MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 111 
Amen. exot., 862 :—H F}- bo tan. Peonia major stirpe 
ligneo surrecto, folio ramoso, laciniis ineequaliter divisis. 
Phon zo, 1X, 13, 14:—Same Chinese name, Peonia 
Moutan. 
34.—7e FH mu hiany. P., X1Va, 24. T., OXVIL. 
Pen king:—Mu hiang (wood perfume). The root is 
officinal. Taste pungent. Nature warm. Non-poisonous. 
| Pie lw:—Other name 3% # mi hiang (honey perfume). 
~The mu hiang grows in the mountain valleys of Yung ch‘ang 
[in W. Yiin nan, App. 426]. 
a Tao Hune-xing :—This d rug (spoken of in the Pie lu) 
7B the ry A ts‘ing (green) mu luang, which now how- 
ever is not brought from Yung ch‘ang. The mu hang now 
_ employed in China is all brought by foreign ships. People 
_ Say that it is produced in Ta Ts‘in [the Roman Empire in 
Asia and Europe]. It is not used as a medicine, but only 
48a perfume, 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—There are two kinds of mu 
Mang. The best comes from K‘un lun [see App. 171]. 
That from Si hu [see App. 299] is of an inferior quality. 
leaves of the mu hiang resemble those of the yang tt 
— Rumex. See 193] but are longer and larger. The flowers 
_ Tesemble those of the kit hua (Chrysanthemum). The leat 
's_ yellowish black and likewise officinal, The mu hang 
is much used in medicine. T‘so HuNcG-KING is wrong 1n 
Stating that it is only employed as a perfume. 
Chen Kuan [7th cent.]:—According to the Man a 2 
oe chi [3rd cent.] the ts‘ing mu hiang comes from Tsien chu 
Undia), It is the root of an herbaceous plant and has the 
° : “Ppearance of the kan ts‘ao (Liquorice). 
