Riu-Kaku-San (Dragon Horn Powder)
notes: label: Description
content: Paper envelope with red and black print containing a small metal tin and a folded paper insert.
label: Description
content: Printed on envelope: ""RIU-KAKU-SAN" / Good for Coughs, Asthma, etc." "Prepared only by T. Fujii & Co., Ltd. / Toshimacho, Randa, Tokyo, Japan";
label: Description
content: Printed on English language label: "RYUKAKUSAN, (Dragon horn powder) / Expectorant & Antitussive Powder. / For cough, other respiratory / affections, asthma, etc. "
label: Description
content: Translated from insert: "Riu-kaku-san is effective in treating various symptoms such as sputum [phlegm?], asthma, cough. The preparation of this medicine is based on combining the essence of Eastern medicine and modern medicine. The product is made through a careful selection and combination of ingredients . ..."
label: Description
content: According to the Ryukakusan Company website the original medicine was developed by the Fujii family who served as physicians in18th century Edo Japan. In 1871 the product was introduced to the public as "Ryukakusan" a name which alluded to the original ingredients: carina [?], deer antler, and borneol. In1928, Tokusaburo Fujii (4th generation of the Fujii family) reorganized the company as Fujii Tokusaburo Store Co., Ltd.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (paper insert)
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Tōkyō, Tokyo
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12372.04
label: accession number
content: 285854
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Homeopathy; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 5 in; 1.5875 cm x 9.2075 cm x 12.7 cm