218 NOTES ON CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA. 



1860-62. Naou-sha is stated by Keferstein to be a name for carbonate 

 of ammonia and sal-ammoniac, but I have received neither of 

 these substances from China. 1 



CALCAREOUS SUBSTANCES. 



Calcareous ^ /fc *3f Han-shuy-shXh ; Calcareous Spar (Carbonate of 

 Substances. Lime ) . Hdn xi ^ ^ cieyer, Med. SimpL, No. 160. It consists 

 of fragments of colourless crystals. 



^ ^ Kiuang-fun ; Levigated White Marble (Carbonate of 

 Lime). This substance is sold in the form of cakes, each weigh- 

 ing from two to three ounces, and inclosed in a little box. It 

 is a remarkably pure form of carbonate of lime, and a very 

 good specimen of careful levigation. 



$81 ? L ^B Chung-joo-sMh ; Carbonate of Lime in stalactitic 

 masses. Pun-tsaou, Fig. 37. It is obtained from caves, The 

 Chinese name signifies Hanging- (like a bell) milk-stone. 



V& 44* >tf Hwa-luy-sMJi ; a granular greenish- white Dolo- 

 mite (Carbonate of Lime and Magnesia). 



Heuen-tsing-shlh ; Selenite (Sulphate of Lime). 

 Pun-tsaou, Fig. 80. Small lenticular crystals (sometimes twin- 

 crystals), translucent, but having a dull exterior. They vaiy in 

 diameter from T 4 ^ to ^ of an inch. 



/D flf SMh-7caou ; Fibrous Gypsum (Sulphate of Lime). 

 XI cao, Cleyer, Med SimpL, No. 166; Pun-tsaou, Fig. 27. 



^ /5 ^ Tsze-shXh-ying ; Fluor Spar (Fluoride of Cal- 

 cium). Pun-tsaou, Fig. 21. In fragments of irregular size, and 

 of a purple or greenish colour. 



vJ9 45 ^5 Yang-khe-sMh ; Asbestous Tremolite ; Silicate 

 of Lime and Magnesia. Pun-tsaou, Fig. 44. Irregular masses 

 of a pale greenish colour. 



1 It is remarkable that in India Salammoniac is called Naushadar. See 

 Baden H. Powell's Handbook of the Economic Products of the Punjab, 

 p. 89. 





