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German medicinal clay (Luvos Heilerde) consisting of loess, i.e., a mixture of sand, clay, and silt. The use of medicinal clay in folk medicine goes back to prehistoric times. Indigenous peoples around the world still use clay widely, which is related to geophagy. The first recorded use of medicinal clay goes back to ancient Mesopotamia.
Sicilian albarello jar used for mustard. Earthenware storage jars for drugs have been found on archaeological sites in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Greece and Rome. [5] The technology appears to have originated in Mesopotamia in 600–400 B.C. [6] A number of innovations occurred in Western Asia regarding pottery decoration, particularly the development of tin glazes to enable jars to contain fluids. [7]
A medicine ball (also known as an exercise ball, a med ball, or a fitness ball) is a weighted ball whose diameter is about a shoulder-width (approx. 350 mm (13.7 in)), often used for rehabilitation and strength training. [1] The medicine ball also serves an important role in the field of sports medicine to improve strength and neuromuscular ...
Geophagia (/ ˌ dʒ iː ə ˈ f eɪ dʒ (i) ə /), also known as geophagy (/ dʒ i ˈ ɒ f ə dʒ i /), [1] is the intentional [2] practice of consuming earth or soil-like substances such as clay, chalk, or termite mounds.
The word itself is a combination of two Japanese words kusuri ("medicine") and tama ("ball"). They are now typically used as decorations, or as gifts. [3] The kusudama is important in origami particularly as a precursor to modular origami. It is often confused with modular origami, but is not such because the units are strung or pasted together ...
Clay cookers allow food to be cooked with minimal additional liquids or fats. [6] Individual clay beds are considered to provide specific properties for cooking, and cooking vessels of a particular type often are valued for being made of the traditional type of clay. [5] The micaceous clay found at Taos Pueblo holds heat for a long time. [5]
A paper cup is a disposable cup made out of paper and often lined or coated with plastic [1] [2] or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper. [3] [4] Disposable cups in shared environments have become more common for hygienic reasons after the advent of the germ theory of disease.
Ball clay A secondary clay. Ball clays invariably also contain various non-clay minerals, and sometimes organic matter. They commonly exhibit high plasticity and high dry strength.( Ball mill A cylindrical grinder used to grind, or mill, raw materials for use in ceramic bodies or glazes.