Tangaek — Decoctions · Trees
竹根 Daenamu Ppuri (대나무 뿌리)
Jukgeun is the rhizome of bamboo. The Wood section gives it its own line beside bamboo leaf, shoot and sap, saying no more than that it is simmered and drunk. Bamboo roots today belong less to the pharmacy than to shoot harvesting and craft material.
Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 3
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煮湯服. 除煩熱, 止渴補虛, 下氣消毒.
Decoct it and take it. It removes beonyeol (煩熱, vexing heat), quells thirst, supplements deficiency, sends qi downward, and disperses toxin.
HomiclubA bamboo's root is a rhizome running horizontally underground. New shoots rise from it, and those shoots are the bamboo shoots eaten as juksun.
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又主風痓. 《本草》
It also governs pungchi (風痓, wind tetany). 《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