樗根白皮 Gadyungnamo Bulhwit Geopjil (가듁나모 불휫 겁질)

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

1. 性涼, 味苦, 有小毒. 主赤白久痢, 腸滑, 及痔疾, 腸風瀉血不住. 殺口鼻中疳蟲, 去疥䘌.

   Its nature is cool and its taste bitter, and it is slightly toxic. It chiefly treats long-standing red and white dysentery, slippery intestines, piles, and unceasing bleeding from jangpung (腸風). It kills the gamchung (疳蟲) in the mouth and nose and removes gaenik (疥䘌, scabby erosions).

   HomiclubJeogeunbaekpi is the inner bark of the tree of heaven's root. The tree of heaven is a quassia-family tree that springs up on waste ground and roadsides; despite the similar Korean name it is a different tree from the chamjuk, whose spring shoots are eaten.

2. 主鬼疰, 傳尸, 蠱毒下血, 能縮小便.

   It chiefly treats gwiju (鬼疰), jeonsi (傳尸, corpse-transmitted consumption), and bleeding from godok (蠱毒), and it can reduce urination.

3. 樗與椿, 大抵相類, 但樗木臭而疏, 椿木實而葉香. 幷採無時.

   Jeo (樗) and chun (椿) are on the whole of a kind, only jeo has a foul-smelling, loose-grained wood while chun has solid wood and fragrant leaves. Both may be gathered at any time.

4. 又云, 椿樗皆臭, 但一種有花結子, 一種無花不結子.

   It is also said that both chun and jeo smell foul, only that one kind flowers and sets seed while the other has no flowers and sets no seed.

5. 世以無花不實, 木身大, 幹端直者, 爲椿, 椿用根葉.

   The world takes the kind that has no flowers and bears no fruit, with a large body and a straight upright trunk, to be chun, and of chun the root and leaves are used.

6. 其有花而莢, 木身小, 幹多迂矮者, 爲樗, 樗用根葉莢.

   The kind that flowers and bears pods, with a small body and a trunk often crooked and low, is jeo, and of jeo the root, leaves, and pods are used.

7. 樗一名虎目樹, 以葉脫處有痕如目也. 《本草》

   Another name for jeo is homoksu, tiger-eye tree, because the spot where a leaf falls away leaves a mark like an eye. 《Boncho (本草)》

   HomiclubWhere a leaf falls from a branch of the tree of heaven, a large heart-shaped scar remains, dotted with bundle traces that look like an eye. It is a clue for identifying the tree in winter.

8. 性涼而燥, 須炒用, 或塗蜜炙用. 《丹心》

   Its nature is cool and drying, so it must be roasted for use, or coated with honey and roasted. 《Dansim (丹心)》

9. 服此, 忌油膩, 熱麪, 毒物. 《本草》

   When taking this, avoid oily and greasy foods, hot noodles, and toxic substances. 《Boncho (本草)》