MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 359 
St. Petersburg, proved to be Sargassum siliquastrum, and the 
hai ts‘a’, extensively used for food in China and brought 
from the coast of Manchuria, is Laminaria saccharina, L. 
[comp. 201]. 
Cust. Med., p. 202 (265):—Hai tsao exported from 
Ning po 107 piculs,—p. 374 (459), from Canton 0.18 picul. 
Amen. ewxot., 831 :—J#R soo, vulgo momubah. Herba 
marina sive Alga in genere. 
Phon z0, XXXIV, 17 :—Ye HE or FH EE BW and [19] 
X #E YE (large-leaved), Alga, not determined. 
201.— FB Ai kun pu. P., XIX, 29. 7., LXXIV. 
Comp. Fh ya, 201. 
Pie lu:—The kun pu is produced in the Eastern Sea 
[Tung hai, App. 372]. Taste salt. Nature cold. Non- 
poisonous. 
Wu P‘u [8rd cent.]:—The kun pu is also called #4 7 
lun pu. 
T’ao Hune-xine :—The kun pu is produced in Kao li 
[Corea, App. 116]. It is twisted into ropes like hemp. 
It is of a yellowish black colour, soft but tough and edible. 
The Rh ya calls it lun. 
Cu‘en Ts‘anc-K‘t [8th cent]:—The hun pu is produced 
in the Southern Sea. The leaves are like a hand, large 
and of a purplish red colour. The sort with fine (capillary) 
leaves is called hai tsao [see 200]. 
Li Siw [8th cent.]:—This plant undulates [in the sea]. 
That produced in [the sea of] Sin lo [S. Corea, App. 311] 
has fine (capillary) leaves of a yellowish black colour. 
The foreigners (Coreans) twist it into ropes, dry it in the 
shade and carry it by ship to China. 
