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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    Fan Ch‘eng-ta, in liis account of the southern provinces [end of the 12th century], states that the ling ling liiang is a common plant in I chon and in Yung chou [both in Kuang si, App. 103, 430] and other places. The plant is used for making mats, pillows and matresses. The locality Ling ling [spoken of by earlier authors as producing this plant] is now called Yung chou [in Hu nan, App. 425], but this plant does not grow there. Li Shi-chen :—In ancient times this plant was burned to make the spirits descend. Now the people of Wu [Kiang su, App. 389] cultivate it for sale. It is also termed. [ [ [ kuang ling ling liiang and jgj; 1p[ huang ling tslao. Regarding the identification of the liiln tslao or ling ling ts‘ao, which seems to be Ocimum Lasilicum, see Bot. sin., II, 406, 407. 61.—ti jg lan ts‘ao. P., XIVb, 75. T., LXXXI and LXXXII. Pen king:—Lan ts‘ao. 7]^ Up si ad liiang (water perfume). The leaves are officinal. Taste pungent. Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. Pie lu:—The lan tslao grows in the ponds and marshes of T‘ai Wu. It (the leaves) is gathered in the 4th and 5th months. T:ao Hung-king :—It is not used now in prescriptions. T‘ai Wu is the kingdom of Wu [Kiang su, App. 389] where T‘ai Po23 lived. There is now in Tung men [Eastern Gate. Unknown to me] a plant used for making fragrant oil24 and which is called lan liiang. This is the lan ts(ao. n The founder of the state of Wu. See Mayers’ Chin, Head. Man., 213, M n 17