Compendium of Materia Medica records: "Poisonous gold begets gold. Out of Jiaoguang Mountain, it is red and highly toxic. Killing for more than ten times, the poison is already there. "

In other words, gold is toxic before refining, and the toxicity disappears after refining, otherwise no one dares to wear all kinds of gold jewelry. So why do people die after swallowing gold?

The reason for killing people by swallowing gold is not its toxicity. Moreover, gold does not react chemically with gastric acid in human body, so it is difficult to be biodegraded. It is a corrosion-resistant heavy metal. Because of its high density, it will fall into the stomach after swallowing, pressing the stomach wall, leading to blockage, perforation and bleeding of the digestive tract, which is life-threatening.

Generally, gold bars are too big to swallow, unless they are gold earrings, rings and necklaces. , irregular and very hard. If swallowed, they can easily get stuck and scratch the stomach. People who swallow gold are basically miserable without food.

Scenes like this often appear in costume dramas: In A Dream of Red Mansions, Sister You committed suicide by swallowing gold; In the novel The Queen of the Palace, Fangyi Yang swallowed gold and died. In The Story of Yan Xi Palace, violette committed suicide by swallowing gold; Mo Xueyuan died of swallowing gold in the calculation of beauty, and so on.

In fact, in our real life, some people commit suicide by swallowing gold. Ms. Wang of Ningbo, Zhejiang, swallowed one of her own gold necklaces because she quarreled with her husband. Fortunately, she was sent to the hospital in time, so her life was not in danger.

In ancient times, swallowing gold was considered a "noble" way of suicide. After all, the poor have no gold to swallow. It is generally believed that such suicide is painless. In fact, people who swallow gold are very uncomfortable, and their stomachs are like knives, and they die miserably.

In ancient times, swallowing gold was also a punishment, and some ministers were given gold by the court to be executed.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Boxer Rebellion was in full swing. Crazy Eight-Nation Alliance attacked Beijing, and Empress Dowager Cixi led Emperor Guangxu to flee to the west. In order to put out foreigners' anger, Cixi, while paying reparations to cede territory, also punished Zhao Shuqiao, Minister of Military Affairs, according to foreigners' wishes, and adopted the death penalty of swallowing gold.

Compared with the death penalty of beheading, swallowing gold is the most decent death penalty, which at least preserves the whole body and takes care of the face of the deceased.

Empress Dowager Cixi gave Zhao Shuqiao the death penalty, so she swallowed gold at home. Unfortunately, the gold did not die after swallowing, but after taking arsenic, she still did not die. Finally, she was covered with paper, and then she poured shochu into her stomach. Zhao Shuqiao died.

It can be seen that swallowing gold as a suicide method may not necessarily kill people, and the swallowed gold may be excreted. Even if gold blocks the esophagus or scratches the stomach, it will not die immediately. It may cause complications because of gastric perforation and bleeding. People who swallow gold starve to death or die of pain.

The punishment of swallowing gold seems to be "face-saving", but it is actually much more painful than beheading.

So, what should be done with the gold in the stomach after the person who swallowed it dies?

The gold swallowed will stay in his stomach and be buried with his body, and some gold and silver jewelry will be buried with him after his death. This is an ancient funeral custom. No relatives will think about what to do with the gold in the belly of the deceased, unless those grave robbers who are mad at heart may dig up the body and think about the little gold in their stomachs.

It is also possible that the grave robbers figured it out, and after a year or so, when the body rotted, they dug a stolen grave, so that the gold could be easily obtained.

In any case, gold will not disappear or change, it will always shine there.

Gold is good, but it can kill people. The doctor warned that it is dangerous to swallow anything that has not been chewed by your teeth. Life is precious, do it and cherish it!

Swallowing gold, in a broad sense, refers to the death of heavy metal poisoning. In a narrow sense, it is simply to swallow gold and die. The most well-known story about swallowing gold is the sixty-ninth story in A Dream of Red Mansions: Wang Xifeng kills people with a knife, and Second Sister You commits suicide by swallowing gold.

Heavy metal poisoning:

Among many heavy metal elements, many are essential trace elements for human body. For example, iron participates in the transport and exchange of oxygen and tissue respiration; Copper and iron interact to form collagen and enhance vascular elasticity; Wait a minute. But everything has its limits. Most heavy metal poisoning is cumulative, and even low doses can lead to chronic poisoning.

Many times, when people mention heavy metal poisoning, they will think of arsenic. But in fact, arsenic is not a metal. Arsenic entered the history of human civilization very early. In the Bronze Age, arsenic was smelted with copper to make alloy white copper.

In addition, arsenic-containing sulfides, such as realgar and orpiment, are mainly arsenic disulfide, which is oxidized by heat in the air, and the white smoke volatilized during condensation is arsenic, and the main component is arsenic trisulfide. Hedinghong, which often appears in film and television dramas, is arsenic containing realgar and orpiment because of its insufficient purity.

In fact, the most harmful heavy metal to human health is lead. It is widely distributed, easy to extract, especially malleable and easy to process, so it has been used by human beings for a long time. In addition, there is mercury, commonly known as mercury. Speaking of mercury poisoning, perhaps the most famous Minamata disease occurred in Japan in 1950s, which caused more than 600 deaths and aroused widespread concern in society.

Swallow gold and die;

According to modern medical research, pure gold is not toxic, and swallowing pure gold jewelry will not be toxic. A case of death caused by drinking a small amount of gold foil wine was recorded in ancient literature. Some experts speculate that this is due to the limitation of smelting technology at that time, and the purity of gold is not high and it contains other toxic impurities. Therefore, it is possible that ancient people swallowed gold and caused poisoning.

This is also recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica:

In addition, due to the relatively large proportion of gold, it will oppress the intestine after swallowing and cannot be discharged in time. People who swallow gold suffer unbearable pain and death. Of course, there is another possibility. After gold entered the digestive tract, it cut the digestive tract and bled to death.

As for the topic, what should I do with the gold I eat in my stomach? Either pull it out or dissect it. ( )

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Recycling!

That's mercury, not gold. Gold cannot kill people.