莨菪

Chinese

	Scopalia japonica maxin
trad. (莨菪)	莨	菪
simp. ^#(莨菪)	莨	菪
alternative forms	莨𦳝／莨𰰢莨蓎莨𦿆莨蕩／莨荡蒗蓎莨𦳝／莨𰰢莨蓎莨𦿆莨蕩／莨荡蒗蓎蒗蕩／蒗荡䕞薚䕞𦿆

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:

其子服之，令人狂狼放宕，故名。 [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.

莨菪

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