《十洲记》等小说中描写的返魂香,在汉代以进贡的方式由西域传入中土。由于物以稀为贵,这种具有一定药效的香料经过道徒夸饰,就成为具有起死回生之效的神药。笔者从产地、原料、制作过程、功效等方面进行考证,认为所谓的返魂香即后世医家常用的药材苏合香。 Described in “Shi Zhou Ji” and other novels, the return of incense in the Han Dynasty tribute to the way from the Western Regions into the soil. Because of rare things, this has some efficacy of spices through the Taoist exaggerated, it has become a deadly effect of the gods. The author from the origin, raw materials, production process, efficacy and other aspects of research, that the so-called return to Hong incense that medicine commonly used in later generations of Soviet Union incense.