NOTK. I.") 



coast Opium was cxpor >i..m and IVj'u. Here wo al-n tind clear indications 



of tl. \ral> trailers in extending the cultivation of the Poppy in India. 



this time imported Opium themselves, to l>e used medically. It 



is important this lor the pro]. islanding of the history of Opium in 



China. 



12. 



WAM. I hi <I X an author who died in A.D. 1488, published a work which ' ! 



opium extract 



he nam-'d I-Un-cli-yao (ff # & EX In it he says that "Opium is produced in 

 Arabia from a Poppy with a red flower. Water should not be allowed to go over */?,!^ l 1 g 

 its I \fter the (lower has faded in the 7th or 8th month the capsule, while 



still fresh, is j. ricked for the juice." 



He also says, "In chronic dysentery use Opium of the size of a small bean, \VASO H 

 and administer it with warm water before the patient takes food (as in the early P' um - 

 morniiiir), when the stomach is free. Take one dose a day, and avoid onions, garlic, 

 and Mm ps ot'all kinds. If thirsty drink water with honey in it." 



He also savs, -'Opium may be used to cure obstinate dysentery of lontr J [Iirec - 



j j j 



continuance. When the flower of the Poppy has fallen and the head is developed, ",'* "I' 1 " 1 " 



mtUl 



waiting four or five days take a large pricking instrument and prick from 10 



1 h.ili-s in the fresh capsule. Next day, in the morning, when the sap exudes, 



! bamboo knife for the purpose of scraping it into an earthenware vessel Let 



it dry in a .shady place. On each occasion of using it take a piece of the size of 



a small bean, and let it be administered on an empty stomach and mixed with warm 



r. Let the patient avoid onions, garlic, and all soups. If he be hot and thirsty 



let him drink water with honey in it." 



This author, it will be observed, died 10 years before VASCO DE GAMA arrived ^i^rtS 

 India. His biography, in the History of the Ming Dynasty, shows that he was in * cquu 

 ollicial charge of the province of Kansuh for more than 20 years. His duties included 

 the care of the Muhommedan population of Hami, Turfan, and other western cities. 

 Hi- must h.'ve known well the productions, the medical practice, and the customs of 

 the Mahommedan countries; hence his minute acquaintance with Opium. 



