Glass bottle containing 'Royal Hemp' 'ephedra sinica stapf gnetaceae'

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
type:
bottle and cannabis
credit:
Wellcome Trust