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China but is not much used. The drug from Han chung 
[S. Shen si, App. 54], Nan cheng [in Shen si, App. 226], 
Tsing chou [in Shan tung, App. 363] and Tai chou [in 
N. Shan si, App. 821] is more generally employed. It (the 
root) is large, with a long tail, and has two protuberances 
[perhaps branches]. The sort which grows in shallow water 
has long, narrow leaves. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—Now the drug is not gathered 
inJu nan. That from King chou [in Kan su, App. 153] 
and Hua chou [in Shen si, App. 85] is considered the best. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—This plant is now found in 
Shan tung and Ho [provinces near the Yellow River, App. 
72], Shen [Shen si, App. 284], Kiang and Huai [Kiang su 
and An hui, App. 124, 89], but the best drug comes from 
Han chung. It is a common plant in shallow water. The 
leaves resemble an ox- -tongue. It has a long single stem. 
It blossoms in autumn. Numerous white flowers like the 
ku tsing ts‘ao (Androsace). At the end of autumn the root 
is dug up and dried in the sun. 
Lt Sut-cuey :—The plant is also called BR #% Yu sun. 
Ch., XVIII, 1, and Kiu huang, XLVI, 5, sub tse sie, 
good drawings of Alisma plantago, L. 
Tarar., Cat., 57:—Tse sie. Radix Alisme plantaginis. 
—P. Surg, 7. —The drug obtained under the name tse sie 
from a Peking drug-shop consisted of hard, fragrant, white 
tubers, one inch in diameter. 
Cust. Med., p. 80 (188):—Tse sie exported 1885 from 
Han kow 1, 207 piculs,—p. 226 (96), from Foo chow 640 
Piculs,—p. 320 (91), from Swatow 235 piculs,—p. 60 (27), 
from I chang 56 piculs,—p. 190 (100), from Ning po 28 
_ Pleuls,—p, 92 (77), from Kiu kiang 26 piculs. 
So moku, VIL, 35 :—}B jt, Alisma plantago.—Ibid., 35, 
36 :—7k | |. the samé, with lanceolate leaves. 
