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draught, made with flu- kernels of lotus seeds which liave been stewed in water. 

 Tin- patient is then to go to sleep well covered. The effect is marvellous." (Taken 

 the Tunrj-l-piut-i-li 



This author lived durinir tin- time uhen F.ivi-n trade was prohibited. He Pr"i>'i' 



K.. reign trade 



is mentioned in the History of the Minj D</ belonging to the CHIA Cni\.. 



period (15i2'2 to 15G7), after which by a new law European vessels were allowed 

 to trade with China. During the tirst half of that ivign the Japanese made frequent 

 raids upon the Chinese coast. This caused deep indignation, and not only they 

 but all Fi.ivigiuTs \\ere furbidden to trade with China This was in the year 1523. 

 This naturally rendered Foreign medicines scarce and dear, and therefore we are not 

 surprised to find exact directions given by contemporary medical authors as to how 

 Opium might l.e manufactured from the Poppy, it being then a highly esteemed 

 drug and having been recommended by medical authors for half a century or more. 



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The next author to be cited in the MING dynasty is Ku.\<. Yi \-i.iv ($ fj flc) K <N' 



I>re8cniti 



\IM; 11-iN (3| IS). He says in curing white and red dysentery use Opium; 

 putchuek, hvamg-lien (J'>*ticia), and pai-shu (Atructylodes), each in equal quantity. 

 I 'ulveri.se in a mortar and mix into pills with rice, making the pills of the size of 

 a Mnall bean. The old and the young must take half as much as the middle-aged 

 and the strong. Take the mixture with rice water after being without food for some 

 hours. Avoid sour things. Take nothing raw or cold Take no oil, fat, tea, wine, 

 or Hour. The disease will be certainly checked. If thirsty drink a little rice water. 



Another method is to take from the bud of the Poppy flower before it has Medical un of 



r..|.].y Li: 



the two green leaves which enclose it and drop off when the flower opena I^Jj^ 

 Pulverise them and take one-tenth of an ounce with rice water. The effect will be 

 marvellous. According as the diarrhoea is of the red or white kind, use the bracts 

 of the red or white Poppy. 



This use of the bracts which envelop the Poppy flower is peculiar to this 

 author. He was a native of Kiangsi and belonged to the Medical Board in 

 Peking. 



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