单词 | tibetan rhubarb |
释义 | > as lemmasTibetan rhubarb a. The dried rootstock of any of various plants of the genus Rheum, typically imported to Europe from China and used medicinally as a purgative and astringent; spec. (more fully Chinese rhubarb) that of R. palmatum, of north-western China, and (more fully Tibetan rhubarb) that of R. officinale, of western China (including Tibet). Cf. rhabarb n., rhabarbarum n., rhapontic n. 1. Now chiefly historical.Rhubarb from China was also called Russian rhubarb, Turkey rhubarb, and East Indian rhubarb, according to its route of importation. English rhubarb was obtained from R. rhaponticum (see rhapontic n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > root > specific roots zedoaryOE madderOE setwall?c1225 liquoricec1275 rhubarba1400 ireosc1400 liquorice-racec1400 sage root14.. maple root1523 liquorice-root1530 rhabarbarum1533 orris1545 turmeric1545 cypressc1550 pyrethrum1562 china1582 China root1588 orris root1598 red squill1629 ginseng1654 ague root1676 poke root1687 cassumunar1693 nettle root1707 valerian root1747 belly-ache-root1775 Indian root1775 Turkey rhubarb1789 sumbul1791 serpentaria1803 Honduras sarsaparilla1818 serpentary1837 sang1843 savanilla1856 manaca1866 gelsemium1875 sanguinaria1875 Indian turmeric1890 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 182 (MED) Aneuen do þeron poudre of mirabolani citrin [dram] j & of rubarbe. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 197v Rubarbarum, Rubarbe, is a rote h. & d...founden in barbarie, in ynde. ?c1425 Recipe in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Arun. 334) (1790) 473 (MED) Take ginger, canel, long pepur..rubarbi, reupontici, of ichone nine pennyweight. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. bvij Take Rasne and Rubarbe and grynde it to gedre. a1500 in Englische Studien (1885) 8 281 (MED) A pece of good rebarbe the quantite of a grote is sette alle nyght in a pece with water, the whiche rebarbe maketh an esy laxatife. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.viiiv The phisicions with a lyttell Rubarb purge many humours of the body. 1535 A. Borde Let. in Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) Foreword 56 I haue sentt to your mastershepp the seedes off reuberbe, the which come owtt off barbary. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 317 The best Rubarbe is that which is brought from China fresh and newe... The second in goodnes is that which cometh from Barbarie. The last and woorst from Bosphorus and Pontus. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 57 What Rubarb, Cyme, or what Purgatiue drugge Would scowre these English hence. 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 175 We find, that Tamarinds, Rhubarb, Senna, and many other Simples will for divers years, after they have been depriv'd of their former Vegetative Soul, retain their Purgative and other Specifick properties. 1703 Duke of Marlborough Let. 7 June in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) I. 193 I did in my former letters desire that some more rubarb and licherish might be sent mee. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 1 94 Such as is commonly sold in the shops under the name of Turkey or Russia Rhubarb. 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica x. 399 The Russian rhubarb..is in pieces somewhat flattened,..with a hole in the middle... The Chinese rhubarb is in round pieces,..generally with small holes,..and covered over with a yellowish powder. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. 621 English rhubarb is obtained from R[heum] Rhaponticum, and is now extensively employed in the hospitals of this country..but is not so active as the officinal kinds of rhubarb. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 243 The East Indian or Chinese rhubarb, which is shipped from Canton to Europe. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 273/1 Subsequently to the year 1653..Chinese rhubarb reached Europe chiefly by way of Moscow; and in 1704 the rhubarb trade became a monopoly of the Russian government, in consequence of which the term ‘Russian’ or ‘crown’ rhubarb came to be applied to it. 1921 Lancet 30 July 254/2 (title) The use of rhubarb in bacillary dysentery. 1995 M. Fairburn Nearly Out of Heart & Hope viii. 131 He fought the diarrhoea by drinking a combination of whisky, port and brandy, or (less often) a concoction called Turkey Rhubarb. 2007 D. Robin et al. Encycl. Women in Renaissance 265/1 Those who could afford them included expensive imported extravagances in certain remedies, including sugar, saffron, Tibetan rhubarb, and even ground pearls. < as lemmas |
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