Epsom salts

magnesium sulfate, used as a laxative and in the preparation of tofu as a coagulator, and formerly as a medicated soaking solution.

Etymology

Named after Epsom in Surrey, England; the town had a spring which gave forth bitter saline water containing the compound.

sals angleses

sulfat de magnèsia

sals d’Epson

sel d’Epsom

sal de Epsom

sal de la Higuera

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