MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 399 
resembling the p‘ing (Lemna, duckweed) and is three-horned 
(triangular). It contains small seeds like those of the 
ting li [see 114]. The fruit is called ts‘o [v. supra] and is 
gathered in the 4th month. The stem of the plant is used 
for making staves for carrying lanterns® (?). The plant 
is said to drive away musquitoes and nocturnal moths, and 
is therefore called 2 AE #& hu sheng ts‘ao (plant protecting 
living beings). 
At Peking the name tsi ts‘ai is applied to Capsella bursa 
pastoris, Moench. It is cultivated as a pot-herb and is also a 
common wild plant. Comp. also P. Smrru, 196. 
A good drawing of it, sub ¢si, is found in the Ch. [III, 46]. 
See also Kiu huang, LIX, 27. Under the same Chinese 
name it is figured in the So mokw [XII, 2]. Japonice: 
nadzuna, 
Amen. exot.. 897 :—FR sei, vulgo nadsuna. Bursa 
pastoris major, folio sinuato. (C. Bauh. P. 
S1EB., Zcon., 284. :—Capsella Bursa pastoris. Japonice : 
natsna ; sinice: 3%. Herba edulis. 
252.—# EF si ming: Ff .5 RAVG, bs Dy ies 
Comp. Rh ya, 18. 
Pen king :—Si ming, Ke #% ta ts‘. The leaves with the 
stem and the seeds are officinal. Taste pungent. Non- 
poisonous, 
ee las Other nama: K #B ta (large) tst. The s 
ming grows in Hien yang [in Shen si, App. 65] in mountain- 
marshes and by road-sides. It is gathered in the 4th or 
5th month and dried in the sun. 
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