Jitsubosan (Mother Powder)
notes: label: Description
content: Brown, sealed paper envelope with black, blue, and red print and thin, white paper label attached. Envelope includes an illustration of a bamboo-like plant. English-language label attached to packaging reads: "Jitsubosan (Mother Powder): Decoction for women's diseases. Effective for the treatment and prophylaxis of all female functional diseases."
label: Description
content: Jitsubosan is a very popular herbal remedy manufactured in Tokyo by the Kitani family since the early 1700s. It was used to treat complications of pregnancy and childbirth as well as other women's diseases.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Japan
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Women's Health Products
label: Subject
content: Pregnancy
label: Subject
content: Childbirth
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12372.06
label: catalog number
content: M-12372.06
label: accession number
content: 285854
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Nuphar japonica (East Asian yellow water-lily); Konjac; Panax japonicus; Syzygium aromatium (clove); Coptis chinensis (Chinese goldthread); Wolfiporia extensa (China root); Angelica sinesis (female ginseng); Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Chinese liquorice); Saussurea costus; Cyperus rotundus (nut grass); Garden rhubarb; Cinnamomum cassia (Chinese cinnamon); Ligusticum striatum; Scutelleria baicalensis (Chinese skullcap); Areca palm nut (drug ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 8.89 cm x 13.97 cm