33° CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA. 



Siegsbeckia-Dryandra Pills ; i% ^ % (Hsi-t'ung-wan). 

 These two substances are powdered and mixed with honey, 

 made into pills, and used for rheumatic affections. 



Skivimia Pills ; %^ \ (Yin-yu-wan). Leaves of Skim- 

 mia japonica, Coix lachryma, Prunus japonica kernels, Ipomoea 

 triloba seeds, and honey. For colds and constipation. 



Strengthenhig the Vitality Pills ; %%^ (Ku-yuan-tan). 

 Atractylis sinensis, fennel, salt, Zanthoxylum, Psoralea coryli- 

 folia, aconite, i\Ielia azedarach, alcohol, vinegar, paste. For 

 all sorts of wasting difficulties, especially those of sexual origin. 



Ten-parts Perfect Pills ; ■\^ ^ % (Shih-ch'iien-wan). 

 Musk, Aplotaxis auriculata, dragon's blood, flowers of sulphur, 

 sesamum seeds, Strychuos nux vomica, maggots, centipedes, 

 and honey. This is for the curing of wounds, of cancerous 

 sores, and as a tonic. 



The Tartar General Rcsiimcs the Battle Pills ; 7^ j^l ^ 

 1^ f5" (Chiang-chiin-fu-chan-tan). Soak wild sesamum seeds 

 in child's urine for four times and in distilled spirit for three 

 times. Dry and add olibanum, myrrh, and dragon's blood. 

 This is for wounds and broken bones. 



Thousand-li-pium-flower Pills ; ^ ^ f# ^ A* (Ch'ien-li- 

 mei-hua-wan). Eriobotrya leaves, Pachyrhizus augulatus, 

 black plum flesh, wax plum flowers, licorice, and honey. To 

 be used by travellers, but for what is not stated. 



Three Flozvers Pills ; H ^ ::^ (San-hua-tan). Plum flow- 

 ers, peach flowers, and pear flowers, made into a pill and 

 coated with flowers of sulphur, is taken in a congee of Phaseo- 

 lus and black Hispidia beans for smallpox. 



Three Tonic Pills ; H H ^ (San-pu-wan). Coptis teeta 

 and Pterocarpus indicus, mixed with honey. Tonic and 

 febrifuge. 



Three Yelloiv Pills ; H M ^ (San-huang-wan). Scutel- 

 laria macrantha, rhubarb, and Coptis teeta, mixed with honey. 

 Tonic and corrective in men and women. 



Twenty Pearls Pills ; ;^ |^ ^/-L (Nien-chu-wan). Benzoin, 

 seeds of Nephelium longana, and yellow wax. For hernia, 

 orchitis, and the like. 



Two AurcB Pills ; ~ ^ ;^ (Erh-ch'i-wan). An umbil- 

 ical cord is said to represent the aura of the abyss, while 



