Tangaek — Decoctions · Herbs
紅豆蔲 Hongdugu (홍두구)
Hongdugu is the fruit of lesser galangal, a ginger-family plant. Its flowers come in spikes tinged faintly red, and that red is what the first character of the name records. The rhizome is filed apart under the name goryanggang, and Donguibogam marked the fruit 【唐】, an import from China.
Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 3
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性溫, 味辛一云苦, 無毒. 主水瀉腹痛, 霍亂嘔吐酸水. 解酒毒, 消瘴霧.
Its nature is warm and its taste pungent, though one account calls it bitter; it is non-toxic. It governs watery diarrhoea with abdominal pain and the vomiting of sour fluid in cholera-like disorder. It resolves liquor toxin and disperses jangmu (瘴霧, miasmic fog).
HomiclubHongdugu is the fruit of galangal, a ginger-family plant. Its rhizome appears elsewhere in the book under its own name, goryanggang (高良薑), so the same plant is split across two entries, root and fruit.
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是高良薑子, 花作穗, 微帶紅色. 《本草》
This is the seed of goryanggang (高良薑, galangal); its flowers form a spike and carry a faint reddish tinge. 《Boncho (本草)》
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This is a cultural and historical record from a classical text, not a claim about any food’s effects. Nothing here is a health supplement or intended to prevent or treat disease. Consult a medical professional about health concerns. · Text: Korean Medicine Classics DB · Reading: Homiclub