大蒜 마늘 (대산)

Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 2

1. 性溫一云熱, 味辛, 有毒.

   Its nature is warm, though some sources say hot. The flavor is pungent and it carries toxicity.

2. 主散癰腫, 除風濕, 去瘴氣, 爛痃癖, 破冷除風, 建脾溫胃, 止霍亂轉筋, 辟溫疫, 療勞瘧, 去蠱毒, 療蛇蟲傷.

   It disperses abscesses and swellings, expels wind-damp, drives off miasmic vapors, and breaks up abdominal masses. It dispels cold and wind, strengthens the spleen, and warms the stomach. It stops cholera with cramping, wards off epidemic fevers, treats taxation malaria, removes parasitic toxins, and heals snake and insect bites.

3. 園圃皆種之, 經年者良.

   It is widely cultivated in gardens and vegetable plots, and bulbs that have aged over a year are considered the best for medicine.

4. 五月五日採.

   It is harvested on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

5. 蒜, 葷菜也.

   Garlic belongs to the pungent vegetables known as hun, those with a strong odor avoided in monastic diets.

6. 今人謂葫爲大蒜, 性最葷臭, 不可食.

   People today call the variety hu the great garlic; its nature is the most acrid and malodorous, and it should not be eaten freely.

7. 久食傷肝損目.

   Long-term consumption injures the liver and weakens the eyes.

8. 獨顆者, 謂之獨頭蒜, 殺鬼去痛.

   A bulb consisting of a single clove is called single-headed garlic; it dispels malign spirits and relieves pain.

9. 灸癰疽方, 多用之.

   It is frequently used in moxibustion recipes for treating abscesses and carbuncles.

10. 久食能淸血, 令髮早白. 《本草》

    Prolonged use clarifies the blood, yet it also causes the hair to turn white prematurely. From the Bencao.

11. 小蒜

    On small garlic.

12. 性溫一云熱, 味辛, 有小毒.

    Its nature is warm, said by some to be hot, with a pungent flavor and slight toxicity.

13. 歸脾腎.

    It enters the spleen and kidney channels.

14. 溫中, 消穀, 止霍亂吐瀉, 治蠱毒, 付蛇蟲傷.

    It warms the middle, aids digestion, and stops vomiting and diarrhea from cholera. It treats parasitic toxins and is applied to snake and insect bites.

15. 一名蒚, 根名薍子.

    It is also called ge, and its root is named wanzi.

16. 生山中.

    It grows wild in the mountains.

17. 爾雅云, 菜之美者, 有雲夢之葷, 根苗皆如葫而細小, 亦甚葷臭.

    The Erya states that among the finest vegetables is the pungent herb of Yunmeng; its root and shoots resemble hu but are smaller and finer, and its pungent odor is equally strong.

18. 五月五日採. 《本草》

    It is gathered on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. From the Bencao.

19. 野蒜

    On wild garlic.

20. 性味功用, 略與小蒜同.

    Its nature, flavor, and uses are broadly the same as those of small garlic.

21. 多生田野中, 似蒜而極細小, 人採食之. 《俗方》

    It grows abundantly in fields and open country, resembling garlic but extremely small and slender, and people gather and eat it. From the Sokbang.