Medicine
29-237-49
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-49 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 藿香. Betonica officinalis. It is curious to note that this remedy is recommended both in the Herbarium of Apuleius and in the bencao (本草), the Chinese pharmacopoeia, as a remedy for the effects of drunken debauch. Value at Xiamen (Amoy), $20 per picul. Brown root. 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 | 3941 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.50 - Found in Collection Number |
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