MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 165 
Pie lu:—The low lu grows in the valleys of the K‘iao 
shan mountain [in Shen si, App. 134]. The root is dug 
up in the 8th month and dried in the shade. 
T‘ao Hune-xive :—The K‘iao shan is Emperor Huana 
TI's burial-place. It lies in Shang kiin [in Shen si, App. 
273]. The leaves and the root are used in medicine. The 
latter is commonly called J HG HE lu li ken. Ground with 
bitter wine it is useful in curing itch-sores. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The popular name of this drug 
is JE FF hia hao (Artemisia with pods). The stem and the 
leaves resemble those of the pai hao [ Artemisia. See 75}. 
Yellow flowers. The pod is as long as that of the si ma 
(small hemp, unknown to me, perhaps Sesam) and as thick 
as a quill. It has four or five divisions (cells) and becomes 
black in the 7th or 8th month. By this (é.e. by producing 
a pod) it is distinguished from all the hao (Artemisia) plants. 
The stem and the leaves, also the seeds, are used in medicine, 
but not the root. The name low lu is also applied to several 
other plants. 
Ma Cut [10th cent.]:—The low lu has a stem like a 
quill, from four to five feet high. The fruit is a capsule, like 
that of the yw ma (oil-hemp or Sesamum) but smaller. 
The people of Kiang ‘tung [Kiang su, etc., App. 124] use 
the leaves in preference to the root. The drug from Kiang 
ning [Nan king, App. 129] and Shang tang [S.E. Shan si, 
App. 275] is considered the best. 
Cu‘en Ts‘anc-«‘1 [8th cent.]:—The people in the south 
use the leaves, the people in the north the root. 
Han Pao-snene [10th cent.]:—Its leaves resemble 
those of the kie hao Cncarvillea). It is a common plant in 
the marshes of T's‘ao chou and Yen chou [both in Shan tung, 
App. 344, 404]. In the 6th and 7th months the stem is 
gathered and dried in the sun. It then becomes blacker 
than any other dried plant. 
