Hou Po / 厚朴 (Magnolia Bark)

Item

Title

Hou Po / 厚朴 (Magnolia Bark)

Doc Hay's Shorthand

Chuan Po / 川朴
Jin Xing Chuan Po / 金星川朴

Latin name

Magnoliae officinalis Cortex

Herb Category

Transform Dampness

Nature of Herb

Warm

Flavor of Herb

Bitter
Acrid

Channels

Large Intestine
Lung
Spleen
Stomach

Translator's annotation

"Sichuan magnolia bark (Chuan Hou Po / 川厚朴) is considered to be of better quality." (Bensky)
KWC2007.1.253: The other characters on the box are untranslated (Yu ☐☐ / 玉☐☐). In the box, there is also a bag with text: Bái Sháo / 白芍 (KWC2007.1.239). The bag was empty.
KWC2007.1.3793: The herb is labeled Jin Xing Chuan Po / 金星川朴 but does not look like Hou Po. It looks like the herb has crystals on them. Unsure what "Golden Star (金星)" means in this context - it may be a brand or specific type of processing.

Bibliographic Citation

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 470

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

KWC2007.1.253
KWC2007.1.3793

Item sets

Bulk Herbs

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