MATERIA MEDICA OF THB ANCIENT CHINESE, 47 
under the names of [IJ $f shan ki (mountain thistle), ply #¥ 
shan tsing, fl} Jt sien shu. It is a common mountain plant 
with leaves clasping the stem. The leaves are from three to 
four lobed, serrated on the margin and provided with small 
spines. The root resembles ginger. 
Kiu huang, LI, 8, and Ch., VI, 9, sub ts‘ang shu, 
representation of an Atractylis, 
Tatar., Cat., 5:—Ts‘ang shu (chu). Radix ? 
GAUGER describes and depicts [5] the drug pa shu and 
[46] the ts‘ang shu. 
Hans., Se. pap., 255 :— Ts‘ang shu. Rhizome of Atracty- 
lodes, sp. 
P. Smira, 28:—Peh shuh, Atractylodes alba and tsang 
shuh, Atractylodes rubra [species names invented by P. Sarra}. 
Cust. Med., p. 188 ( 68-70) :—Pai shu 1885 exported 
from Ning po to other Chinese ports about 28,000 piculs. 
In small quantities also exported from Han kow, Wen chow, 
Kiu kiang.—TJbid., p. 469 (961) Places of production ; 
Che kiang, Kiang si, An huni, Yiin nan. 
Ihid., p. 8 (59) :—Ts‘ang shu exported from New chwang 
1,708 piculs,—p. 26 (62), from Tientsin 1,620 piculs,—p. 48 
(34), from Che foo 74 piculs,—p. 70 (69), from Han kow 
2,254 piculs,—p. 102 (64), from Wu hu 7 piculs.—Jhid., 
484 (1330). Places of production : Manchuria, Chi li, Shan 
tung, Sz ch‘uan, Hu peh, An hui, Che kiang. 
See also Hank. Med., p. 39. 
Phon zo, V, 24, 25:—FR ft Atraetylis ovata, Thbg.,— 
26, 27 FH wit A. lancea, 
So moku, XV, 52:—ZF jt Atractylis ovata,—51, same 
Chinese name, A. lancea, said to be from China,—50, Fy Ic 
A. ovata, said to be from China. 
Stres., Icon. ined., V a Ji Atractylis chinensis, DC. 
