Medicine
29-237-59
From: China | Jiangsu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-59 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Jiangsu |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 大生地 (哭生地). Rehmannia chinensis. The root of this plant is repeatedly steamed and sun-dried, it then presents a dark, soft, wrinkled appearance, is about three inches in length and has a sweetish taste. Prescribed as a cooling and purifying drug. From Jiangsu province. Value at Zhenjiang, $14.50 per picul. Tan, brown and orange 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 | 3977 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.61 - Found in Collection Number |
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