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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    The plant figured in the So moku [II, 14] sub is, according to Franchet, Aletris japonica, Lamb. I should rather think that the Japanese drawing represents Ane- marrhena. The plant represented under the same Chinese name in the Phon zo [Y, 20, 21] has been identified by Franchet with Anemarrhena asphodeloides. 10.—fa tslungyung. P., XIIu, 41.— T., CLXXI. Pen king:—.Ton ts(vng yung. The root and the stem are officinal. Taste sweet. Nature slightly warm. Non- poisonous. Pie lu:—The jou ts'ung yung grows in Ho si [west of the Yellow River, App. 79], in mountain valleys, also in Tai [in N. Shan si, App. 321] and Yen men [in N. Shan si]. It is gathered on the 5th day of the 5th month, and dried in the shade. I Wu P‘u [3rd cent.]:—This plant, which is also called jou sun9 yung and M p] pb sz‘ ling, grows in the mountains of Ho si, in shady places. It is gathered from the 2nd to the 8th month. T‘ao Hung-king : — The localities Tai and Yen men (mentioned in the Pie Iv) are in the province of Ping chou [N. Shan si, App. 253] and are rich in horses. People say that the jou tslung yung plant is produced from the semen of the wild horses dropping on the ground. The growing plant has the appearance of flesh. It is cooked with mutton broth and is very restorative. It may also be eaten raw. It is also common in Ho nan. The best drug comes from Lung si [Mid Kan su, App. 216]. It is flat [having been pressed], of a yellow colour, succulent, has many flowers. Its taste is sweet. That brought from the northern countries is considered of a second quality. It is short and has but few flowers. That from Pa tung [E. Sz‘ ch'uan, App. 237]