Many modern people have no money and say self-deprecatingly, "I want to eat dirt." Of course, this is a joke, no one really wants to eat dirt. But in the era of famine, people really ate soil, and after eating it, they would make people feel full. This soil is called Guanyin soil. The topic of scientists proving that eating "earth" can cure enteritis and has recently become a hot topic. In fact, this "soil" is used by the research team to construct soil bionic materials through artificial synthesis, and "Guanyin Soil" is one of its main components. It seems that eating "earth" is also scientific!
Why can Guanyin soil be eaten
similar in shape? Guanyin soil is also called montmorillonite , pyrostone, kaolin , white mud, etc. The color is white, which makes people feel that it is not a illusion of earth. After adding water to Guanyin soil, it can turn into a paste, and it looks very similar to flour after being ground into powder, so its appearance and characteristics are very similar to the flour we eat.
The reason why Guanyin soil can be eaten is related to its components. The main chemical component in Guanyin soil is AI4(Si4O10)OH6. It's actually aluminosilicate. The four elements that are most abundant in the earth's crust are silicon, aluminum, oxygen and iron, and the components of Guanyin soil are aluminum and silicon oxides. Guanyin soil is not easily digested and absorbed by the human body after consumption, nor is it decomposed into toxic and harmful ingredients to the human body. Therefore, after eating Guanyin soil in a small amount, you can feel full. When it was famine, people used to treat them as life-saving things, and people often used Guanyin soil to fill their stomachs.
What will happen if you eat too much Guanyin soil
As mentioned earlier, Guanyin soil is very stable and is not easily digested and absorbed by the human body, nor will it be decomposed into toxic and harmful ingredients to the human body. Therefore, eating a small amount can fill the stomach and have no major impact on the body. However, if you eat it as a staple food for a long time and eat it in large quantities, it will accumulate in the stomach as much as you eat, which will accumulate in the body, resulting in abdominal distension and difficulty in stool. The final result is that the stomach is bloated, looking like a watermelon, it looks very hard when knocked, like a stone, and it causes people to swell and die of belly tummy.
The role of Guanyin soil
Guanyin soil is widely used in papermaking, ceramics, industry and pharmaceutical industries.
Because Guanyin soil texture branch is white and soft, it has the characteristics of fire resistance and burn resistance. Moreover, Guanyin soil has good plasticity and bonding properties, which can produce high-quality paper and save wood costs. In addition, Guanyin soil can make pottery better molding, and for this reason, Guanyin soil also has a name called porcelain clay .
In addition, just like the research results in this "Natural-Chemistry", Guanyin's medicinal value is also outstanding. Guanyin soil has the effects of eliminating edema, detoxifying insects, protecting the eyes and treating jaundice . Guanyin soil contains kaolin minerals, which are bitter in taste and flat in nature. They can eliminate excess water under the human skin tissue and have the effect of eliminating water conservancy. After being bitten by poisonous insects, applying Guanyin soil to the wound can also remove insect poison. There is also a medicine called Montmorillonite San, whose main ingredient is Guanyin Earth, which uses the astringency of Guanyin Earth to treat diarrhea.
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