Hoʻohana nui ʻia ke kumu nui i ka ʻoihana nonorganic. ʻO ia nā mea waiwai no ka hana ʻana i nā paʻakai potassium a alkali paha, e like me ka potassium hydroxide, potassium sulfate, potassium nitrate, potassium chlorate, a me potassium alum. I ka ʻoihana lāʻau lapaʻau, hoʻohana ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he diuretic a me kahi lāʻau no ka pale ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka nele o ka potassium. Hoʻohana ʻia ka hana kala e hana i ka paʻakai G, nā kala reactive, a pēlā aku. ʻO ka mahiʻai kahi ʻano mea kanu potash. Wikiwiki kona hopena mea hoʻomomona, a hiki ke hoʻopili pono ʻia i ka ʻāina mahiʻai e hoʻonui i ka makū i ka papa haʻahaʻa o ka lepo a loaʻa ka hopena o ke kūʻē ʻana o ka maloʻo. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole kūpono e hoʻohana ʻia i ka lepo saline a i ka paka, ʻuala, beet kō a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Loaʻa ka ʻono o ka potassium chloride me ka sodium chloride (ʻawaʻawa), a hoʻohana pū ʻia me kahi mea hoʻohui no ka paʻakai sodium haʻahaʻa a i ʻole ka wai mineral. Hoʻohui ʻia, hoʻohana ʻia ia e hana i ka moneki a i ʻole ka monopō suppressant, mea mālama lāʻau wela, a no ke paʻi kiʻi ʻana. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, nā noiʻepekema, ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai, a hiki ke pani ʻia kekahi potassium chloride no ka sodium chloride i ka paʻakai pākaukau e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ke kaomi kiʻekiʻe [6] ʻO ka potassium chloride kahi mea hoʻohana i ka mea mālama pono electrolyte i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. He hopena pilikino maoli ia a hoʻohana ākea ʻia i nā keʻena lapaʻau like ʻole.