Tangaek — Decoctions · Vegetables
桑耳 Sanghwang mushroom
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Sang-i is the bracket fungus that grows on mulberry trunks. It also went by sanghwang, the name carried today by the mulberry fungus brewed as tea. Donguibogam filed it under vegetables and noted that it carries slight toxicity.
Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 2
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性平一云溫, 味甘, 微毒.
Its nature is neutral, though one account calls it warm; its taste is sweet, and it is slightly toxic.
HomiclubSang-i is the fungus that grows on the trunk of a mulberry. Where the preceding mogi covered tree-borne fungi in general, this entry sets apart the one taken from the mulberry.
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主腸風瀉血, 及婦人心腹痛, 崩中漏下赤白. 《本草》
It governs bleeding from jangpung (腸風, intestinal wind), pain in a woman's chest and abdomen, and red and white discharge from bungjung (崩中) and nuha (漏下, flooding and spotting). 《Boncho (本草)》
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一名桑黃. 《本草》
It is also called sanghwang (桑黃). 《Boncho (本草)》
HomiclubThe sanghwang mushroom sold for decoctions carries this same name. What is called sanghwang today, however, bundles several species together, so it cannot be matched exactly to the sanghwang of the old record.
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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