Medicine

29-237-102

From: China | Jiangsu

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-102
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Jiangsu
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

草决明 (草決明). Seeds of Cassia tora. A remedy for ophthalmia. From Jiangsu province. Value at Ningbo, $12 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 4109 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.106 - Found in Collection Number

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