白附子 흰바곳 (백부자)

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

1. 性溫, 味甘辛, 有小毒.

   Its nature is warm, its flavor sweet and pungent, and it carries a slight toxicity, so it must be used with care.

2. 主中風失音, 一切冷風氣.

   It treats loss of speech from wind-stroke and all illnesses arising from cold-wind qi, dispersing chill-born wind disorders.

3. 止心痛, 除陰囊下濕, 療面上百病, 去瘢痕.

   It eases chest pain, clears damp from beneath the groin, heals the hundred ailments of the face, and erases scars—long prized as a skin remedy.

4. 色白, 苗似黑附子.

   Its color is white and its sprout resembles that of the black aconite, which is why it is called white aconite.

5. 三月採根, 暴乾.

   The roots are dug in the third lunar month and sun-dried, harvested when spring qi has gathered into the root.

6. 入藥炮用. 《本草》

   Before use it must be roasted to temper its toxicity—never employed raw. 《Bencao》

7. 本經云, 生新羅, 卽我國所産, 今在處有之. 《俗方》

   The Shennong Bencao states it grows in Silla—that is, our own country—and even today it is found in many places, recorded with pride as a native medicine. 《Sokbang》