MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 109 
Ibid., p. 22 (10):—Ch% (red) shao yo exported from 
Tien tsin 2,075 piculs,—p. 2 (6), from New chwang 211 
piculs,—p. 44 (7), from Che foo 2 piculs. 
53.—4E FF mou tan. P., X1Va, 22, T., CCLXXXVUL 
to COXCIL. 
Pen king:—Mou tan (the male red) Hi shu ku, 
BE SE lu kiu. The bark of the root is officinal. Taste 
pungent. Nature cold. Non-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—The mou tan grows in the mountain valleys 
of Pa [E. Sz ch‘uan, App. 235] and in Han chung [S. Shen 
si, App. 54]. Root dug up in the 2nd and 8th months, 
and dried in the shade. 
T‘ao Honc-xine :—Now this plant is also found in the 
eastern provinces of China. The red sort is good. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—It grows in Han chung and 
Kien nan [W. Sz ch‘uan, App. 136]. The plant has the 
appearance of the yang t‘ao [see Bot. sin., Il, 493]. In 
summer it puts forth white flowers, followed in autumn by 
roundish green fruit which becomes red in winter and does 
not fall off. The root resembles that of the shao yo [see 52]. 
It has white flesh and a red rind. The local name is 
BW & po Vang kin (hundred taels gold). In Ch‘ang an 
[in Shen si, App. 6] it is known under the name Beit 
wu mou tan (mou tan from Wu), which is the true mou tan. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:~-Now the drug from Ho chou 
[in Sz ch‘nan, App. 69, 5.] is considered the best. Those 
from Ho chou and Siian chou [both in An hui, App. 71, 
315] are also of a good quality. The mou tan grows in & 
wild state in the mountains of Tan chou and Yen chou 
[both in Shen si, App. 327, 403], in Ts‘ing chou [in Shan 
tung, App. 363], Yiie chou [in Che kiang, App. 418], in 
