Alumen, Alum, Bai Fan 白矾 Called Stypteria by DioscoridesBai Fan (TCM)Sphatikari or Kamakshi (in Sanskrit)Phitkari, Phitki (Unani)Tshur dkar ཚུར་དཀར  (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Various types of Alum(Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704) 1. Impure Alumen Sissile;  2. Alumen Sissile Volaterrani;  3. Alumen Rotundum;  4. fragment of a species of Alum; 5. a species of Sissile Alum;  6. Alum Schistis;  7. Aluminosa Balnei Scorpionis(Aldrovani, Musaeum Metallicum, 1648) Rock AlumAldrovani, Musaeum Metallicum Alum Crystal(Photo by Bilovitskiy) (Wikimedia) Massive Alum at the Chengdu Medicine Market(Adam, 2017) Minerological Name: Alumen; hydrated potassium aluminium sulphate. Parts Used: A number of different salts were called ‘Alum’. Roch Alum (Rock Alum); Alum with greater or lesser amounts of impurities Factitious or Common Alum; Alum with greater or lesser amounts of impurities. Alum Plumbosum is Amianthus (Actinolite); Not Alum and are not used as Alum Alum Catinum is a salt extracted from the herb Kali or other related herbs. Not Alum and are not used as Alum. Alum Saccharum is Rock Alum mixed with Rose water, egg white and a little Sugar. Temperature & Taste: Cold, very dry. Astringent, sourAvicenna and Unani medicine say Warm, very dry. Classification: 2N. REPELLENTS   2Y. CORROSIVE   2Z. CICATRIZING TCM:R. Astringents   T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Clears…

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