Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

by these channels il was possible 70 convey any
remedy THAT might be NECESSARY 60 anr ORGAN
or member requiring treatment internally.
Ever since then celestial doctors have been
able 10 tell Just what sort OF pills or decoctions
were intended for the Of this or that dis
order. The glass mau doubi less suffered from
the experiments tried upon i'm BY science bus
medical knowledge was benefited inerpres-
sibly.
Probably the Chinese pharrnscopnia 4. NOR.
elaborate than that possessed by any other
people. Physicians in the fowery Kingdom
mix up together such extraordinary thlngs for
remedial purposes ~ we should never dream
Of One Of their cures for liver complaint il
obtained by administering the fossil teeth OF
various animals, which are known 90 them 40
dragons teeth" Antelopes' horns. powdered,
they believe 10 be excellent for rheumatism
and glue from the hides of asses 10 supposed TO
be an admirable tonic and diuretic. Ihe shell
Of q certain fresh-water turtle made into Jelly
Is a sure thing Tor misery IN the joints" A
decoction from the hedge hogs hide is excel-
lent for skin diseases and tigers bones mixed
with hartshorn and terrapin,s shell IN the
shape OF a Jelly is n frstrate tonic IN cases Of
disease OF the bones and OF ague. The urine
OF young children mixed with lime aud evap-
GRATED until q solid is formed cures general de-
blilty, and made into o liquid 10 most usefully
applied as a lotion for the eyes.
SNAKES AND ToAps For MEDICINE.
Dried snakes, the Chinese believe, are good
medicine where a complaint Is difficult to dag
nose, FOR the reason that the serpent in life in
serts itself into all sorts OF holes and crevices
and Is likely after death 10 seek the utiermost
parts OF the body. Such connections of limy
matter as are formed IN the gan bladders OF
cows cure St vitus' dance and smallpox. These
same connections are the very things that ara
known by ignorant people IN this country &C
so-called mad stones" used for applying 10
snake bites. The pig-tailcd orientais believe
In the effectiveness OF dried toads a tonic
and think that caterpillars are n sure remedy
for bronchial troubles. Sailed scorl,ions they
assert are admirable for smallpox aud silk
worms, as well as the skins which locusts leave
on trees on yacatlng them, are supposed 20
have wonderful medicinal virtues Bones Of
the cuttlefish or sepia are believed by them TO
have virtues in the treatment OF cancer Thew
think that the sepis is q bird transformed into
| a fish. They use clam shells for a cathArtio
and maggots TO cure dysentery. Powdered
fossil crabs are, in the opinion OF their ply
sicians, an antidote for poisons OF all.sorts aud
seed pearls cure troubles OF the hear, and
| liver.
A favorite Chinese remedy for various dis
orders is made by inclosing any sort of bird or
other animal within a case OF moist clay aud
burning 1t until the body OF the creature is re-
duced TO charcoal The charcoal thus obtained
is administered with expectation as TO its effect
according to the nature OF the animal burned
But of all remedies believed in by the people
OF China the ginseng takes the lead So muc b
so, III lact, tnat Sl.OO0,DOO worth OF ginseng 10
exported from this country TO China every
year. All primitive races which have any ac-
quaintance with the remedial value OF the GIN
seug regard thus peculiar root with an especia al
awe because of the rude likeness which its shape
bears to the human figure. The most priced
ginseng root of China bears a really surprising
Resemblance TO the human foim and brings q
much higher price than the American product
on that acco unit. Physicians among the celes-
tials divide up the root anatomcally, as IL were,
prescribing portions OF the body tor this COM
plant, OF the legs for that disease, OF the arms
70 another, and SO on.