Má Huáng / 麻黄 (Ephedra Stem)

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Title

Má Huáng / 麻黄 (Ephedra Stem)

Doc Hay's Shorthand

蔴王, 蔴黄

Latin name

Ephedrae Herba

Herb Category

Nature of Herb

Flavor of Herb

Channels

Translator's annotation

Translation by Dr. Ger : - "Ephedra vulgaris".
The original characters on one of the bags, 蔴王 / Ma Wang (English translation: "Numbness King"), is an unknown herb that sounds very similar to Ma Huang / 麻黄, which most likely the intended characters.

Bibliographic Citation

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 3-8
Wiseman, N. (1995). English-chinese chinese-english dictionary of chinese medicine. p. 554

Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)

PhysicalObject

Format of the digital image

image/jpeg

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Rights Holder

Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site

URI for this item

Owner of the Collection

State of Oregon

Source (the collection in which this object is found)

Kam Wah Chung Collection

KWC location ID

KWC2007.1.144
KWC2007.1.296
KWC2007.1.213

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