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rounded.—The wu hui resembles the ¢t‘ien hiung.—The wu t‘ou 
stands near to the fu tsz‘:—The tse tsz‘ is smaller than the 
wu tou. That drug which consists of agglomerated masses is 
called & 2 hu chang [tiger’s paw. This name is properly 
applied to an Arisema. See 148]. All these drugs are 
various forms of the root produced by the same plant. 
Li Sui-cHEn explains that wu tou is the mother of the 
Ju tse [ fu properly means an appendix. Here we have to 
understand “ younger tubers appended to the old root”}. There 
are two kinds of wu t‘ow. That which grows in Chang ming 
[in Sz ch‘uan, Lung an fu, Chang ming hien] is commonly 
called Jj] & 3H Ch‘uan (Sz ch‘uan) wu t‘ou. The root which 
is dug up in the spring, and which then has not yet produced 
the small lateral tuber (-), is called wu tou: that taken up in 
the winter, with a small lateral tuber, is /u tsz‘. The names 
tien hiung, wu hui, tse tsz‘, all refer to the variously shaped 
root with small tubers. The drug produced in Kiang tso 
[An hui and Kiang su], Shan nan [in Shen si and Ho nan, 
App. 268] is the wu t‘ow of the Pen king [see 146]. It is 
now commonly called # SE ts‘ao (herbaceous) wu é‘ou. 
All the above Chinese names refer to Aconite. For 
further particulars, see 146. 
144.—FE ff tien hiung. P., XVIII, 1. T., CXXVIII. 
Comp. 143. 
Pen king: —Ttien hiung, Eq 3 pat mo (mu). Root. 
Taste acrid. Nature warm. Very poisonous. 
Pie lu :—The t‘ien hiung grows in Shao shi [ App. 281] 
in mountain-valleys. The root is dug up in the 2nd month 
and dried in the shade. 
T‘ao Hung-K1ng :—Now the drug for medical use is dug 
up in the 8th month. The ¢‘ien hiung resembles the fu tse‘ but 
is more slender, from three to four inches and more long. As 
