MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 101 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The plant grows in Shen si 
[App. 284], Ch‘uan Shu [Sz ch‘uan. App. 26] and in the 
mountains of Kiang tung [An hui, Kiang su, etce., App. 124], 
the best is that from Shu Ch‘uan (Sz ch‘uan). Its leaves 
resemble those of the shui kin [Ginanthe. See 250], the 
hu sui (Coriandrum), the she ch‘uang (Cnidium). They 
grow in a bushy manner, but the stem is slender. The leaves 
are very fragrant. The people of Kiang tung and Shu 
gather them for preparing a beverage. It flowers in the 
7th or 8th month. Small white flowers like those of the 
she ch‘uang. The root is hard and poor, of a yellowish 
black colour. The drug which comes from Kuan chung 
[Shen si, App. 158] consists of compact masses resembling 
the brain of a bird, whence the name  § Fy tsio nao 
(bird’s-brain) kung. This is very potent. | 
Lit Sui-cuey :—The best sort comes from Hu Jung 
[N.E. Tibet, App. 82]. Ancient authors call it ma hien 
kung k‘iung, from the resemblance of the root with its joints 
to a horse’s bit. Another kind is called tsio nao kung. That 
from Kuan chung [Shen si, App. 158] is called Fg | 
king kung, also fj | si kung, that produced in Shu (Sz . 
ch‘uan) is Jj| | ch‘uan kung, that brought from T‘ien t‘ai 
lin Che kiang, App. 340] is called & | tai kung, that 
from Kiang nan [App. 124] is it | fu kung. In Shu 
(Sz ch‘uan) the kung k‘iung is much cultivated. The leaves 
continue without withering till late in autumn. The root is 
perennial. 
The mM | ch‘uan kung is figured in the Kiu huang 
[XLVI, 31], only leaves and the root, a nodular 
roundish mass. Evidently an umbelliferous plant. See also 
Ch., XXV, 4, 
Tarar., Cat. 18:—K Ji] #3, the great kung from 
Sz ch‘uan, Rad. tuberosa Levistici?.—GAuaER [ 12]:—The same 
