Tangaek — Decoctions · Herbs
射干 Beombuchae (범부채)
Sagan is the rhizome of the blackberry lily. Its flat leaves fan out sideways like the ribs of a fan, which gave it the name oseon, and the Korean name beombuchae — tiger fan — comes from the leopard spots on its orange petals. Roots were dug in spring or autumn and steeped in rice-rinse water.
Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 3
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性平, 味苦, 有小毒.
Its nature is neutral, its taste bitter, and it is slightly toxic.
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主喉痺咽痛, 水漿不入.
It chiefly treats hubi (throat blockage) with sore throat, when not even water or thin gruel will go down.
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療老血在心脾間咳唾, 言語氣臭, 除積痰, 消結核.
It treats coughing and spitting from old blood lodged between the heart and spleen, and foul breath in speech; it clears accumulated phlegm and disperses gyeolhaek (nodular lumps).
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處處有之. 葉狹長橫張, 疏如翅羽狀, 故一名烏扇. 根多鬚, 皮黃黑, 肉黃赤.
It is found everywhere. Its leaves are narrow and long, spread out sideways in a loose wing-feather shape, so one name for it is oseon. The root has many rootlets, its skin is yellow-black, and its flesh yellow-red.
HomiclubOseon (烏扇) means "crow's fan": the sword-shaped leaves overlap in a single plane and spread like fan ribs. The Korean name beom-buchae, "tiger fan," compares the orange flower speckled with dark spots to a tiger's hide.
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三月九月採根, 日乾, 泔浸用之. 《本草》
In the third and ninth months the root is dug and sun-dried, then steeped in rice-rinse water before use. 《Boncho》
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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