苘實 어저귀씨 (경실)

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

1. 性平, 味苦, 無毒.

   Its nature is neutral, its taste bitter, and it carries no toxicity, making it easy to use across constitutions.

2. 主赤白冷熱痢.

   It treats dysentery of every kind—red or white, cold-induced or heat-induced—serving as a broad remedy for chronic intestinal trouble.

3. 破癰腫.

   It disperses abscesses and swellings, breaking apart festering lumps on the skin.

4. 處處有之.

   It grows everywhere, common enough that one never has to search far for it.

5. 葉似苧, 花黃, 實如蜀葵子, 黑色.

   Its leaves resemble ramie, the flowers are yellow, and the seeds look like those of the hollyhock but are black—these dark seeds being the part used as medicine.

6. 卽今人取以績布及打繩索者. 《本草》

   This is the very plant people gather today to weave cloth and twist into rope—both a medicine and a household fiber. Bencao

7. 卽白麻也. 《入門》

   It is what people call baima, the white hemp—different names pointing to one and the same plant. Yimen