中国古代五种“秋石方”的模拟实验及研究

Five Typical Simulated Tests and a Physico -Chemical Examination of Autumn Mineral in Ancient China

对鲁桂珍、李约瑟明确认为“成功地制备了较为纯净的雄性激素和雌性激素混合制剂”的 6种秋石方中至今没有做过模拟实验的颐氏秋冰法、刘氏秋石法和虽有实验研究但仍有争议的秋石还原丹、阳炼法 ,以及祝亚平认为可能含有性激素的“乳炼法”等 5种“秋石方” ,分别进行了模拟实验研究。结果表明这些“秋石”都不是“较为纯净的雄性激素和雌性激素混合制剂” ,而是一些无机盐 。

This article simulates an examination of th e five methods of preparation for 'autumn mineral',which include four of the six methods considered by Dr.J.Needham and Dr.G.D.Lu as 'Chinese iatrochemists between the 10th and the 16th centuries succeeded in preparing steriod hormones in a relatively purified form from urine'but have not been subjected to simulat ed examination or have been subjected to simulated examination but are still con troversial,and another method,Ru Lian Fa,thought by Zhu Yaping as containing steroid hormones.The authors'physico-chemical inspection of the resulting prod ucts indicates that autumn mineral is not a preparation of steroid hormones but a drug of inorganic salts or other organic compounds.