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as also with a portion of an authentic specimen of Schweinitz, 
show that they are all identical. The structure varies a little . 
with age, and in Horaninow's specimens there are abundant very 
To procure it, a plot of ground is cleared and probed with an iron barbed 
instrument, Should any Fuh-ling be there, it will be impossible to pull out 
the instrument again, except by digging about it. 
[Under this heading some legends are given, which it is needless to translate, 
а8 they would be unintelligible, and (as the author hints regarding one) are 
treated with little faith.] 
Five forms of Fuh-ling are mentioned as of medicinal use, viz. :— 
1. Ordinary Fuh-ling. | 
2. Red Fuh-ling. 
3. Fuh-ling bark. 
4. Fuh-shin. | 
5. Shin-muh or H wang-shin-tsoh, a rare species found in the heart of the 
Fuh-shin: one of its names signifies Yellow-fir-knot. 
In the preparation of this medicinal plant, whoever uses the bark must put 
away the heart of the Fuh-ling, then pound the bark small in a basin of water, 
take off the scum and filter the water. An erroneous application of this may 
prove hurtful to the eye. To make it into powders or pills, let it be boiled 
thoroughly two or three times, and then dried. 
Its taste and smell are agreeable, and not poisonous. 
_ The class of diseases for which it is used are, to sum them up generally, pains 
ш the chest, severe ague, great debility, depression of spirits, stoppage of urine, 
want of sleep, excess of phlegm, dropsy, affections of the kidneys, violent retch- 
ing, rheumatism, infantile convulsions, fatigue in body and mind, dysentery, 
disease in the groin, and female complaints. 
ARE 25. Choo-ling, derives its name, first, from its resemblance in colour 
to the fæces of the pig (Choo) ; and secondly, from its being found lying here and 
there ав droppings ‘from the tree upon which it is parasitic. Its other names 
indicate the same, viz. | 
REZ AE AX Kia-choo-she, literally Hog's-dung. 
RR X* She-tàh, literally Pig's-entrails ? 
JP, 24 AK Te-woo-taou, literally Earth-walnuts. 
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The following is an abridged summary of the opinions of various Chinese 
observers relative to the Choo-ling. 
It is found principally on the heights and valleys of Hang-shan*, as also in 
Shuh-chow and Seih-chow. | 
It is picked up in spring and autumm., It із а parasite оп the Fung-shoo 
tree [Acacia sp.?], though also found upon other trees. It much resembles 
the Fuh-ling. 
The skin of the Choo-ling is black, but the flesh is white and firm. 16 can 
be used only after scraping off this skin. In preparing it for medicinal pur- 
* [Either in the province of Kiang-nan, orinthatofHooman] -> 
