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Materia Medica of Metals, Minerals, Stones, Gems and Salts

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Illustration from the Chapter of Mineral and Metal Medicines,
Krauterbuch
, Lonitzer, 1578

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A seller at the Chengdu Medicine Market specialising in mineral medicines. The jars at top are gemstones, while Amber, Pearl, Cinnabar, Shells, Salts, Fossils, Shilajit and numerous other minerals are down below. Note the labels are in both Chinese and Tibetan, as Tibetan Medicine uses lots of mineral and gem medicines.
(Adam, 2019)

Metals and Metallic Minerals

Argentum - Silver
Astroites - Star Stone
Aurum - Gold

Calamine - Lu Gan Shi
Calomel - Mercurous chloride
Ceruse - White Lead
Cinnabar - Zhu Sha
Copper

Copper Sulphate  
Ferrum oxidum, Iron Oxide


Ferrous sulphate, Green Vitriol
Hematite - Dai Zhe Shi
Litharge
Magnetite - Ci Shi
Mercury - Argentum Vivum
Minium - Red Lead

Pyrite - Zi Ran Tong
Verdigris - Aerugo
Zinc oxide, Tutty

Stones and Minerals

Actinolite, Amianthus, Yang Qi Shi
Aetites - Geode
Agate

Arsenolite, Pi Shi 
Asphaltus, Bitumen Judaicum

Astroites - Star Stone
Bloodstone, Heliotrope
Calcite - Han Shui Shi

Chalk
Chlorite Schist, Meng Shi
Flint
Flourite, Zi Shi Ying 

Gypsum, Shi Gao
Irish Slate, Lapis Hybernicus
Lapis Amianthus


Lapis Armenius, Azurite
Lapis Crucifer, Lapis Cruciatus
Lapis Phrygius
Lepidotes
Malachite

Ophicalcite, Hua Rui Shi
Orpiment
Osteocolla
Pyrolusite, Wu Ming Yi
Realgar
Serpentine, Jahara Mohara
Shilajit
Sulphur - Liu Huang

Talcum, Hua Shi
Trochite or Entrochus

Salts

Alumem, Alum, Bai Fan
Borax, Peng Sha
Cream of Tartar
Epsom Salt

Glauber's Salt, Mang Xiao
Natrum, Sodium Carbonate


Nitrum, Saltpeter, Xiao Shi
Potassium carbonate, Potash
Potassium Sulphate, Tartar Vitriolate
Sal Ammoniac, Ammonium Chloride, Nao Sha
Salt, Rock Salt


Earths

Earth of Armenia, Red Earth, Chi Shi Zhi
Earth of Lemnos

Limonite, Yu Yu Liang


Terra Sigillata - Sealed Earth
Yellow Earth Burnt, Zao Xin Tu


Stones and Shells from the Sea

Abalone shell, Shi Jue Ming
Alcyonium
Blatta Byzantina
Clam Shell, Ge Ke
Cockle Shell, Wa Leng Zi
Cowrie shell
Cuttlefish Bone, Hai Piao Xiao
Dentalium, Tooth Shell


Lapis Auricularis
Lapis Spongiae, Sponge Stone
Oyster shell, Mu Li

Pearl, Zhen Zhu
Pumex, Pumice
Red Coral, Shan Hu
Umbilicus Marinus


Fossils

Belemite, 'Lynx Stone'
Conchites
Echinite, Echinoid, Sea Urchin Fossil

Fossil Bones, Dragon Bones, Long Gu
Fossil Crabs
Fossil Shells

Fossil Spirifer


Glossopetra, Fossil Shark Teeth
Lapis Ammonites
Lapis Hystericus
Lapis Judaicus, Jew's Stone
Lepidotes
Nummulite, Shadnaj
Ostracites
Gems & Semi-precious Stones

Amber, Succinum, Hu Po
Beryl
Cornelian
Coral, Shan Hu
Emerald
Garnet

Jade
Jet   
Lapis Lazuli


Opal
Pearl, Zhen Zhu
Ruby
Sapphire
Topaz
Tourmaline
Turquoise

Zircon (Hyacinth, Jacinth)

Stones of Animal Origin

Note that not all of the following are of animal origin, but were traditionally believed to have been of animal origin.

Alectorius - Stones of a Cocks Gizzard
Belemite - Lynx Stone
Bezoar, Niu Huang

Bufonite - Toad Stone
Crab Eyes


Draconite - Serpent Stone
Fish Head Stone
Lapis Limacis - Cochlite, Snail Stone
Pearl, Zhen Zhu


Other Resources related to Minerals:

Sources for Mineral Materia Medica
Preparation of Medicines
Mineral Hardness
Introduction to Gem Medicines
Sample Gem Formulas

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