Dai Mao / 玳瑁 (Hawksbill Turtle Shell)

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Title

Dai Mao / 玳瑁 (Hawksbill Turtle Shell)

Doc Hay's Shorthand

Wen Jia / 文甲

Latin name

Eretmochelydis Carapax

Herb Category

Nature of Herb

Flavor of Herb

Channels

Translator's annotation

Doc Hay's shorthand Wen Jia / 文甲 might mean Wen Jia / 纹甲 (patterned shell), which is probably Dai Mao / 玳瑁.

Bibliographic Citation

“Wen” found in Schuessler, A., (2007). ABC etymological dictionary of old chinese. Honololu: University of Hawai’i Press. p. 514.
Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press.

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

Owner of the Collection

State of Oregon

Source (the collection in which this object is found)

Kam Wah Chung Collection

KWC location ID

KWC2007.1.3809
KWC2007.1.347

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