Medicine
29-237-25
From: China | Jiangsu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-25 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Jiangsu |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 明黨. Sun-dried root of convolvulus. Used as a cheap substitute for the true ginseng; prescribed in cases of spermatorrhea, debility and severe dyspepsia. From Jiangsu province. Value at Zhenjiang, $19.44 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 | 3841 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.25 - Found in Collection Number |
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