botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88647
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.19
- Description
- English Name: Snakegourd Root Chinese Pinyin Name: Tianhuafen (TianHuaFen) Physical Description: thin longitudinal slices of dried root, white; slightly irregular rectangular shapes with horizontal rippling; surfaces are dotted in places; some pieces broken Production Regions: Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi. Functions: Clears heat, drains fire, engenders fluid, stops thirst, expels pus, eliminates swelling. Apply to thirst due to heat, diabetes, jaundice, hemoptysis due to dryness of lung, swelling abscess, hemorrhoid fistula. As for apply to diabetes, often combined with medicinal material, which can nourish yin, to achieve the effect.
- Object History
- Collection of original raw contents of the Chinese Herbalist Shop, Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee, Victoria BC, as purchased from Rodney Pain in 1974.
- Reference
- Chinese Medicinal Material Images Database, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University. URL: http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?channelid=47953&lang=eng&searchword=pid=B00104