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 lu:—It is also called toei lieng. The hao pen grows in the mountain valleys of Sung shan [in Ho nan, App. 317]. The root is dug up in the 1st and 2nd months and dried in the sun. The fruit (seeds) are likewise used in medicine. Su Ivung [7th cent.]:—The hao pen in its stem, leaves and root, and also in taste, is very much like the hang Piung. The best is produced in Tang chou [in Kan su, App. 331]. So Sung [11th cent.]:—The plant grows in Si ch£uan [in Kan su, App. 296], Ho tung [Shan si, App. 80], Yen chou [in Shan tung, App. 401], Hang chou [in Che kiang, App. 58]. The leaves resemble those of the pai chi hiang [see 51] and the hung Piung, but are smaller. In the 5th month it bears white flowers, in the 7th or 8th month it produces seed. The root is of a purple colour. Li Shi-chen :—The hao pen grows in the mountain recesses of Kiang nan [Kiang su, An hui, App. 124], The root resembles that of the hung Piling, but is lighter and less juicy. It is unfit for making a beverage (decoction, for which purpose the hung Piung is used). In ancient times it was used as a perfume and called hao pen hiang. Tatar., Cat., 26 :—Kao pen. Rad. Conii seu Cicutce ?■ Erroneous identification.—P. Smith, 62. In Japan the above Chinese name is applied to Nolho- smyrnium japonicuni, Miq. (Umbellifera). For further particulars see Dot. sin., II, 413. Cast. Med., p. 342 (62):—Kao pen exported 1885 from Canton 50 piculs,—p. 168 (417), from Shang hai 0.65,— p. 186 (46), from King po 0.53 picul. In Hu peh the drug hao 'pen is derived from Ligusticum sinense, Oliv. See Ur. Henry’s note in Hooker’s leones. Plant., tab. 1958. 14