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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    64.—gf tsio chuang. P., XIV5, 84. T., CLXYIII. Pen king:— Tsio cliuang. Leaves and stem officinal. Taste saltish. Nature cold. Non-poisonous. Pie lu:—Other name: ^ hiang su (fragrant su). The tsio chuang grows in Han chung [S. Shen si, App. 54], in river-valleys and fields. Wu P‘u [3rd cent.] calls it tsio ma. Su Kung [7th cent.]:—This plant grows in marshes and corn-fields and by way sides. It resembles the hiang ju [Elsholtzia. See 63], but the leaves are longer and larger. They resemble the jen \_Perilla. See 67] but are smaller. Its vulgar name is ^ M ^ ^ ^ chli yen lao mu tslao (red-eyed old mother’s herb). Li Shi-chen :—It is a common plant in the plain and in waste places. Square stem with joints. It resembles the large-leaved hiang ju [see 63]. But when rubbed [the leaves] between the fingers the latter is fragrant, whilst the tsio chuang exhales a somewhat unpleasant odour. Ch., XXY, 23 :—Tsio chuang. The drawing represents a labiate plant. So molcu, XI, 17 : — Mosla punctata, Maxim. Same as Ocymum punctatum, Thbg., FI. japon., 249.—Order Lahiatce. 65.—fig kia su. P., XIV h, 85. T., LYII1. Pen king :—Kia su (Pseudo-Perilla), JK ^ shu ming. The whole plant, especially the flower-spikes, used in medicine. Taste pungent. Nature warm. Non-poisonous. Pie lu:—Other name : Sc hiang kie (kiai) or ginger- mustard. The kia su grows in the marshes of Han chung [S. Shen si, App. 54].