Medicine

蒼术. Atractylodes rubra. The leaves are smaller than those of the white variety; the roots are met with in finger-shaped pieces, the skin is rough and of a brown color, the surface is of a dirty white of a warm and aromatic taste. Supposed to be very strenghening and to be conducive to longevity. A diaphoretic, in treatment of rheumastism, lumbago, neuralgia, etc. From Sichuan province. Value at Ningbo, $12 per picul. (see also No. 4082). Brown bark-like material. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top.