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Value - Related to Horn |
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All Rhino Species |
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Rhinoceros horn, si kio, is likewise reputed from time immemorail for its anti-poisonous virtues. The Shen Nung Pen Ts'ao, BC 2700, states that rhino horn (chu po tu) 'cures the hundred poisons.' The same belief is found in India. I cannot believe that the Chinese have borrowed this practice from the Hindus or vice versa.
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Notes on Chinese mediaeval travellers to the west
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