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AQ CINAMOM BUGL
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This blown and molded bottle has a label which reads <i>AQ CINAMOM BUGL</i> in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. It would have contained Aqua Cinnamomi Bugleweed, or cinnamon water with bugleweed. Bugleweed yields black dye, and has astringent and sedative qualities. Cinnamon water was used as a tonic for stomach ailments.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineAQ CINAMOM BUGL. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
