Cinnabar, known for its chemical composition in the famous chicken blood stone, has been associated with safety in transportation. A program on CCTV, “Sky-High Prices and Strange Peaks,” mentioned that in the 20 years since the mining and transportation of chicken blood stone began, vehicles carrying it have never been involved in traffic accidents.
A Taoist friend who practices traditional Chinese medicine keeps 3 kilograms of cinnabar and hundreds of pounds of mugwort at home, and he claims not to have heard the buzzing of mosquitoes all summer! Mosquitoes are more active at night because they are believed to carry a heavier Yin energy.
Since ancient times, cinnabar has been recognized as a sacred item for warding off evil, regardless of ethnicity or religious beliefs. The Chinese nation’s love for the color red originates from the color of cinnabar, which is believed to possess a strong “Yang energy.”
You can try using cinnabar in various ways, such as for children who cry inexplicably upon entering a room, for those who are too frightened to sleep after a shock, for households experiencing unexplained fleeting shadows, or for those who hear strange noises or even voices in seemingly empty old houses. Cinnabar can be wrapped and carried on the body for protection, or taken in small amounts to calm the nerves. Strictly speaking, cinnabar is specifically used to calm the spirit and ward off evil spirits. It is also considered a wonderful medicine for this purpose and is available in major traditional Chinese medicine stores.
How to Use Cinnabar in Daily Life:
- Warding Off Evil: Natural cinnabar, in granular form, is generally used for protection. It can be placed in small bottles or made into sachets to carry with you for protection.
- Talisman Writing: Cinnabar in powder form, known as “water-fledged cinnabar,” is used for writing and drawing talismans that do not fade easily.
- Calming Fears: For children who have night terrors, placing cinnabar under the pillow or sheet can have a calming effect, helping them sleep peacefully without crying.
- Blessing: Business owners who bring home wealth-attracting items can use cinnabar to anoint the items for blessings, ensuring a prosperous business.
- Wearing Pixiu: Those who wear Pixiu, a mythical creature believed to bring wealth, can use cinnabar to activate it, which is said to attract wealth.
- Focusing the Mind: Drivers can hang cinnabar in their vehicles to help concentrate and avoid traffic violations, ensuring a safe journey.
Why Cinnabar? Why did the ancients choose cinnabar over other substances as a common means of warding off evil?
Attentive friends may notice that some blessed feng shui items are adorned with cinnabar, which has a dark red color and a mysterious aura.
According to “Compendium of Materia Medica”: Cinnabar, originally known as dansha, is a superior product in this classic. It nourishes the spirit,安抚 the soul, boosts energy, and improves vision.
“Medical Foundation”: For pox about to emerge, taking it detoxifies and reduces the number. It treats restlessness due to heart heat. Moistens the lungs and quenches thirst, clears the liver and brightens the eyes, also wards off evil and plagues, breaks lumps, and expels dead fetuses.
“Shennong’s Herbal Classic”: The “Shennong’s Herbal Classic” records thirty-three types of dansha, “Dansha is slightly cold and enters the kidney, sweet and non-toxic, entering the spleen, with a red color entering the heart. It is the main treatment for various diseases of the five viscera, a peaceful medicine, any disease of the five viscera can be used without hesitation. The heart is the root of the body, the residence of the spirit, the kidney is the source of qi, the place of essence, when the heart and kidney interact, the spirit and qi are nourished.”
“As the spirit comes and goes, it is called the soul, and as the essence enters and exits, it is called the spirit. When the spirit and qi are nourished, the soul and spirit are at peace.” Qi is obtained from heaven and earth, and全靠 the qi of the后天 to flourish. Dansha is sweet and supplements the spleen to boost energy. Brightening the eyes is due to the stone medicine’s condensed metal qi, metal can reflect objects, and the red color gets the fire symbol, fire can illuminate objects. Kills spirits.
“Ri Hua Zi Ben Cao”: Moistens the heart and lungs, treats sores, warts, and polyps, can be taken orally and applied topically.
” Bie Lu”: Opens blood vessels, stops restlessness and fullness, quenches thirst, boosts energy, brightens the face, removes evil in the middle, abdominal pain, poisonous gas, sores, and various ulcers.
“Ben Cao Cong Xin”: Stabilizes madness, stops toothache.
“Ben Cao Zheng”: Cinnabar, entering the heart can calm the spirit and move through the blood vessels, entering the lungs can descend qi and move through the skin and hair, entering the spleen can expel phlegm and move through the muscles, entering the liver can promote blood flow and move through the fascia, entering the kidney can expel water evil and move through the bone marrow, up or down, everywhere, so it can calm the heart, expel phlegm, ward off evil, reduce fire, treat convulsions, kill insect poison, remove evil in the middle, and sores, eczema, and other categories. But its weight is urgent, good at walking and descending, unpredictable changes, treating surplus is its strength. If combined with ginseng, astragalus, angelica, and atractylodes with cinnabar to treat children, it can also be effective, this must be its deficiency with a real person is suitable, otherwise, it should not be used indiscriminately.
In Feng Shui, cinnabar is collected from mineral veins that absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, so it has a strong magnetic field. Unlike jade and dzi beads, which feel cool in the hand, cinnabar feels warm in the palm, meaning it has a strong yang magnetic field. Generally, Taoists and Buddhists use cinnabar for blessing, warding off evil, and suppressing evil spirits.
Is cinnabar toxic? The main component of cinnabar is HgS, and if burned, it can release mercury, which is highly toxic! People’s understanding of cinnabar is also a process, cinnabar has a small toxicity, can be taken orally, should be taken in small amounts, and should not be taken for a long time. So if you use medicine, please follow the doctor’s advice!