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

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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$The udo is described by K^empfer, Amam. e.vot. [82G] but the Chinese characters there and the names doku quatz, do sjen are erroneous, for they are applied to an Angelica [see 32]. 47.—^ H hung Piung. P., XIVa, 5. T., CXLV. Pen king:—Rung Piling. The root is officinal. Taste pungent. Nature warm. Non-poisonous. The plant kung Piung is repeatedly mentioned in the Shan had king. Pie lu:—Other names : [ liu Piling, ^ J}1 hiang kuo. Name of the leaves Iff Sie mi wu. The kung Piling grows in the river valleys of Wu kung, also in Sie ku and Si ling [all in Shen si, App. 393, 309, 301]. The root is dug up in the 3rd and 4th months and dried in the sun. T‘ao Hung-king :—The localities Wu kung, Sie ku Si ling are all near Ch‘ang an [in Shen si, App. 393, 309, 301, 3]. The drug is now produced in Li yang [in An lmi, App. 186]. The plant is also much cultivated. It has fragrant leaves which resemble those of the she cPuang [ Cniilium. See 49]. Large joints. The stem is slender, looks like a horse’s bit, whence the name J{*| [ [ ma hien (horse’s-bit) kung Piung. That found in Shu (Sz ch‘uan) is smaller. Su Kung [7tli cent.]:—The drug kung Piung is now produced in Ts‘in chon [in Kan su, App. 358]. That from Li yang is no longer in use. The kung Piung is also cultivated. This drug (the root) represents large fleshy masses which contain much resin. That brought from the mountains is smaller in size, poor, and of a bitter, pungent taste. The best time for digging it up are the 9tli and 10th months,$