Medicine
29-237-24
From: China | Anhui
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-24 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Anhui |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 槐米. Buds of Cassia sophora. The buds considered to be tonic and astringent, the leaves are cathartic, stimulating the action of the liver and kidneys. Also used as a yellow dye to stain wood. From Anhui province. Value at Zhenjiang, $6.80 per picul. Tan and brown 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 | 3839 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.24 - Found in Collection Number |
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