牛李子 Galmaenamu Yeolmae (갈매나무 열매)

Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 3

1. 性微寒, 味苦, 有小毒. 主寒熱瘰癧.

   Its nature is slightly cold, its taste bitter, and it carries slight toxicity. It chiefly governs scrofula with alternating chills and fever.

   HomiclubUrija is the fruit of the buckthorns. The galmae buckthorn is a small tree of Korean hills and fields whose branch tips harden into thorns; its fruit blackens as it ripens, and yellow and green dyes were long drawn from its unripe berries and bark.

2. 能下血, 除疝瘕冷氣, 治水腫脹滿.

   It can bring blood down, removes sanga (疝瘕, hernial masses) and cold qi, and treats the distension and fullness of water swelling.

3. 一名鼠李子, 生野道邊, 木高七八丈, 枝葉如李而不澤.

   It is also called seorija (鼠李子), grows in the fields and by the roadside, stands seven or eight jang tall, and has branches and leaves like a plum's but without gloss.

4. 至秋結實, 狀若五味子, 生於條上四邊. 生則靑, 熟則紫黑色.

   In autumn it sets fruit shaped like omija, borne on all sides along the twigs. Unripe it is green; ripe it is a purplish black.

5. 成穗, 至秋葉落, 子尙在枝. 實熟時採, 日乾用之, 酒蒸. 《本草》

   It forms clusters, and when autumn comes and the leaves fall the fruit still remains on the twigs. Gather it when ripe, dry it in the sun for use, and steam it in liquor. 《Boncho (本草)》

6. 小兒瘡疹, 能起發, 最妙. 《錢氏》

   For sores and rashes in children it can bring the eruption out, and this is most marvelous. 《Jeonssi (錢氏)》