MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 505 
WEIR ki yaan. The pai ki grows in Yung chou [in Shen si, 
App. 424] in river-valleys. The | | 7 hi ts‘e* hua 
(Hower) grows by roadsides. It [whether the flower or the 
thorns it is not clear] is gathered 120 days after the winter 
solstice. The fruit is gathered in the 4th month. 
li Tana-cut [8rd cent.]:—Pai ki is the name for the 
needles (thorns) of the swan tsao (jujube) tree [see 336]. 
Now the people substitute for this drug the ten men tung 
[Asparagus lucidus. See 176]. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—There are two kinds of ki—the 
red and the white. The pai (white) ki has a stem as white 
as flour, but in its fruits and leaves it resembles the ch'i 
(red) ki. The thorns of the white kind are valued as a 
medicine, but it is scarce. There are also two kinds dis- 
tinguished according to the shape of the thorns. One has 
straight thorns which have strengthening properties, the 
other has hooked (recurved) thorns which are useful in the 
cure of abscesses [causes them to discharge]. The fz ts‘2* hua 
(fowers) are from the same plant, not, as the Pie lu 
intimates, a distinct plant. In the south the ¢‘zen men sd 
1s substituted for the ki needles, and called therefore tien ki.! 
Han Pao-suene [10th cent.]:—There are two gg 
of ki—the red and the white. .The Dictionary ae: a 
4 [6th cent. ] says :—The if ki is a 2fy BE siao tsao (small jujabe). 
: It is a common wild shrub, from two to three feet high, 
Which grows thickly about and which in its flowers, _— 
stem and fruit resembles the tsao (jujube). 
: The white ki of the ancient Chinese authors is perhaps 
8 Paliurus, belonging to the same order of ERhamnacew as 
Zizyphus, Paliurus Aubletia, Roem & Schult., of South China, 
is straight spines. The young branches and inane? are 
‘S HE IR See 176. 
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