This description of the use of gold in ancient and modern medicine is for informational purposes only. DeLafée International SARL does not suggest that the consumption of its products has any therapeutic effects.
Both the European Union and United States authorize the use of gold to decorate food products. Gold is totally safe when ingested and is famous for its non-allergenic properties.
Several world cultures use gold in foods. India is the world’s largest gold user for food products. It is estimated that Indians eat over 12 metric tons of gold per year. Gold leaf is used to decorate pastries, which the wealthy offer as gifts for special celebrations like weddings or holidays. In France and Italy, the best chefs use gold leaf to decorate their most refined dishes. Gold leaf has also been applied on fruits for special events.
In Japan, gold leaf is mixed with sake on New Year’s Eve. This brings good luck and prosperity for the coming year. Famous chefs also adorn sushi or soups with gold leaf. In Europe the same tradition exists with champagne.
Many ancient cultures, such as those in Egypt, India and China used gold-based medical preparations. In “Salt and Iron” (81 BC), the Chinese Huan Kuan of the Western Dynasty wrote: “… immortals swallow gold and pearls, so that they enjoy eternal life in heaven and earth.” Also in the Eastern Dynasty, Ge Hong (281-341 AD) wrote that gold “tempers the body of a human being, and he enjoys eternal life”.
More recently, Jacques Forestier reported in 1929 that the use of gold complexes was beneficial in the treatment of arthritis. Later work after the Second World War established that gold drugs are effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis. The use of gold compounds in the medical field is called chrysotherapy.
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Berenice the Second was the Queen of Egypt, and the wife of Ptolemy the Third. (246.b.c. - 221.b.c.) and under her reign Alexsandria became important cultural center.
On her husband departure to war Berenika swore to Aphrodite that she will sacrifice her prominent long beautifuill hair, if her husband comes home alive.
As Ptolemy came home, Berenice cutted her hair and layed it on Aphrodite’s altar, but the hair vanished until the next morning. Just to please the King and Queen and to save lives of the shrime priests, the court astronom anounced that the hair astonished the goddess so much that she placed it on the sky, and that is how the constellation got its name Berenices hair (lat.Coma Berenices).