莨菪

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Chinese

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Scopalia japonica maxin
trad. (莨菪)
simp. #(莨菪)
alternative forms
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Etymology

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Perhaps transcription of a foreign term; compare Tibetan ལང་ཐང་རྩེ (lang thang rtse, Hyoscyamus niger).

In what is possibly a folk etymology, herbalist Li Shizhen explained the name as:

[Literary Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE
Qí zǐ fú zhī, lìng rén kuángláng fàngdàng, gù míng. [Pinyin]
Its seeds, when ingested, will make one deranged (kuanglang) and unrestrained (fangdang), hence the name.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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莨菪

  1. black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)

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