ci) stone in medicine
Magnetism not only has important applications in modern medicine, such as nuclear magnetic **** vibration imaging technology, often referred to as magnetic **** vibration CT (computerized tomography), as well as magnetocardiography and magnetoencephalography, but also has a long history. In the Western Han Dynasty, the "Records of the Grand Historian" (about 90 B.C.), in the book "Cangongzhuan", it is said that the King of Qi's doctor utilized five kinds of mineral medicines (known as the five stones) to cure diseases. These five minerals are magnetite (Fe3O4), dansha (HgS), andrographis (As2O3), alumina (potassium aluminum sulfate), and zengqing (2cuCo3). Subsequent generations have recorded the application of magnets to cure diseases. For example, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Shennong Ben Cao" (about the second century A.D.) book of medicines will talk about the use of the flavor of cold Ci (magnetic) stone treatment of rheumatism, joint pain, in addition to heat and deafness, etc., North and South Dynasty Tao Hongjing's "Famous Doctors" (510 A.D.) book of medicines, magnetic stone can be raised kidneys, strong bones, through the joints, eliminating pain and swelling, and so on. The famous Tang Dynasty pharmacist Sun Simiao of the "Thousand Gold Formula" (652 A.D.) medicine book also said that the honey pill made of magnets, such as regular use can be beneficial to the eyes. The Northern Song Dynasty HeXiYing "ShengHuiFang" (A.D. 1046) medicine book and said that the magnet can cure children accidentally swallowed the needle injury, this is the jujube big magnet, polished and drilled holes put on the wire into the throat, you can accidentally swallowed needles sucked out. Southern Song Yan with and by the "Jisheng Fang" (1253 AD) medicine book and the use of magnets to cure bad hearing ear disease, which is a bean-sized magnet with a new sheep stuffed into the ear, and then a piece of pig iron in the mouth, you can improve the hearing of the sick ear. In general, in various dynasties in the medical books often use magnets to treat a variety of diseases recorded. The famous pharmacologist Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty, "Compendium of Materia Medica" on the medicinal use of magnets with a rich and summarized account of the shape of the magnet, the main treatment of the disease name, the preparation of medicinal preparations and a variety of applications of the description is very detailed, for example, magnet treatment of diseases on the ear strokes deafness and closure, deafness of kidney deficiency, deafness of the elderly, old people, the old man, the deficiency of the eyes faintness and inner obstacles, pediatric eclampsia, uterus does not collect, the large intestine prolapse anus, intestinal ulcers out of the golden sores, gold sores, blood out of the accidentally swallowed needles! Iron, Ding swelling heat poisoning, all kinds of swelling and poisoning and other 10 kinds of diseases, the use of magnets made of medicines have magnetic Zhu Pills, Zixue San and deafness Zuo Ci Pills, and so on.
China in 1921 the publication of the "Chinese medical dictionary" (Xie Guan edited) recorded the use of magnet as an important raw material for several kinds of Chinese medicine, such as magnet pill, magnet big flavor pill, magnet wool, magnet sheep kidney pill, magnet wine, magnet scattered and magnet Zhu pill, etc. In 1935 the first edition of the 1956 revision of the "Chinese Pharmaceutical Dictionary," the types of ci (magnetic) stone, preparation, usage, In 1963, China's Ministry of Health published the "Chinese People's *** and State Pharmacopoeia" lists the magnet as an important ingredient in several proprietary Chinese medicines, such as deafness Zuo Ci Pill, Zixue (loose) and Magnetic Zhu Pill and so on.