MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 97 
Ch, VIII, 26:—Pai ts‘ien. The plant represented 
shows only leaves. 
Cust. Med., p. 346 (105):—Pai ts‘ien exported 1885 
from Canton 9 piculs. 
So moku, 1V, 82:—Eq Fj Vincetozicum purpurascens, 
Morr. & Den. 
46.—% BS tang kui. P., X1Va, 1.—T., OXXXIL at 
Pen king:—Tang kui, RZ BR kan ku. The root is 
officinal. Taste bitter. Nature warm. Non-poisonous. 
For other ancient names see Bot. sin., IL, 5, 48. 
Pie lu:—The tang kui grows in Lung si [in Kan su, 
App. 216] in river valleys. The root is dug up in the 
2nd and 8th months and dried in the shade. 
In the Ku kin chu [4th cent.] the plant is called 3 Hi 
Wen wu, 
Tso Hune-Kina:—The tang kui which comes ei 
Lung si [in Kan su, App. 216], Si yang ae a fm 
App. 302], Hei shui [in Kan su and Sz ch‘uan, a 
60] is very fleshy, not much branched, and ave : 
It is called Br | [| mawe (horse’s-tail) tang ue : . 
drug from Si ch‘uan [in Kan su, App. 296] and Pei a 
ets Maan or Kan su, App. 244] has many branches 
and is smaller. That from Li yang [in An hui, App. 
is of a white colour and has but little taste ane — 
It is called EE | [| ts‘ao (herbaceous) tang kui. It 1s 
Sometimes substituted for the true tangy kuz. fe oe 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The tang kui 1s a 
Tang chou [in Sz ch‘uan, App. 332], in Tang - sous lity 
su or Sz ch‘uan, App. 331], this is of a superior a? he 
in I chou {in Sz ch‘uan, App. 102], in Sung c ace 
Sz ch‘uan, App. 318]. ‘There are two kinds, One pan led 
the large-leayed kung k*iung [ Angelica. See 47] an . a 
«MG wei tang kui [v. supra]. This is now much use 
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