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used, and is highly esteemed as a poultice in boils and abscesses. 

 It is also regarded as an antivinous remedy. The tegmen, 

 781, alone is considered as an antifebrile, and is used in opacity 

 of the cornea. The pods are used in obstinate dysentery, the 

 flowers to counteract the effects of wine, the sprouts are con- 

 sidered to be countervinous and antifebrile, and the leaves are 

 steeped in vinegar and used in cholera. 



PHASEOLUS RADIATUS.— ^, >J. ^ (Ch'ih-hsiao-tou), 

 14I) 5^1 Ja. (Hung-tou). The leaves are called ^ (Huo). On 

 account of the second name, the Chinese sometimes confound 

 Abrits prccatorins with this, and Tatarinov and other western 

 botanists have fallen into the same error. This bean is largely 

 cultivated north of the Yangtse. The plant, in its character 

 and growth, is very similar to Phaseoliis nmngo^ of which it is 

 sometimes considered to be a variety. It is considered to be 

 good food for donkeys, but is too heavy and heating for 

 mankind. Medicinally, it drives away dropsy and scatters 

 carcinomatous and purulent swellings. Otherwise, its proper- 

 ties are similar to those of Phascolus vmngo^ and it is prescribed 

 in even a larger number of similar difficulties than is this latter. 

 Threatened abortion, menstruation during pregnancy, diffi- 

 cult labor, retained placenta, post-partum troubles, and non- 

 secretion of milk constitute a series of obstetrical difficulties for 

 which its use is recommended. The leaves are recommended 

 in fever and urinary difficulties, and the sprouts in threatened 

 abortion whether from an abortive tendency or from injury. 



PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE.— H if, (Po-mu), 

 ^ H (Huang-po). This last is also wrongly written |^ || 

 (Huang-po), 518. Loureiro calls this Pterocarpiis fiavus., 

 and F'aber calls it Pterocarpiis indiciis. But Henry has shown 

 the identification at the head of this article to be the correct 

 one. The root is said to be called ;j;^ ^ (T'an-huan), and it is 

 covered with nodular masses resembling Pachyma cocos^ which 

 are probably fungoid. The tree grows to the height of thirty 

 or forty feet, having a whitish outer bark and an inner yellow 

 one. The latter is used in dyeing silk yellow, as well as iu 

 medicine. The drug, as it appears in the market, is in square 



