234 BOTANICON SLNICUM. 
well as the leaves and the stem [of the white sort] can be. 
eaten when cooked. But that of a red and yellow colour is 
not edible, for it is poisonous. 
Ch., XXIV, 3:—Shang lu. Phytolacca. Good drawing. 
See also Kiu huang, LI, 5, sub chang liu ken. 
Tarar., Cat., 51:—Shang lu. Rad. Phytolaccee octandre. 
—Gaverr [33] describes and figures the root of the shang 
lu.—P. Suiru, 171. 
Cust. Med., p. 348 (130):—Shang lu exported 1885 
from Canton 1 picul,—p. 280 (103), from Amoy 1.25 picul.— 
According to Hank. Med., p. 36, exported also from Hankow. 
The plant cultivated in Peking under the name of shang 
lu, and which is found also wild in the mountains, is Phytolacea 
acinosa, Roxbg. | 
It has the same Chinese name in Japan. See Bot. sin, 
112. 
Sres., Gicon., 128 :—Phytolacca octandra (Ph. acinosa). 
Japonice: jama goboo; sinice : Pf, Radix habetur venenata. 
Herba agricolis remedium diureticum, ac adhuc tenera inter 
obsonia posita. 
132.—3i FE lang tu. P., XVIla, 11. 7., CLXV. . 
Pen king :—-Lang tu (wolf poison). The root is officinal. — 
Taste pungent. Nature uniform. It is very poisonous. * 
*The Po wu chi [8rd cent.] quotes a passage from the Shen nung 
Pen ts‘ao in which it is stated that among medicines there are five poisonous 
drugs, viz. :-— 
1, The # a lang tu. Counter poison the chan sz‘ [see 356]. 
2. The F4 & pa tow [ Croton Tiglium. See 331]. Counter poison 
the Te huo chi [the juice expressed from the leaves of the soy- 
bean]. ; 
3. Bo Via li lu (Veratrum. See 142], Counter poison w tang 
(broth). 
4, The ze Le tien hiung and the EB DEL wu t'ou [ Aconite. See 144, 
146]. Counter poison the soy-bean. 
5. DE Fi pan mao [Cantharides}. Counter poison stone salt. 
