The botanical name of the Chinese drug Chuan Hsiung had hitherto been mistaken as Conioselin-cna-enivittaturra, Turcz.(Unabellife-rae j). Recently it was found actually to be Ligustichin Wallichii, Fr. by the Nanking ChungShan Botanical Garden. This drug has long been used in China as, a sedative or as antispasmodic and also for the treatment of rheumatism.