Medical tea of various species - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 64834 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 33.01 TILIACEAE Microcos paniculata | Entry Book Number | 2.1982.31 | |
| Artefact Name | Medical tea of various species | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | China | TDWG Region | China | ||
| Parts Held | Medical tea of various species | Geography Description | China | ||
| Uses | Medical tea of various speciesUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Museum staff RBG Kew (purchased by) | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Purchased by Museum staff in London W1 Very bitter. Aids digestion. Widely used in tropical and sub-troical regions when feeling hot and poorly. Packet says 'Boil for 2 hours. Good for you' Various plant parts and species (See Multiple fiel, d). Plant parts - leaves, roots, rhizome, seeds, stem, wood and bark. Made in Hong Kong This medical tea is contained of the Chinese medicine herbs as follows :- San Mar-tau 10%, Po Char Ip 8%, Hoi Kam-sar 4%, Kam Tsin-cho 4%, Tam Chook Ip 4%, Kong Mu-kan, 36%, Gon Mau-Kan 4%, Song Pak 4% and Kam Ying-kan 26%. Direction: it is good for fever and headache, 1 parcel boiled with water for 2 hours and taken it will be relief. | ||||
| Determinations: | 33.01 TILIACEAE Microcos paniculata L. 46.01 AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex asprella Champ. 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr. 58.01 ROSACEAE Rosa laevigata Michx. 120.01 BIGNONIACEAE Oroxylum indicum (L.) Vent. 153.05 MORACEAE Morus alba L. 200.00 POACEAE Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 200.00 POACEAE Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv. 200.00 POACEAE Lophatherum gracile Brongn. | ||||