MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 177 
order Composite, yellow flowers, is common in South and 
Mid China. Three other species of Carpesium are known 
from China. 
94.— MF lu. P., XV, 76. T., CIX. 
This is the common reed, Arundo phragmites, L. 
(Phragmites communis), also called BE wei and PX kia. 
Comp. Bot. sin., I, 210, 211, 213, 455. 
Pie lu:—Lu. The root, the young sprouts, the stem 
and the leaves are officinal. Taste of the root, the stem and 
the leaves, sweet. Nature cold. Non-poisonous. The 
sprouts are slightly bitter. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The lw root is produced in low 
marshes. The stem and the leaves of the lu resemble the 
bamboo, the flowers are like those of the ti [a smaller reed. 
See Bot. sin., U, 455] and are called 3& #¥ peng nung. The 
root is dug up in the 2nd and 8th months and dried in the 
sun, 
Su Suye [11th cent.]:—The Ju resembles the bamboo, 
its leaves clasp the stem, which is not branched. White 
flowers in panicles resembling those of the mao [ Jmperata. 
See 37]. The root is also like that of the bamboo, but the 
joints are at a greater distance apart. That part of the 
toot which is below the water (in the mud) is sweet and 
pungent, that which is in the water is not good for use. 
The tender sprouts of the Ju are much ‘used for food, like 
bamboo-sprouts. 
Kiu huang, LIU, 18:—ZLu sun (lu sprouts), and 
Ch., XIV, 10 :—Lu or wei, figures of Arundo phragmites.— 
P. Surrs, 171. 
Heyry, Chin, pl., 253 :—jgg 38 lu ch‘ai (fuel) in Hu pei 
= Phragmites Roxburghii, Kt. 
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