Fu Shi / 浮石 (Pumice)

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Fu Shi / 浮石 (Pumice)

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Hai Shi / 海石

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Pumex

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Translator's annotation

Unsure if Hai Shi / 海石 is Fu Shi / 浮石 (Pumice) or Fu Hai Shi / 浮海石 (Costaziae Skeleton). Both are known as : Hai Fu Shi / 海浮石, and are interchangeable in the clinic.

Bibliographic Citation

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 395, 397 -- "There are two completely different substances which are both known either as floating on the sea stone (浮海石 fu hai shi) or sea floating stone (海浮石 hai fu shi). One is pumice, a type of volcanic rock. It is specifically known as floating stone (浮石 fu shi) or stone flower (石花 shi hua). The other is the skeleton of a marine organism of the genus Costazia. It resembles coral; it is whitish yellow or light grey in color, but does not sink."

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