16 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
2. Be huang Mi. P.. XW a, 6. T. CLIL 
Pen hing :— Huang (yellow) 2+, WE FB tar san. i 
used in medicine. Taste sweet, nature slightly warm. Non 
poisonous. ae 
Pie lu:—Other names - BA HE tai shen, BL hi ts Bs: 
B A po pen (a hundred roots), FB} | tu shen, ¥y AR Shu chi q 
The huang ki grows in the mountain valleys of Shu [W. 4 
Sz‘ ch‘uan, v, App. 292], in Pai shui [in Mid Shen si, v. App. : 
239], in Han chung [S. Shen si, v. App. 54]. It is gathered 
in the second and tenth months, and dried in the shade. @ 
T‘so Hung Kine :—Now the drug brought from Lung si 1 
and T*ao yang [both in Mid Kansu, v. App. 216, 336], — 
which is of a yellowish white 
colour and sweet, is considered — 
the best, but it is searce, and more generally an inferior sort q 
of a white colour and coarse-grained, which comes from 
Hei shui [r, App. 60] and Tang ch‘ang [in Mid Kan ee 
App. 330] is used. There is also a red kind which is 
employed for making plasters, 
The Yao sing lun [7th century} calls this plant £ 4 
Wang sun, 
Su Kune [7th cent 
ury ]:—Now the best sort comes from 
Yiian chou in B. Kan su, App. 414] and Hua yiian [in 
E. Shensi, App. 88]. That from Shu and Han chung y 
not much employed. That from I chou fin Kuang sh 
App. 103] and Ning chou [in N.R. Kan su, App. 234] is 
also of a superior quality, 
Su Sung [11th century ]:—This drug is abundantly pe 
the prefectures of Ho tung [Shan si, App. 80] 
and Shen si (modern Shen gj and E. Kan su). There are 
several sorts of it, The rind of one of them furnishes textile 
fibres, 
Li SHI-cury :—The common name of the plant now 
days is te HE huang ks, The original name (r.s.) is 
