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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    3. —The [ hilan shen [see 18]. It operates upon the kidneys and is called the hei (black) shea. 4. —The Ufa |j(? rnou meng [see 21]. It operates upon the liver and is called tsz1, (purple) shen. 5. —The ^ [ tan shen. It operates upon the heart and is called cPi (red) shen: The latter is a common plant in the mountains. Its leaves (leaflets) are five together on a common petiole, resemble those of the Avild sn (Pevilla). The root is red externally and has a purple flesh. Ch., VII, 20:—Tan shen. Rude drawing, but it seems a Salvia is intended. [Comp, also X, 37] siao (small) tan shen, likewise a Salvia. Tatar., Cat., 20:—Tan shen. Rad. Salvice miltiorhizce.— P. Smith, 194. Salvia miltiorhiza, Bge., is a common plant in the Peking mountains. It has been recorded also from Shan tung, Hu pei, etc. It has a cinnabar red root, from three to seven foliate leaves, large violet flowers. Cast. Med., p. 70 (62):—Tan shen exported 1885 from Han kow to other Chinese ports 405 piculs,—p. 124 (55) from Chen kiang 257 piculs,—p. 46 (30) from Che foo 233,—p. 26 (56) from Tien tsin 17 piculs. — Ibid., p. 480 (1246) Places of production : Chi li, Shan tung, Shan si, Shen si, Sz clruan. I1 lion zo, VI, 18 : -ft-m Salvia nipponica, Miq. 21.—38 m tsz‘ shen. P., XII/*, 34. — T., CLIX. Pen king :—Tszi shen (purple ginseng), iji ^ mou meng. The root is officinal. Taste bitter. Nature cold. Xou- poisonous.