莖葉 Nuro Julgiwa Ip (누로 줄기와 잎)

The stem and leaves of nuro (莖葉). In Dongui Bogam, this appears as a single line appended beneath the main nuro entry, which deals with the root — a way of setting the plant's above-ground parts apart on their own. The original text notes that the stem is about as thick as a chopstick, and the leaves are deeply lobed, as one would expect of a plant in the daisy family. The classic records no separate medicinal properties for these aerial parts — no nature and flavor (the warming-or-cooling character and taste by which traditional Korean medicine classifies a drug), no organ affinities, actions, or cautions; that information belongs to the root entry. Today, it is mostly the root that is harvested for medicinal use.