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木鼈子 Mokbyeol Ssi (목별 씨)
Mokbyeolja is the flat seed inside the fruit of a gourd-family vine, the one known in Vietnam as gac. The seed's outline recalls a soft-shell turtle, which is what the name says: wooden turtle. Preparers husked and sliced it, then roasted it with wheat bran; Donguibogam marked it 【唐】.
Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 3
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性溫, 味甘, 無毒. 消結腫, 惡瘡, 肛門痔腫, 婦人乳癰.
Its nature is warm, its taste sweet, and it is non-toxic. It disperses knotted swellings, malign sores, piles swollen at the anus, and yuong (乳癰, breast abscess) in women.
HomiclubMokbyeolja is the flat seed inside the fruit of a vine in the gourd family. In Vietnam the fruit is called gac, its red pulp stirred into rice to color it, and the seeds sit inside a hard shell.
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木實也. 形似鼈, 故以爲名. 去殼剉, 麩炒用. 《本草》
It is the fruit of a woody plant. Its form resembles a soft-shelled turtle, and so it was named. Remove the shell, slice it, and roast it with wheat bran for use. 《Boncho (本草)》
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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