Witnessed by: Ayurveda

Horse tooth (Equus caballus), of the Equidae (Mammalia) family. The domestic horse — a large single-hoofed grazing mammal of the Equidae; native range: the domestic horse, kept throughout the Indian subcontinent; the teeth taken from the dead animal. Globally recognized as aśva danta in Sanskrit, and horse tooth in English. The part used is the tooth, calcined (burnt to a white friable ash) before use. A large, heavy, ridged grinding tooth, ivory to yellow-brown and stone-hard; calcined it whitens, lightens and turns friable, levigating to a fine tasteless powder.

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