Medicine
29-237-71
From: China | Jiangsu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-71 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Jiangsu |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 天花粉. Byrony root. To cool the blood in treatment of ulcers and pectoral and stomachic disorders. From Jiangsu province. Value at Zhenjiang, $6.80 per picul. Flat white flakes. 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 | 4010 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.74 - Found in Collection Number |
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