辛夷 Mongnyeon Kkotbongori (목련 꽃봉오리)

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

1. 性溫, 味辛, 無毒.

   Its nature is warm, its taste acrid, and it is without toxicity.

2. 主風頭腦痛, 面䵟.

   It governs wind pain in the head and brain, and mian'gan (dark blotches on the face).

3. 通鼻塞涕出.

   It frees a blocked nose with running discharge.

4. 治面腫引齒痛, 明目, 生鬚髮.

   It treats facial swelling that draws pain into the teeth, brightens the eyes, and grows the beard and hair.

5. 作面脂, 生光澤.

   Made into a facial ointment, it brings out a lustrous sheen.

6. 正月二月生花, 似着毛小桃子.

   It flowers in the first and second months, looking like a small peach covered in fur.

   HomiclubThe magnolia's winter bud is wrapped in grey-white down, so it reads as a brush tip or a small furry peach. The bud at this stage is what sinyi names.

7. 色白帶紫, 當未拆時取之, 已開者劣.

   Its color is white tinged with purple; it is picked before it splits open, and those already opened are inferior.

8. 北方地寒, 二月開花, 呼爲木筆, 南方地煖, 正月開花, 呼爲迎春.

   In the north the ground is cold and it flowers in the second month, so it is called mubi, wood brush; in the south the ground is warm and it flowers in the first month, so it is called yingchun, spring greeter.

   HomiclubMubi comes from the brush-shaped bud, yingchun from its being first to greet spring. In Korea the flowers usually open ahead of the leaves, from late March into April.

9. 用時, 去心及外毛苞用之. 《本草》

   When using it, remove the core and the outer downy bract first. 《Bencao》