Uncommon
Cold-Food Powder
Poisonous psychoactive drug
Cold-Food Powder
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. Because it supposedly induced intense hyperthermia, users were required to ingest cold foods, bathe in cold water, and undertake xingsan (行散)—a practice of walking to circulate the powder—giving rise to the name "Cold-Food Powder." Originally a Han dynasty medicinal formula, it became fashionable among the upper gentry after the Cao Wei scholar He Yan claimed it made his "spirit and intelligence receptive and lucid." The drug became a signature of the unconventional ming shi (名士) lifestyle and influenced contemporary fashion, encouraging loose...
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