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Medicine Jar - Artifacts

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Description
Medicine jar without lid Square clear glass jar has wide round neck, written on the bottom in yellow paint "2", and a dirty beige label on the front has two hand written black Chinese characters, "Dragon's Blood". Inside the remains of a red powder. The drug consists of a red resin secreted from the fruit of Daemonorops draco Bl. (family Palmae). It is used to eliminate blood stasis, to relieve pains and to promote the healing of wounds for the treatment of traumatic wounds and bleedings.
Object ID
1997.055.143