Medicine

29-237-98

From: China | Jiangsu

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-98
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Jiangsu
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

木賊草. Taken internally for weak or sore eyes. From Jiangsu province. Value at Ningbo, $4 per picul. Plant stems with ridges. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top.

Credit Line Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903
Other Number 4101 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.102 - Found in Collection Number

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