bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24190
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.685
- Description
- Clear glass bottle with oval base, narrow neck and metal screw-on lid. Bottle has hand-written red paper label. Bottle is two-thirds full of a brown powder. Object is second on the left in photograph.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "sand" and "benevolence" and "powder". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is Amomum villosum powder, from the mature fruit of Amomum villosum Lour of the family Zingiberaceae. It is collected during summer and autumn when the fruit is ripe. It resolves dampness and moves qi. It is used to treat the syndrome of damp obstruction and qi stagnation of the spleen and stomach, vomiting and diarrhea due to deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, and qi stagnation.
- Measurements
- 18 cm height x 5 cm width x 2 cm length