Medicine

29-237-93

From: China | Zhejiang

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-93
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Zhejiang
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

前胡. Angelica. An antispasmodic, purgative; and taken for asthma. From Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. Value at Ningbo, $3 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 4080 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.96 - Found in Collection Number

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