MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 423 
273.— Bk t‘ao. The Peach. Py REREXPAIB- FECOXY, 
Comp. Rh ya, 266-268, 170, Classics, 470. 
Pen king, Index :—hk 1% {= tao ho jen (peach-stone 
kernels), 
Pie lu:—The t‘ao grows in T‘ai shan [in Shan tung, 
App. 322]. 
The fruit and the kernels of the stones are both officinal. 
The latter are said to be bitter and sweet and non-poisonous. 
The $k = tao mao (the down which covers the fruit) is 
said to be slightly poisonous. 
EHS t‘ao hiao, mentioned in the Pen king, is the peach- 
fruit which has remained on the tree during the whole 
winter. [t is gathered in the 1st month. The Pie lu calls 
it BEM tao nu, also Bk EE tao king and jf Pk shen tao. 
It is bitter. Somewhat poisonous. 
The flowers, leaves, bark of the trunk, bark of the 
root, pk FB tao kiao, or gum exuding from the tree, are also 
used in medicine, 
Mena Suen [7th cent.] mentions the bk FF tao fu, 
slips of peach-wood used as a charm. Comp. Bot. sin., LI, 
456, peach-wand used in ancient times to expel evil spirits. 
Bk BR t‘ao kie (poles of peach-wood) are used for the same 
purpose, 
P. Surrn, 168, 169 :—Peach. 
Cust. Med., p. 52 (82) :—ik {= tao jen (peach-kernels) 
®xported 1885 from Chefoo 91.43 piculs,—p. 62 (60), from 
I chang 33.65 piculs,—p. 130 (153), from Chin kiang 13.47 
Piculs. The same exported also from Han kow. See Hank. 
Med, 43,— 
Cust. Med., p. 360 (280) :—Peach-leaves exported from 
Canton 0,21 picul,—p. 356 (212), bark of the peach tree 
from Canton 0.40 picul. 
Further particulars in another part. 
