arsenic preparation
CHINA
Source: Harper, D. (n.d.). Occult Miscellanies in Medieval China. 315-334.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
arsenic
Preparation Steps
Detailed in the 'Bingfang ji qita' (Ailment recipes and other matters) section of the Zhoujiatai tomb 30 manuscript as a method 'to eliminate rats' (p. 329).
Original Recipe Text
Detailed in the 'Bingfang ji qita' (Ailment recipes and other matters) section of the Zhoujiatai tomb 30 manuscript as a method 'to eliminate rats' (p. 329).
Evidence
"they include recipes to eliminate rats with an arsenic preparation"
Remarks
Found within medical recipes (s309–25). This arsenic preparation is categorized among entries having practical value in daily life (p. 329).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAs
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
RegionCHINA
Approx. Year-350
Source Information
AuthorHarper, D.
CollectionZhoujiatai tomb 30, Bingfang ji qita manuscript
Language
N/A
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