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leaves. Generally, tbese resemble the leaves of the common 

 cypress, which are scale-like and appressed, but frequently on 

 the same tree will be found spreading, acicular leaves, and in 

 rare instances the tree has only this sort of leaves. When it has 

 only such leaves, it is called f§ (Kuai), The wood of the 

 tree is quite resinous and the fruits are globular, constituting 

 the juniper berries. The Chinese do not distinguish this 

 tree, at least in its medicinal virtues, from Thuja orientalis 

 (which see). 



JUSTICIA GENDARUSSA.— ^ % (Ch'in-chiao), 170. 

 This identification is exceedingly doubtful. The plant described 

 in the Pentsao is in all probability one of the Acanthacese. It 

 grows in the mountain valleys of Szechuan. The root is of 

 a dark yellow color, twisted and contorted, and about one foot 

 long. The leaves are said to resemble lettuce leaves. The 

 root is the part used in medicine, and it is very bitter in taste. 

 It is boiled in milk and given in rheumatism, dysuria, fever, 

 carbuncle, jaundice, and diarrhoeas. Diuretic and diaphoretic 

 properties belong to this drug, as well as cooling and anodyne 

 qualities. 



JUSTICIA PROCUMBENS.— ll^(Chio-chuang). Other 

 names are given to this creeping plant, among which is ^ 0^ 

 ^ # :^ (Ch'ih-yen-lao-mu-ts'ao), "red-eyed old mother 

 plant." It grows in the river valleys of Central China, in old 

 fields and waste places. The odor is unpleasant. The whole 

 plant is used in decoction in backache, plethora, and flatulence. 

 In Japan this Chinese name is applied to Mosla punctata^ a 

 labiate plant. 



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