Science fact-check · The Apothecary Diaries

For each science scene in the work, we examine its claims and test them against the scientific literature. Five-level graded verdict, sources, and nuance.

False pharmacology

Is Chocolate Really an Aphrodisiac?

False. Cocoa does contain active molecules, but at doses far too low to act on desire: the effect comes from reputation and placebo.

Simplified toxicology

Can You Become Immune to Poison Through Exposure?

Partly true. You can build tolerance to some poisons, but never to all of them: Maomao's total immunity is fiction.