Was the medicine at the end acid?

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At the end of Curse of the Golden Flower, the Empress refuses to take the poisoned medicine that she's been having as of late and knocks the cup into the air, spilling the medicine onto the table.

However, we see that the spilled medicine starts to corrode the wood. does this mean it was actually acid? or was this some sort of symbolism?






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What did they call acid in the 60s?

Using and Misusing LSD LSD began to be used recreationally and was extremely popular during the 1960s, when it was still legal. It was promoted by Drs. Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert at Harvard University.

When was acid banned?

On October 24, 1968, possession of LSD was made illegal in the United States. The last FDA approved study of LSD in patients ended in 1980, while a study in healthy volunteers was made in the late 1980s. Legally approved and regulated psychiatric use of LSD continued in Switzerland until 1993.

Who was the first to try acid?

Swiss scientist and chemist Albert Hofmann in 1993, 50 years after he first tried LSD. Bicycle Day is observed around the world on April 19th, though it's not exactly a celebration of the bicycle.

What was acid originally used for?

LSD was originally perceived as a psychotomimetic capable of producing model psychosis. By the mid-1950s, LSD research was being conducted in major American medical centers, where researchers used LSD as a means of temporarily replicating the effects of mental illness.



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