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charm, in which case it is called ;^ ^ (Ai-fu), and is hung 

 at the head of the principal room of the house, or together with 

 the Acorns calamus (g" f[ff, Ch'ang-p'u) at the door ; the leaves 

 of the latter being formed in the shape of a sword (called fjjj ^, 

 P'u-chienj and placed over the door, while a stalk of the 

 Artemisia is hung on each door post. That this was efficacious 

 in at least one instance is attested by the fact that the famous 

 rebel, Huang Ch'ao (g ^), gave orders to his soldiers to spare 

 any family that had Artemisia hung up at the door. The 

 moxa is employed by Buddhist priests in initiating neophytes; 

 three rows of three, four, or five scars each being burned on 

 the crown of the head with this substance. Many also use the 

 moxa on a three days' old child, burning one or more scars on 

 the face; this being supposed to insure the child's living through 

 infancy. The places for burning are between the brows, on 

 each cheek a little distance beneath the eyes, and at the root 

 of the nose on the upper lip. 



ARTOCARPUS INTEGERIFOLIA.— jjjc ^ ^- (Po-lo- 

 mi). This is the Jack, Jak, or Jaca fruit. The Annamese name 

 is ^ (ijil ^ (Nang-chieh-ch'ieh) ; the last two characters being 

 pronounced "chiaket" in Annamese. The first name givea 

 above is the Sanscrit name, represented in Chinese characters. 

 In Persian it is ^ ^j) '^ (P'o-na-sha), and in the language of 

 the Nestorian country of ^ i^ (Fu-lin), it was called 1^ ^ 3I| 

 (A-sa-t'o). It is a member of that very interesting natural 

 order of Dicotyledonous plants, the ArtocarpacecB^ which fur- 

 nishes the bread-fruit, caoutchouc, the cow-tree, the deadly 

 Upas, the sack-tree, the Trumpetwood which is used for cordage 

 and for musical wind-instrumeats, and the valuable Snakewood 

 of Demerara. The Jack-fruit is said to grow in several parts 

 of Southern Asia, being found in China in Lingnan and Yun- 

 nan. The pulp and seeds are considered by the Chinese to be 

 cooling, tonic, and nutritious, and to be useful in overcoming 

 the influence of alcohol on the system. 



AS ARUM FORBESI.— ;^ % (Tu-hengV Other names, 

 ± IB $ (T'u-hsi-hsin), j^ |^ (Tu-k'uei), and the T'ang Phi- 

 tsao calls it ,E| J^ ^ (Ma-t'i-hsiang), on account of the shape 



