甖子粟 Aengjasok (앵자속)

Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 1

1. 性平一云寒, 味甘, 無毒.

   Its nature is neutral, though one account calls it cold; its taste is sweet, and it is non-toxic.

   HomiclubAengjasok is the seed of the opium poppy. In Korea, planting the opium poppy is prohibited outright under the narcotics control law; the corn poppy commonly grown in gardens is a different species.

2. 治反胃, 胸中痰滯, 不下食.

   It treats banwi (反胃, stomach reflux) and food that will not descend because phlegm is lodged in the chest.

3. 一名御米. 《本草》

   It has another name, eomi (御米, imperial grain). 《Boncho (本草)》

4. 花紅白色, 四葉或千葉, 有淺紅暈.

   The flowers are red or white, of four petals or of a thousand, with a pale red halo.

5. 其實作甁子, 似髇箭, 頭中有米, 極細色白. 《本草》

   Its fruit forms a flask shaped like a whistling arrowhead, and inside that head lie the seeds, exceedingly fine and white. 《Boncho (本草)》

   HomiclubA flask-swollen seed capsule packed with fine seeds is characteristic of the poppy family. In the West these seeds are known as poppy seeds and scattered over breads and cakes.

6. 其房如罌, 其子如粟. 《入門》

   Its capsule is like an aeng (罌, wide-bellied jar) and its seeds like millet. 《Immun (入門)》