Jintan (Japanese medicine)

Jintan purchased at Tokyo Station in December 2014
Jintan pearls
Statue of Morishita Hiroyoshi (Nunakuma-Shrine, Fukuyama)

Jintan (仁丹) is the trademarked name of a popular Japanese medicine/candy, developed by Morishita Hiroshi (1869–1943), and sold from the early twentieth century to today. Originally marketed as a cure-all for a number of ailments, Jintan is today thought of as a breath freshener and a candy.