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jar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23739
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.81
- Description
- Clear glass round-based jar with metal screw-on lid and hand-written paper label. Jar contains residue. Artifact is third from left in the 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
- Orange label with black text. Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "white" and "plant root" and "powder". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Angelica dahurica". Angelica is is a perennial herb. Its roots are used as medicine. It is used to dispel coldness, stop pain, clear the nasal passage, reduce swelling and pus, and reduce itchiness. It is myogenic and promotes blood circulation. It is used to treat colds, headaches, rhinitis, toothache, and painful boils. It can also be used as a spice.
- Measurements
- 11 cm height x 3 cm width x 3 cm length
Images
jar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23792
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.134
- Description
- Clear, glass, cylindrical, jar with slightly, rusty, metal, screw top cover. Label in yellow, rectangular paper with red border containing black Chinese characters written vertically. Item is fourth from left in photo.
- Object History
- This item originates fromt he Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company," Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters on label are literally translated to: west; red; flower. When adjusted for English comprehension, label is for stigma croci or saffron. Stigma croci/saffron is normally planted in Beijing, Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan. It harvests in Autumn when the flower blooms. It helps with blood circulation, cooling blood detoxification, relieving depression, and soothing the nerves.
- Measurements
- 13 cm H x 5 cm W
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23816
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.170
- Description
- Container, wood, dark brown, circular, with lid; hand-made orange and yellow label with Chinese characters. Some wear on lid edge.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 12.5 cm height x 25 cm width
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23820
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.174
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown, circular, with lid; orange paper label with painted chinese characters.
- 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
- Based on translation of Chinese characters, product is for Flower of Official Magnolia.
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23822
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.176
- Description
- Container, wood, brown, circular, with wooden lid; orange paper label with 3 characters; engravings partially hidden by the label; the inside is coloured white and lined with paper; contents are dry, orange-brown leaves.
- 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
- Orange paper label with brown border and 3 Chinese characters which literally translate to "pure" and "nice fragrant" and "flowers". English translation adjusted to Spanish Jasmine/Jasminum grandiflorum. The flower grows in southern part of China. In traditional Chinese medicine, the flower is used to dissipate stasis, stop bleeding, and relieve pain for traumatic injury, fracture, traumatic bleeding, sores, furuncle.
- Measurements
- 15 cm in height (when closed) x 20 cm in diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23823
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.177
- Description
- Dark, brown, wooden, circular container which has a top lid and lower body. Orange label with yellow border has black Chinese characters is attached to side with some water damage on borders. Some wear on edges where lid and body meet.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company," Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- The label contains three Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "Buddha" and "hand" and " flower." When adjusted to English comprehension, product is "Flos Citri Sarcodactylis/Finger Citron Flower." Slighty bitter, slighty warm. In traditional Chinese medicine, product is used for liver and stomach meridians to soothe liver and regulate qi, and warm the stomach and spleen.
- Measurements
- 16 cm H x 20 cm W
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23824
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.178
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown. Large area of paint chipped off. Circular, with lid; 3 Chinese characters painted directly on to box in orange/brown paint.
- 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
- Word for word translation is as follows; flower; flag; ginseng. This has been adjusted for English comprehension to "American ginseng". This is a different herb from (Chinese) ginseng. The root of the perennial herbaceous plant Panax quinquefolium L. of the family Araliaceae. Mainly produced in U. S. A. and Canada. Cultivated in Beijing city, Jiling and Liaoning provinces in China also. American Ginseng to be more yin – meaning it is used to reduce 'heat' in the body. In comparison, Asian Ginseng is thought to be more yang – meaning it is used to raise 'heat' in the body. Slightly fragrant, bitter and slightly sweet in flavor. Best quality: Even root, firm, tense thin lines on cover, white-yellow cross section, delicate fragrance, strong in flavor. For lung, heart, kidney and spleen meridians. Tonify qi, nourish yin, clear heat and promote the generation of body fluid.
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23825
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.179
- Description
- Dark, brown, varnished, wooden, circular container which has a top lid and lower body. Orange label with yellow border is attached to side with black Chinese characters, and some water damage on edges. Label also is shown to have been attached over some Chinese characters written/painted on lower body of container.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company," Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- The label contains three Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "flower, blossom, bloom; fireworks, spend, expend" and "cloud, sky, heaven, a surname" and "quick, effective, clever, spirit, intelligence." When adjusted to English translation, product is "flos campsis." Flos campsis is a type of flower that can be found in Central China. It blooms in summer and autumn. In traditional Chinese medicine, it helps to cool blood to remove stasis as well as to cure irregular menstruation and rubella. It can provide a good treatment to itchy skin and acne.
- Measurements
- 12 cm H x 18 cm W
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23826
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.180
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown, circular, with lid; orange label with tan border featuring 3 hand painted Chinese characters.
- 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
- Word for word translation is as follows; spring; sand; flower. This has been adjusted for English comprehension to "Flos et Pedunculus Amomi". This product is a ginger plants. Taste pungent and warm. For Spleen, stomach, kidney meridians. Use for Stomach qi stagnation; abdominal fullness and distention; nausea and vomit. To clear dampness, improve appetite, warn spleen, stop diarrhea, regulate the flow of qi, miscarriage prevention.
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23829
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.183
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown, circular, with lid; orange label with painted chinese characters.
- 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
- Word for word translation is as follows; "carambola / star fruit" and "flower". This has been adjusted for english comprehension to "Carambola Flower". Taste: Sweet, neutral. For gallbladder meridian. Treat malaria, alleviate pain, remove toxicity and kill parasites. To treat malaria, stomachache, scabies, dermatitis rhus.
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23830
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.184
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown, circular, with lid; orange label with painted chinese characters.
- 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
- Word for word translation is as follows; "top"; "to roll up"; "Pachyma cocos / china root"; "sky"; "to born"; "method". This has been adjusted for english comprehension to "Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae". "Wild Atractylodes grow in the Tianmu Mountain area, which is the same as Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae. The wild Atractylodes is already extinct. Taste sweet, bitter, warm. Tonifying spleen and eliminating dampness, nourish qi, generate blood, remove stomach fluid and dampness, induce diuresis, stop sweat."
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23831
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.185
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown, circular, with lid; orange label with tan border featuring 3 hand painted Chinese characters.
- 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
- Word for word translation is as follows; Hibiscus mutabilis; flower. This has been adjusted for English translation to "Hibiscus mutabilis flower". This is a plant which is either the flower or leaf can used for Chinese medicine for lung, heart, and liver meridians. It has a pungent taste and is slightly bitter and cold. Product is used to remove pathogenic heat from blood and toxicity; reduce swelling and pus. For cough due to lung heat, acute appendicitis, scrofula, uterine bleeding, stomach pain, diarrhea. For external application: sores and boils, burns and scalds, otopyorrhea, unknown boils, snake bite.
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23832
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.186
- Description
- Tin box with lid, with red and gold circles pattern print; yellow label containing two sets of Chinese characters - top set is in a smaller size than the lower set. Label is loose and has a tear in it. Box is first on left in the photo.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company,' Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters in two sets/lines made in black ink on yellow paper with red rectangular border. First, upper line is written in a smaller size as compared to the second line below it. Characters can be literally translated to: He Ming Xing (brand name); to knock against; red; pill. This product is a pill from He Ming Xing Tang. The shop started operating in 1651. In traditional Chinese medicine, the pills were used for the treatment of intestinal deficiency, heat detoxication, stagnation, stomach heat, detoxication, noxious heat blood stasis, etc.
- Measurements
- 7cm height x 10 cm width x 14 cm depth
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23838
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.192
- Description
- Rectangular metal tin box with lid, covered with red and gold design. Yellow octagonal label edged with red and containing Chinese characters in two rows covers short end of box; there are some black smudges on this label. Another yellow octagonal label containing Chinese characters is on top of box. Artifact is second from 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 characters that are literally translated to: "Huang Gan Nan" (a brand name); "rub"; "waist"; "ointment/paste". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Huang Gan Nan Mount Waist Paste." This product is an herbal ointment produced by Huáng Gàn Nán medicine shop. Therefore,Huáng Gàn Nán is more a brand name. The ointment is to treat back ache and women's vaginal discharge.
- Measurements
- 7 cm height x 10 cm width x 15 cm length
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23848
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.202
- Description
- Metal tin box with lid; pattern on sides is red background with gold circles. Rectangular gold-coloured label rimmed in red on side of box has 4 black Chinese characters placed horizontally on it: two smaller characters above and two larger characters below. Box contains a set of mahjong tiles.
- 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 4 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "must"; "obtain"; "victory"; "oil".
- Measurements
- 10 cm height x 13 cm width x 16 cm length
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23852
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.206
- Description
- Metal tin box with lid; pattern on sides is red background with gold circles. Gold-coloured rectangular label on side of box contains 4 Chinese characters placed horizontally. Artifact is on far right 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 4 Chinese characters that are literally translated to "wild'; "mountain"; "copy"; "ginseng". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "wild ginseng." Wild ginseng is a high-end product of the best quality and is the most expensive. Actions: Powerfully reinforce original qi, tonify zang-organ qi, promote the generation of body fluid to alleviate thirst, and induce-tranquilization mind and improve the intelligence, nourish blood. Indications: A. Exhaustion syndrome due to qi deficiency; B. Spleen-qi and lung-qi deficiency syndrome; C. Both qi and yin deficiency syndrome, diabetes; D. Blood deficiency syndrome, syndrome of both qi and blood deficiency; E. Palpitation, insomnia, amnesia
- Measurements
- 9 cm height x 12 cm width x 15 cm length
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23865
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.219
- Description
- box, tin, unpainted, with top; pattern of top is red background with gold circles; label is in Chinese characters. Box contains orchid pseudo-bulbs, or Chinese ground orchid (Bletilla Hyacinthina). The bulbs are crushed and mixed with sesame oil, formed into balls, and then sealed inside a wax coating. The product is used to make an emollient for burns.
- 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
- Chinese characters on label literally translate to: "Chan Li Chai" (Medical factory brand), "peaceful", [indistinguishable character] and "pills". Pills manufactured by Chan Li Chai Medical Factory (Hong Kong) Limited. Chan Li Chai was founded by two families Chan and Li in 1600 AD towards the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644). This pill is used to regulate menstruation, nourish blood, and reduce stasis. It is used to treat irregular menstruation, infertility, vaginal discharge, various prenatal and postnatal illnesses.
- Measurements
- 7 cm height x 10 cm width x 15 cm length
- Maker
- Chan Li Chai
- Country Made
- China
- Site/City Made
- Hong Kong
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23868
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.222
- Description
- Metal tin box with lid; red label on side contains black Chinese characters placed horizontally. Artifact is third from 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 Chinese characters that are literally translated to "toad"; "crunchy" or "limp". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Cinobufagin/cinobufagin venom toad." "Cinobufagin is a cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the Asiatic toad Bufo gargarizans. It is toad skin and parotid gland secretions. It has side similar effects to digitalis and is used in traditional Chinese medicine. (Digitalis is used to treat congestive heart failure (CHF) and heart rhythm problems (atrial arrhythmias).) Today, this product is prohibited from leaving China. This product is toxic. Cinobufagin has been widely used in the treatment of carcinoma and plays an important role in the relief of cancer pain. Per Chinese medical information, it is used for: detoxication; gangrene boils swollen scrofula; malignant sore stubborn psoriasis."
- Measurements
- 5.5 cm height x 7 cm width x 5 cm length
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23869
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.223
- Description
- Rectangular metal box with lid; brown label on one end contains black Chinese characters placed horizontally. Artifact is first on 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 three Chinese characters that are literally translated to "raw", "Mongolian", and "rock". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Vermiculite Schist seu / Hydrobiotite Schist". The product is used to eliminate phlegm, direct qi downwards, sooth the liver, and relieve convulsions. It is used to treat dyspnea and cough due to phlegm, convultions, epilepsy, and mania.
Images
bowl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23961
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.321
- Description
- Ceramic orange bowl with green, yellow, and blue floral design; orange label contains horizontal black Chinese characters and vertical faint characters in pencil; inside of bowl is white. Artifact is on far 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 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "mother, female, origin, nut, venter"; "man, membor of a family, fourth"; "incense, appetizing, fragrant". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "clove fruit." Dried fruit in oval shape. The length is about 2-3cm. The surface is in dark brown. The taste is a little bit spicy. It’s a good treatment for heartburn, vomiting, bad breath and pediatric hernia.
- Measurements
- 7 cm height x 8 cm diameter
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