Medicine

29-237-149

From: China | Taiwan

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-149
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Taiwan
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

絲通草. Pith of Aralia papyrifera. Tonic, diuretic. From Taiwan. Value at Ningbo, $40 per picul. 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 4322 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.155 - Found in Collection Number

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