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Tincture of Stemona tnberosa / "g" ^ 'Jg (Pai-pu-chiu). 

 The root of this plant is digested in spirits and the preparation 

 is used in the treatment of acnte and chronic conghs. 



Tincture of Sterculia platanifolia ; ^ ^ Jg (Wu-tnng- 

 chiu). The tops of this tree are used in spring or summer, and 

 the root in autumn or winter, together with distilled spirits, 

 in the preparation of a tincture, wliich is used both externally 

 and internally in the treatment of mammary abscess. 



Tincture of Thuja orientalis leaves ; |Q ^ jg (Po-yeh- 

 chiu). A decoction of the leaves is fermented together with 

 leaven and rice and used in colds and rheumatic difficulties. 



Tincture of turpentine ; i^ fjj \% (Sung-chieh-chiu). A 

 decoction of pine joints is fermented together with leaven and 

 rice, or the leaves of the pine may be used in making this 

 preparation. It is used, presumably externally, in the treat- 

 ment of weak tendons, aching points, and chillblains. 



Tincture of Zanthoxylum and Juniper ; |,^ |^ jg (Chiao- 

 po-chiu). Thirty-seven peppers and seven twigs of the juniper, 

 taken from the east side of the tree, are digested in prepared 

 spirits and used as a prophylactic against miasms. 



Tincture of Zingiber officinale ; ^ jg (Chiang-chiu). 

 This is simply ginger root, steeped in prepared spirit, or 

 ginger juice fermented with leaven. It is used as a stimulant 

 in colds and indigestion. 



TORREYA NUCIFERA.— li (Fei). The character is 

 also, but incorrectly, written -^ (Fei) and \^ (Fei, Fei, or 

 Pai). The tree is a taxaceous one, resembling Cunninghamia 

 sinensis. In fact it is sometimes called ^ ^j;^ (Yeh-shan), "wild 

 Cunning It a}niay The nuts of the tree are called |g ^ (Fei- 

 shih), 297, \t T- (Pi-tzti), # ^ (Ch'ih-kuo), and 5 OJ '^ (Yii- 

 shan-kuo). They are collected and eaten by the Chinese, and 

 are much relished as a food and valued as an anthelmintic. 

 They are from three quarters of an inch to an inch and a 

 quarter long, oblong, pointed at either end, but more sharply 

 so at the upper end. The skin is of a reddish-brown color, 

 mottled with patches of a darker tint, woody, fragile, and 

 marked longitudinally with broad, shallow striae. The kernel 

 is much roughened, obscurely villous, and covered with a thin, 



