Qian Niu Zi / 牽牛子 (Morning Glory Seeds, Pharbitis)
Item
Title
Qian Niu Zi / 牽牛子 (Morning Glory Seeds, Pharbitis)
Doc Hay's Shorthand
Er Chou Niu / 二丑牛
Latin name
Pharbitidis Semen
Herb Category
Nature of Herb
Channels
Translator's annotation
Bensky (2004) Pg. 250-251: “In the vernacular, it is usually referred to as clown cow seed (丑牛子 Chou Niu Zi). The second of the earthly branches uses the same character that is used for clown, ugly and evil (丑 Chou)… the black morning glory seeds (黑丑 hei chou) were often preferred to the white seeds (白丑 bai chou),....nowadays there are usually mixed. When both types are desired, one can specify black and white clowns (黑白丑 hei bai chou) or two clowns (二丑 Er Chou)."
Bibliographic Citation
Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 250-251
Wiseman, N. (1995). English-Chinese Chinese-english dictionary of Chinese medicine. p. 590
SymMap URL
Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)
PhysicalObject
Format of the digital image
image/jpeg
Rights
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Holder
Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site
Owner of the Collection
State of Oregon
Source (the collection in which this object is found)
Kam Wah Chung Collection
KWC location ID
KWC2007.1.383