Volume 1

The general history of China. Containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet. Including an exact and particular account of their customs, manners, ceremonies, religion, arts and sciences ... / Done from the French of P. Duhalde ... [by R. Brookes].

  • Du Halde, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1674-1743.
Date:
1741
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Credit: The general history of China. Containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet. Including an exact and particular account of their customs, manners, ceremonies, religion, arts and sciences ... / Done from the French of P. Duhalde ... [by R. Brookes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    an excellent Remedy for all Difeafes arifing from cold Humours, as alfo for all kinds of Obftrudtions. Its Shape is fingular, it is femicircular on one Side, and almofl: flat on the other. The flat Side is fix’d to the Earth by feveral Filaments, and from the half Round arife feveral different Stems, each of which grows up in the Form of a Nofegay. Nothing but the Root is of any Value. Tz hoang is another Root of a very beautiful Plant, which grows in greatefl Plenty in the North of the Province of Ho nan, in 350. 6'. of Lat. At firfl: Sight one would take it for a fort of Liquorifh, with a le¬ guminous Flower, and a crooked Pod ; but when one examines the Leaves, the Seeds and the Tafte, it is a hard matter to decide among what Species it ought to be placed. It is very much ufed to fortify and to reftore by little and little the Decays of Strength. But of all the Plants of which we have fpoken, next to the Gin feng, none is fo precious as the San tfi ; they attribute almofl: the fame Virtues to the one as to the other, only the latter is accounted the more effi¬ cacious in Womens Diforders, and Hémorrhagies of all Sorts. It is not at all like the Gin-feng in Shape. This grows in the Province of Quang fi, and is to be found only on the Tops of high fteep Mountains. A kind of Goat of a greyifh Colour is very fond of feeding upon this Plant, infomuch that they ima¬ gine the Blood of this Animal is endowed with the fame medicinal Properties. It is certain that the Blood of thefe Goats has furprizing Succefs againfl: the In¬ juries receiv’d by Falls from Horfès, and other Acci¬ dents of the fame kind. This the Miffionaries have had Experience of feveral times. One of their Ser¬ vants that was thrown by a vitious Horfe, and who i Jay fome Time without Speech or Motion, was fo \ fioon recovered by this Remedy, that the next Day ' he was able to purfue his journey.