Medicine
29-237-111
From: China | Sichuan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-111 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Sichuan |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 豬苓. An excrescence found on the trunk of the Liquidambar tree, a genus of the order of Altingiaceae. Tuberiform and of irregular size; the cuticle is of a dark brown color, rough and often wormeaten, the interior is of a yellowish-brown hue. Recommended as a cure for urinary disorders, fluxes, etc. From Sichuan province. Value at Ningbo, $9 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 | 4169 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.116 - Found in Collection Number |
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