白斂 가희톱 (백렴)

Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 3

1. 性平一云微寒, 味苦甘, 無毒.

   Its nature is neutral, though some say slightly cold; the taste is bitter and sweet, and it is non-toxic.

2. 主癰疽, 瘡腫, 發背, 瘰癧, 腸風, 痔瘻, 面上疱瘡, 撲損傷, 刀箭傷, 生肌止痛.

   It treats abscesses and ulcers, carbuncles on the back, scrofula, intestinal bleeding, fistulas, facial eruptions, contusions, and wounds from blades or arrows, while regenerating flesh and relieving pain.

3. 塗腫毒及湯火瘡.

   It is also applied externally to swellings, toxic sores, and burns from boiling water or fire.

4. 蔓生, 枝端有五葉.

   It grows as a vine, with five leaflets clustered at the tip of each branch.

5. 根似天門冬, 一株下有十餘根, 皮赤黑肉白.

   The roots resemble those of asparagus fern; over ten thick roots cluster beneath a single plant, with reddish-black skin and white flesh.

6. 二月八月採根, 暴乾. 《本草》

   The roots are harvested in the second and eighth lunar months and sun-dried for storage. From the Bencao.

7. 赤斂

   There is a related herb called jeongnyeom, or red baengnyeom.

8. 功用形狀, 同白斂, 但表裏俱赤耳. 《入門》

   Its functions and form are the same as baengnyeom, differing only in that both its skin and inner flesh are red. From the Yimun.