254 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
the tien hiung with the fu tsz‘ and wu t‘ou form three sorts of 
the same drug, which is produced in Kien p‘ing [in Sz ch‘uan 
and Hu pei, App. 139], they are also known under the name 
= Ht san kien (the three kien). Now the drug from Lang | 
shan in I tu [in Hu pei, App. 177, 104} is much valued and 
called Pi HF si (western) kien. That from Ts‘ien t‘ang [in 
_ Che kiang, App. 352] is called # RE tung (eastern) kien. 
This is less potent. 
Li Sui-cuen :—There are two kinds of tien hiung. One 
is produced by the fu tsz‘ tubers. planted by the people of Shu 
(Sz ch‘uan). It (the root) grows very long and sometimes 
assumes the shape of the cultivated ya [ Colocasia. See 261]. 
The other kind grows wild in the same country and is a kind 
of ts‘ao wu t‘ou [see 146]. 
The ten hiung is likewise Aconite. See 146. 
145. F tse tec. P., XVI, 3. 7., CARVER 
Comp. above 143, 
Pie lu:—Tse tsz‘ [this name means “lateral tuber”). 
Taste acrid. Nature very hot. Very poisonous. 
The Shuo wen [1st cent.] writes fj J tse tse‘, and 
gives as synonym & I wu hui [v. supra]. 
T‘ao Hunu-Kine :—Tse tse‘ are large lateral horns com- 
ing out from the fu tse‘. They are cut off and used in the 
treatment of rheumatism of the legs. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—From the principal root of the 
wu tfou spring lateral tubers. The smaller ones are called 
tse tsz‘, the larger are fu tsz‘. 
Li Sui-cuen adds that the smallest lateral tubers are 
called hg BE fF low lan tsz‘. 
146.— & DA wu tou. P., XVII, 4, T., OXXVIIL 
Comp. aboye 143, 
