Botanicon Sinicum: notes on Chinese botany from native and Western sources. Part 3, Botanical investigations into the materia medica of the ancient Chinese / [E. Bretschneider].

  • Emil Bretschneider
Date:
1895
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Credit: Botanicon Sinicum: notes on Chinese botany from native and Western sources. Part 3, Botanical investigations into the materia medica of the ancient Chinese / [E. Bretschneider]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pie la:—Other names: iff wei ts‘ao, [[J ^ pai mo, 'pj' 3^ ku met. The pai tcei grows in the river valleys of P‘ing yuan [in Shan tung, App. 258]. The root is dug up on the 3rd day of the 3rd month and dried in the shade. T£ao Hung-king says it is a common plant in Mid China. Su Sung [lltli cent.]:—It grows in Mid and North China. Its leaves resemble willow-leaves. lied flowers. Root yellowish white. Kiu huang, LIT, 26, and Ch., VII, 39, sub pai wei, rude drawings showing large follicles. An Asclepiadea seems to be intended. Cast. Med., p. 346 (113) :—Pai. icei exported 1885 from Canton 13 piculs,—p. 188 (71), from Ning po 1.75 picul. So moka, IV, 26 :—Q |j|j Vincetoxicum acuminatum, Morr. & Den. (Maxim.),—[27] same Chinese name, C. atratwm, Morr. & Den. and [28] V. macrophyllum, S. & Z. 45.—Q ^1] pai ts‘ien. P., XIII, 60. 7’., CLVI1. This is mentioned in the Pie lu, as a drug (root) useful in cough. Taste sweet. Nature slightlv warm. Non- poisonous. T‘ao Hung-king :—The pai tslien grows in Mid China. The root resembles that of the si sin (Asarinn) but is larger, of a white colour, not soft, breaks easily. It is much used in curing cough. Su Kung [7th cent.]:—The plant grows a foot and more high. Leaves like willow-leaves, also like the leaves of the yuan kua [Daphne. See 156]. The root is longer than the si sin root, white. It grows on islets and on sandy ground. It is commonly called Tfa Hi ski lan also p§5( ^ sou gao (cough medicine).