Medicine

29-237-85

From: China | Jiangsu

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-85
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Jiangsu
Creator Unknown
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

簍皮. Melon peel. Decocted with other medicines, it is taken for coughs, colds and asthma. An aperient. From Jiangsu province. Value at Zhenjiang, $15,60 per picul. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top. This jar is different than the others as it has a D on the bottom.

Credit Line Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903
Other Number 4042 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.87 - Found in Collection Number

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