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  2. Medicinal clay - Wikipedia

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    The first recorded use of medicinal clay goes back to ancient Mesopotamia. A wide variety of clays are used for medicinal purposes—primarily for external applications, such as the clay baths in health spas (mud therapy). Among the clays most commonly used are kaolin and the smectite clays such as bentonite, montmorillonite, and Fuller's earth ...

  3. Zoopharmacognosy - Wikipedia

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    Zoopharmacognosy is a behaviour in which non-human animals self-medicate by selecting and ingesting or topically applying plants, soils and insects with medicinal properties, to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of pathogens, toxins, and even other animals. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The term derives from Greek roots zoo ("animal"), pharmacon ("drug ...

  4. Fuller's earth - Wikipedia

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    Fuller's earth is a term for various clays used as an absorbent, filter, or bleaching agent. Products labeled fuller's earth typically consist of palygorskite (also known as attapulgite) or bentonite. [1] Primary modern uses include as absorbents for oil, grease, and animal waste (cat litter), and as a carrier for pesticides and fertilizers.

  5. Geophagia - Wikipedia

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    Geophagia ( / ˌdʒiːəˈfeɪdʒ ( i) ə / ), also known as geophagy ( / dʒiˈɒfədʒi / ), [ 1] is the intentional [ 2] practice of eating earth or soil-like substances such as clay, chalk, or termite mounds. It is a behavioural adaptation that occurs in many non-human animals and has been documented in more than 100 primate species. [ 3]

  6. Palygorskite - Wikipedia

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    Palygorskite or attapulgite is a magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate with the chemical formula (Mg, Al)2 Si 4 O 10(O H )·4 ( H 2 O) that occurs in a type of clay soil common to the Southeastern United States. It is one of the types of fuller's earth. Some smaller deposits of this mineral can be found in Mexico, where its use is tied to the ...

  7. Montmorillonite - Wikipedia

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    Montmorillonite is a very soft phyllosilicate group of minerals that form when they precipitate from water solution as microscopic crystals, known as clay. It is named after Montmorillon in France. Montmorillonite, a member of the smectite group, is a 2:1 clay, meaning that it has two tetrahedral sheets of silica sandwiching a central ...

  8. Litter box - Wikipedia

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    A basic litter box and scoop. A litter box, also known as a sandbox, cat box, litter tray, cat pan, potty, pot or litter pan, is an indoor feces and urine collection box for cats, as well as rabbits, ferrets, miniature pigs, small dogs, and other pets that instinctively or through training will make use of such a repository.

  9. Peloid - Wikipedia

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    Peloid. Peloid is defined [ 1] as a mature clay, mud or mud suspension or dispersion with curative or cosmetic properties, consisting of a complex mixture of fine-grained materials of geological and/or biological origin, mineral or sea water, and organic compounds commonly arising from some biological metabolic activity", used therapeutically ...