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Sea salt, red and white (Hawaiian name: Paakai. Scientific name: sodium chloride)
Used as a cleanser of places, bodies, and illness. Wahine Paakai is female salt (sea salt with red clay added). Kane Paakai is male salt (white).
Courtesy National Library of Medicine, photo by Kauila Clark