Oregon's Kam Wah Chung Museum Displays Rare Collection of Chinese Herbal Artifacts

摘要

In September 2005, an icon of herbal history was declared a national historic landmark—the Karri Wah Chung ("Golden Flower of Prosperity") museum (M. Gerdes, e-mail, January 24,2006). The museum is located in the small city of John Day, Oregon, about 265 miles east of Portland. It showcases an extensive collection of herbal remedies and products—some pre-dating the year 1900—which were used by an esteemed Chinese healer and immigrant of the early American frontier.