Medicine
29-237-103
From: China | Hainan Island
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-103 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Hainan Island |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 桂枝. The extreme and tender ends of the branches of the Cassia tree, imported chiefly from Straits. Taken to relieve dyspnea and in coughs and colds, to promote perspiration, and used as a spice. From Hainan. Value at Ningbo, $13 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 | 4111 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.107 - Found in Collection Number |
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