Botanicon Sinicum: Notes On Chinese Botany From Native And Western ..., Part 3
Botanicon Sinicum: Notes On Chinese Botany From Native And Western ..., Part 3
E. Bretschneider
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135.— M ^ i«>- P'. XVIIa, 16. r., CXLV. Pen king : — Liiju. The root is officinal. Taste pungent. Nature cold. Slightly poisonous. Pie lu : — Other name H 5 K lou. The In ju grows in Tai [in Shan si, App. 321] in river-valleys. The root is dug up in the 5th month and dried in the shade. That with a black head is the best. Wu P'u [3rd cent.]: — It is an herbaceous plant from 4 to 5 feet high. Round, yellow leaves standing four together and opposite. It flowers in the 4th month and bears black fr...uit in the 5th month. Root yellow and contains a yellow sap. The leaves and the stem are gathered in the 3rd month, the root is dug up in the 5th. T'AO HuNG-KiNG : — Now the best sort comes from Kao li [Corea, App. 116]. It is of a yellow colour. When broken it discharges a yellow sap which after hardening becomes black like varnish, whence it is called ^ ^ ts^i Vou (varnish head). An inferior sort is produced in Mid China. This is called ^ [ [ ts^cu) (herbaceous) lii ju. It is white, but by heating it on iron the head becomes black.
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