Cold-Food Powder (Chinese: 寒食散; pinyin: hánshísǎn; Wade–Giles: han-shih-san), also known as Five Minerals Powder(Chinese: 五石散; pinyin: wǔshísǎn; Wade–Giles: wu-shih-san), was a poisonous psychoactive drug popular in China from the Six Dynasties (220–589) to the Tang dynasty (618–907). Its ingredients typically included five minerals such as fluorite, quartz, and sulphur, often combined with highly toxic substances containing arsenic and mercury.
Cold-Food Powder (Chinese: 寒食散; pinyin: hánshísǎn; Wade–Giles: han-shih-san), also known as Five Minerals Powder(Chinese: 五石散; pinyin: wǔshísǎn; Wade–Giles: wu-shih-san), was a poisonous psychoactive drug popular in China from the Six Dynasties (220–589) to the Tang dynasty (618–907). Its ingredients typically included five minerals such as fluorite, quartz, and sulphur, often combined with highly toxic substances containing arsenic and mercury.
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