Compendium of Materia Medica, Volume 2 (1596) - Page 16

Volume Two


Stone Salt Arsenopyrite original: "Yushi." Halite original: "Guangmingyan," literally "Bright Salt."	Cold Water Stone Gypsum Glauberite original: "Ningshuishi," literally "Condensed Water Stone."	White Lead Lead Powder Lead Trioxide original: "Huangdan," or "Yellow Cinnabar."	Wintergreen Frozen Green Privet	The General Rhubarb Called "The General" for its aggressive ability to purge the body. Sulfur	Hazel Hazelnut Magnolia Bark original: "Houpu."	Clam Sea Clam Chinese Gall original: "Wubeizi."	Linden Wood Cassia Wood Also a tree name
Giant Clam Hard Clam Mirage Dragon	Malachite Green-Blue Pigment Green Salt	Magnetite Cishi Literally "Caring Stone" because of how it "attracts" iron like a mother to a child. Dark Stone	Mineral Ganoderma Lingzhi Grass Stone Brain	Buckthorn Rhamnus Lacquer Persimmon	Trichosanthes Fruit River Snail A reference to the similarity in shape or name in certain dialects. Snake Gourd	Birch Wood Birch Bark Cotton Rose Hibiscus	Isatis Isatis Herb Azurite original: "Bianqingshi."
Stone Silkworm Sand Louse Chinese Artichoke original: "Ganluzi."	Quartz Amethyst Crystal	Stone Brain Great Mineral Ganoderma Limonite original: "Yuyuliang," meaning "Leftover Rations of Yu."	Zelkova Firmiana Hibiscus	Stone Pangolin Star Jasmine Vine Pangolin Scales	Wind Medicine Photinia Bugleweed original: "Zelan."	Star Jasmine Stone Grass	Water Shield Watershield Turczaninowia original: "Nyuwan."