Mang Xiao / 芒硝 (Mirabilite, Glauber's Salt)
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Mang Xiao / 芒硝 (Mirabilite, Glauber's Salt)
Doc Hay's Shorthand
Po Xiao / 破消
Latin name
Natrii Sulfas
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Translator's annotation
Also known as: Pu Xiao / 朴消
Refined Mirabilite is known as: Yuan Ming Fen / 元明粉 (Mirabilitum Depuratum, Natrii Sulfas Siccatus)
Refined Mirabilite is known as: Yuan Ming Fen / 元明粉 (Mirabilitum Depuratum, Natrii Sulfas Siccatus)
Bibliographic Citation
Wiseman, N. (1995). English-chinese chinese-english dictionary of chinese medicine. p. 742
Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 241 -- "In the eighteenth century, [...] the name of this medicinal [Xuan Ming Fen / 玄明粉] was changed to "original brightness powder" (元明粉 yuan ming fen). This has remained to this day as an alternate name."
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