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The root is the part used. From a publication cf the Chinese Customs 
we learn that the export annually from the varicus treaty ports is as 
follows (the local names are given) :— 
*Tiao-cht. 760 piculs from Newchwang, produced in Shantung and 
Manchuria. 
“Huang-ch‘i, 3,500 piculs from Tientsin, produced in Chili (and 
Mongolia). 
‘Huang ch‘i, pai-ch‘i, and hung-ch'i, 2,600 piculs from Ichang and 
Hankow, produced in Szechwan, Hupeh, and Shensi. 
‘ Other local names used are chin-ch‘d, ch‘uan-cht, hst-ch't, hsi-féu-ch“, 
and pei-ch‘i. 
__ ‘M. Franchet (Pl. David. i. p. 86) has described as a source of the 
drug, Astragalus Hoantchy, collected by Pere David in Mongolia. This 
is perhaps the source of the Pei-chi and T'iao-ch‘i, exported from 
Newchwang and Tientsin. He also. (Pl. David. ii. p. 31) describes 
Astragalus mowpinensis, “a plant used in Chinese medicine.” This 
Thibetan plant may be one of the sources of the Szechwan drug. 
‘During my trip of 1888 I fonnd in the mountains of Hupeh the 
plant, 6902, which is the source of the drug in Hupeh and Eastern 
zechwan, and perhaps in Shensi. 
‘Chinese books ackno wledge the existence of three or four kinds of 
the drug. One kind is figured in Chih wu ming, vii. 3. 
“Le, Customs Trade Reports, 1869, p. 59, has the following :— 
“The dried root of an herbaceous plant cultivated in Shansi, which 
‘In Japan, huang-ch‘i is furnished by Astragalus reflexistipulus, Miq. 
Other kinds of the drug in Japan are from A. adsurgens and Hedysarwm 
esculentum, Ledeb. 
‘ Bretschneider, Early Researches, p. 148, says that huang-ch‘i at 
Peking is Sophora flavescens, Ait. There must be some error ere, aS 
the root of this plant is a very different drug, “ i‘w-shén,” which is 
m veterinary practice.’ —A. Hunry. 
Fig 1. Fruit, persistent calyx, and pedicel. 2. Fruit, laid open. Enlarged. 
