Bryonia alba is commonly used for conditions associated with inflammation, such as joint pains, pleurisy and rheumatism. It is also employed for ailments.
Wallace Stevens was an American modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as an executive for an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut.
My approach will be to piece together various aspects of Buddhism as we travel with Xuanzang, rather than offer a conventional exposition of beliefs and history.