医王石＜石川県＞ 【日本銘石】

IOH Stone

医王石

戸室山、医王山で採取される安山岩で、新第三紀中新世1500万年前の海底火山の噴火の時のものといわれています。
医王山は霊山としても祀られ、薬師如来が本地仏とされているだけでなく、落雷地として知られ、雷電のエネルギーが作用し、医王戸室山系の岩石と植物に作用し、薬草が多く育ち、水質を名水に変化させるとする論文が、アメリカの学会で発表されました。
平安時代から薬石として知られ、腹痛、火傷、創傷、湿疹等に効果があるとして『医王石由来記』に記載され、加賀藩が持ち出し禁止として珍重しておりました。
元正天皇や桓武天皇が病気になられたときに薬草と医王石を処方され、完治したと伝えられています。
昭和60年に厚生労働省が食品添加物として認可されました。
*史実を元に記載するものであり、医薬品として推奨するものではありません。

This andesite is collected from Mount Tomuro and Mount Io, and is said to have been created during an undersea volcanic eruption 15 million years ago during the Neogene Miocene. A paper was presented at an American academic conference that claims that Mount Io is also enshrined as a sacred mountain. Not only is Bhaiṣajyaguru the local Buddha, but also known as a lightning strike area. The energy of thunderbolts acts on the rocks and plants of the Mount Tomuro and Mount Io range, making many medicinal herbs grow there, and improving the quality of the water and make it become famous. It has been known as a medicinal stone since the Heian period, and is said to be effective for abdominal pain, burns, wounds, eczema, etc.
IOH Stone was mentioned in the "Io Seki Originki" and was highly prized by the Kaga Domain, who prohibited it from being taken out. It is said that when Empress Gensho and Emperor Kanmu fell ill, they were prescribed medicinal herbs and IOH Stone, and they were completely cured. In 1985, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare approved it as a food additive.
*This information is based on historical facts and is not recommended as a pharmaceutical product.