ash shovel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24617
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1113
- Description
- Stove shovel; wooden handle
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
Images
ash shovel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24618
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1114
- Description
- Stove shovel; no handle
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
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bag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24664
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1161
- Description
- Woven bamboo bag, large
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
Images
baking pan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24593
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1089
- Description
- Baking tin
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
Images
baking tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24594
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1090
- Description
- Baking tin; one handle is missing
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
Images
basket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24644
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1141
- Description
- Bamboo basket with carrying handles
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
Images
basket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1143
- Description
- Fruit basket; wood slats, round bottom
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24711
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1208
- Description
- Tin, has Chinese characters on it
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 25cm height x 17cm width x 15cm depth
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24713
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1210
- Description
- Rectangular metal container with two small D shaped handles welded on opposite sides of the rim. Orange paper label has three handwritten 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
- Chinese characters on label, which literally translate to mean "ground" "ripe grain" "root". When adjusted for English translation, "Root of Twelve stamen Melastoma Dodecandrum Lour". Uses in Chinese medicine: Bitter, slightly sweet, neutral. For liver, spleen and lung meridians. Action: Promote blood circulation, stop bleeding, eliminate dampness and remove toxicity. Indications: Scrofula, toothache, dysentery, leucorrhea, uterine bleeding, abdominal pain after delivery, dysmenorrhea."
- Measurements
- 25cm height x 17cm width x 15cm depth
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24769
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1267
- Description
- Tin, has Chinese characters on it
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Measurements
- 35 cm height x 20 cm width x 18 cm length
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24770
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1268
- Description
- Tin, has Chinese characters on it
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24771
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1269
- Description
- Tin, has Chinese characters on it
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24837
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1335
- Description
- Tin; has Chinese characters
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co." Victoria, B.C.
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24838
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1336
- Description
- Tin, with lid; has Chinese characters
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co." Victoria, B.C.
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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88633
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.5
- Description
- English Name: Lightyellow Sophora Root Chinese Pinyin Name: Kushen (KuShen) Physical Description: small cut or chipped pieces of root, pale brown, with bark still attached Production Regions: Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Henan, Hebei, Shanxi,etc. Functions: Clears heat, dries dampness, dispels wind, kills worms. Apply to diarrhea due to damp heat, hematochezia due to intestine wind, jaundice, dysuria, edema, vaginal discharge, vaginal itch, abscess and tinea, lepra, skin itch, sore with damp toxin
- 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
- Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards Volume 4. Retrived on 25 July 2017. URL: http://www.cmd.gov.hk/doc/search/Sophorae_Flavescentis_Radix_v4_e.pdf 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=B00018 Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), 2003; Taiwan Herbal Pharmacopeia, 2014.
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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.10
- Description
- unidentified
- 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.
Images
botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88639
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.11
- Description
- Cassia bark or Rougui, also known as Cinnamomi Cortex.
- 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.
- Used to warm spleen and stomach, elminates cold accumulation, frees blood and veins.
Images
botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88645
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.17
- Description
- Radix Rehmanniae
- 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.
Images
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
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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88658
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.30
- Description
- litchi seed (Litchi Chinensis); used to relieve pain in colic, gastralgia, and orchitis
- 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
- Keys, John D. "Chinese Herbs". Rutland: Charles E Tuttle Company, Inc., 1976.
Images
botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88659
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.31
- Description
- Seed of Chinese Wampee
- 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.
Images
botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88660
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.32
- Description
- English Name: Villous Amomun Fruit Chinese Pinyin Name: Sharen (ShaRen / SuoShaMiRen) Physical Description: many small dried fruits, flattened ovals, ranging from pale tan to darker reddish brown colour; some have longitudinal ridges, others appear wrinkled, with stem protrusion one end or hole; at least one is broken open Production Regions: Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi. Imported sha ren is produced in Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Functions: Transforms dampness, increases appetite, warms spleen, relieves diarrhea, regulates qi, calms fetus. Apply to retention of dampness in the middle, abdominal fullness and anorexia, deficiency and cold spleen and stomach, vomit and diarrhea, pernicious vomiting, restless fetal movements.
- 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=B00254 ; Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), 2003;
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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88666
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.38
- Description
- mustard seed; used internally to discharge mucus
- 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
- Keys, John D. "Chinese Herbs". Rutland: Charles E Tuttle Company, Inc., 1976.
Images
botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88669
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.41
- Description
- mandarin orange peel (Citrus Nobilis); used to sooth the stomach, to aid digestion, to discharge mucus
- 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. Orange Peel is used as a traditional seasoning in Chinese cooking and in traditional medicine. Today, orange peel essential oil is a common beauty product used around the world.
- Reference
- Keys, John D. "Chinese Herbs". Rutland: Charles E Tuttle Company, Inc., 1976.
Images
botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88671
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.43
- Description
- English Name: Pharbitis Seed / Lobedleaf Pharbitis Seed Chinese Pinyin Name: Qianniuzi (QianNiuZi) Physical Description: many small dried seeds, colours vary from light tan to dark brown; wedge-shaped with curved backs, like orange segments; backs have single groove Production Regions: Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Guangxi, Yunnan. Functions: Drains water, frees stools, eliminates phlegm, clears fluid, kills worms, attacks stagnation. Apply to edema and fullness, fecal and urinary stoppage, inverse qi and panting, worm stagnation and abdominal pain, ascariasis, taeniasis.
- 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=B00198 Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), 2003; Taiwan Herbal Pharmacopeia, 2014.
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