天竺黃 Cheonchukhwang (천축황)

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

1. 性寒一云平, 味甘, 無毒. 治中風痰壅, 卒失音不語, 去諸風熱.

   Its nature is cold, though one account calls it neutral; its taste is sweet, and it is non-toxic. It treats phlegm blockage from wind stroke and sudden loss of voice with inability to speak, and clears the various wind-heats.

   HomiclubCheonchukhwang is the whitish mass that congeals inside the joints of a bamboo culm. It forms where the stem is injured or bored by insects and the sap pools and hardens, and is also called jukhwang or jukgo.

2. 主小兒驚風, 天弔, 客忤, 癎疾, 療金瘡.

   It chiefly treats a child's gyeongpung (驚風, fright convulsions), cheonjo (天弔), gaeg-o (客忤, disturbance from strange influences), and ganjil (癎疾, epilepsy), and treats wounds from blades.

3. 生南海邊, 竹內塵沙結成如黃土, 着竹作片. 凉心去熱. 小兒病最宜, 一名竹膏. 《本草》

   It occurs along the southern coast, where dust and sand congeal inside the bamboo like yellow earth, clinging to the culm in flakes. It cools the heart and clears heat. It suits children's disorders best, and another name for it is jukgo. 《Boncho (本草)》

4. 生天竺國, 竹內如黃土. 《入門》

   It occurs in the country of Cheonchuk (天竺) and lies inside the bamboo like yellow earth. 《Immun (入門)》

   HomiclubCheonchuk is the old name for India. The first half of the drug's name comes from that place name, while the final graph hwang refers to the color of the lump.