Glass bottle containing 'Royal Hemp' 'ephedra sinica stapf gnetaceae'
- Made:
- 1900-1930
Clear glass bottle with glass stopper, paper label. Containing 'Royal Hemp' 'ephedra sinica stapf gnetaceae'. Also known in chinese herbalism as 'Ma Huang'. Believed to have been used since the 3 millenium BC in the form of a tea, known as 'yellow tea' or 'whorehouse tea', for the treatment of the symptoms of asthma and hayfever.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A668868
- Materials:
- glass
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
