Tangaek — Decoctions · Trees
根 Hwangbyeongnamu Ppuri (황벽나무 뿌리)
Root (根)
This entry covers the root of the Amur cork tree (hwangbyeok, Phellodendron), and it appears as a short appendix to the preceding entry on the tree's bark. The original text notes that the root goes by another name: Danhwan (檀桓).
The Amur cork tree is a tall tree of the citrus family (Rutaceae) that grows wild in Korea's mountains. Strip away its gray outer bark and you find a strikingly bright yellow inner layer — a color so vivid that Koreans have long used the tree to dye paper and cloth as well.
The Dongui Bogam records this root in just two brief sentences, placed in the Wood section (木部) — the chapter of the text's materia medica devoted to medicines derived from trees.
Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 3
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名檀桓. 主心腹百病.
It is called danhwan (檀桓). It governs the hundred ailments of the heart and abdomen.
HomiclubThis passage concerns the root of the Amur cork tree, a tall rutaceous tree of Korean mountains. Beneath its grey outer bark lies a vividly yellow inner layer, which is why the character hwang (黃, yellow) sits in its name. Danhwan was an old alternate name for this root.
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久服, 輕身延年. 《本草》
Taken over a long time it lightens the body and extends the years. 《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