In Chinese alchemy, elixir poisoning refers to the toxic effects from elixirs of immortality that contained metals and minerals such as mercury and arsenic...

Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning. The Jiajing Emperor in the Ming dynasty died from ingesting a lethal dosage of mercury in the supposed "Elixir of...

wuxingheqidao. The consumption and use of various concoctions known as alchemical medicines or elixirs, each of which having different purposes but largely were concerned...

prioritized meditation over external alchemical strategies, many of the same elixirs and constituents from previous Daoist alchemical schools of thought continued...

immortality, and despite his young age, he died from Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning. In 364, he became poisoned by pills given him by magicians, and he grew...

Kanya Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning Forensic science List of chemical elements List of Extremely Hazardous Substances List of poisonings Poison Toxicity...

alchemical symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of alchemical symbols. Alchemical symbols...

several emperors died from alchemical elixir poisoning, and gradually declined until the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The Chinese compound wàidān combines...

causes hydrargyria or mercury poisoning. Rasayana Rasashastra Rasalingam Mercury poisoning Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning Pandey and Iyer, p. LV. Cowell...

name of the classic waidan alchemical elixir of immortality langgan huadan 琅玕華丹 "Elixir Efflorescence of Langgan". The Chinese characters 琅 and 玕 used to...

achieved xian transcendence by means of ritual suicide through Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning. For a Daoist religious believer, suicide could sometimes...

from leaving the body and reporting misdeeds to heaven. Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning Arthur, Shawn (2013). Early Daoist Dietary Practices: Examining...

they initiated the genre of 'Nature Poetry'." Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning List of traditional Chinese medicines Realgar wine Mather 1976, p. 19....

colleagues declared that Emperor Xianzong had died from Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning due to the medicines that he was taking. Tutu Chengcui tried...

borrowing, and in any case Jabirian alchemy was very different from what is found in the extant Greek alchemical treatises: it was much more systematic...

palace; finding that Emperor Xuanzong had already died from Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning, he arrested Wang Guizhang, Ma, and Wang Jufang for falsely...

Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, pronunciation; February 259 – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. Rather than...

York: Oxford University Press, 1993, p. 159. Cox, Robert E. (2009). The elixir of immortality: A modern-day alchemist's discovery of the philosopher's...

ritual suicide with a poisonous elixir composed of mushrooms and cinnabar and died from Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning. Tao found Zhou's manuscripts...

An alchemical hare or rabbit lives on the moon. The lunar rabbit can be seen when the moon is full, busy with mortar and pestle, preparing the Elixir of...

meaning[vague] all of Chinese alchemy, cinnabar, and the "elixir of immortality". Cinnabar has been used in Traditional Chinese medicine as a sedative...

poisonous Daoist alchemical elixirs of life that can be ironically deadly. The word yangsheng is a linguistic compound of two common Chinese words. Yǎng (養)...

and were often translated as such in non-Chinese versions of the book. As one of the most enduring Chinese literary characters, the Monkey King has a...

Rouran attacks. In winter 423, Emperor Mingyuan died from Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning. Crown Prince Tao took the throne as Emperor Taiwu. The Book...

character within the dialogue of the alchemical texts themselves. Cleopatra was a foundational figure in alchemy, contemporary with or even pre-dating...

The Chinese monarchs were the rulers of China during Ancient and Imperial periods. The earliest rulers in traditional Chinese historiography are of mythological...

components from the ash of the plant. These processes were in use in medieval alchemy generally for the separation and purification of metals from ores (see...

believed to live in the human body and hasten death" and gǔdú 蠱毒 gu poisoning; a poison produced by venomous insects; cast a black magic spirit possession...

Civilisation in China: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part III: Spagyrical Technology and Invention, Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic...

of the alchemical symbols for the metal, and Mercury became an alternative name for the metal. Mercury is the only metal for which the alchemical planetary...