Tangaek — Decoctions · Vegetables
苦瓠 Bottle gourd
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Goho is the bitter kind of bottle gourd. Gourds are usually hollowed into dippers or dried young into bakgoji strips, but bitter-tasting ones were set apart under this name. The text records outright that it carries poison, so it is not food.
Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 2
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性冷, 味苦, 有毒.
Its nature is cold, its taste is bitter, and it is toxic.
HomiclubGoho is the bitter sort of bottle gourd. Among gourds, cucumbers, and squashes an intensely bitter individual now and then appears, owing to bitter compounds called cucurbitacins. People of old likewise set such fruits aside and did not eat them.
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其瓤療大水, 面目四肢浮腫, 下水氣, 令人吐.
Its pulp treats daesu (大水, massive water swelling) and puffiness of the face, eyes, and limbs, drives water qi downward, and makes a person vomit.
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吐不止, 以黍穰灰汁解之. 《本草》
If the vomiting does not stop, it is resolved with lye made from millet-straw ash. 《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