Medicine
29-237-64
From: China | Sichuan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-64 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Sichuan |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 柏子仁. Cypress cone seeds. The kernels of this fruit have a pungent smell, are oily and of a yellowish color. A purgative, tonic and stimulant. From Sichuan province. At Ningbo, $ 15 per picul. Brown hard pellets. 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 | 3987 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.66 - Found in Collection Number |
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