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Nitrum Equus-Dentatis

Horse-tooth niter

马牙硝2 〔馬牙硝2〕 mǎ yá xiāo

Alternate Chinese names: 牙消2 yá xiāo

Kingdom: Mineral

Use: Medicinal

Notes: This is 硝石 that has a jagged crust resembling horse teeth. It is so named by its similarity to 马牙硝1, horse-tooth mirabilite, with which in former times it was sometimes confused.

See: Xiāo shí (硝石 Nitrum , niter)

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