Can I drink realgar wine?

We know that in ancient times realgar was used as a traditional Chinese medicine, usually for the purpose of detoxification and insect removal. If you still remember "The Legend of the New White Snake", you must have seen the scene where Bai Suzhen appeared after drinking realgar. Therefore, some people think that realgar has the effect of exorcising evil spirits. However, can realgar be drunk? Let me explain this question to you next.

The main ingredient in realgar is harmful arsenic disulfide. After heating, arsenic dioxide will undergo a chemical change to become arsenic trioxide, which is what we usually call poison. Therefore, it is certain that people will be poisoned after drinking realgar. I can tell you without exaggeration that drinking realgar is equivalent to eating poison. Therefore, everyone must not use realgar to fight poison with poison or think that drinking a little is okay, as this will only add fuel to the fire.

How can realgar cause poisoning? It turns out that the main component of realgar is arsenic disulfide, which is converted into arsenic trioxide when heated, which is what we usually call poison. It can harm various tissues of the body, combine with sulfhydryl-containing enzymes in the body, affect enzyme activity, and thus seriously affect tissue metabolism; it can damage capillaries and cause bleeding, and can also damage the liver and cause toxic hepatitis; it has obvious irritation to the gastrointestinal mucosa, causing mucosal hematoma, ulceration, and bleeding; in severe cases, it can cause respiratory and circulatory failure and lead to death. Therefore, realgar cannot be drunk or applied on children's bodies. Because the skin can also absorb realgar, which will affect the health of children.

Some friends said that in their city, there is a custom of using realgar during the Dragon Boat Festival. In this case, it is recommended that everyone spray realgar on the base of the wall. This can achieve the effect of complying with the Dragon Boat Festival customs and the effect of repelling poisonous insects. Why not give it a try?

What should I do if I am poisoned by realgar? The patient should be sent to a nearby hospital as soon as possible. If there is no reason to send the patient to a hospital, gastric lavage can be performed with 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution or activated carbon suspension, and magnesium sulfate can be taken as a laxative to remove residual harmful substances in the stomach and intestines. In addition, the special antidote dimercaptopropane sulfonate (BAC) or sodium dimercaptopropane sulfonate is used for intramuscular injection. If there is no specific antidote for the time being, in addition to vomiting, gastric lavage, and laxatives, Chinese herbal medicine can also be used to treat it.

The above is the relevant content about "Can realgar be eaten" and how to use realgar effectively. From the above content, we can see that in fact the harm of drinking realgar is very great, and it can be said that it has more harm than good. Therefore, in actual daily life, everyone must avoid drinking realgar, and also avoid rubbing realgar on children. It is okay to use it to drive away poisonous insects, but make sure that the realgar is not easily touched by children.