菰根 줄풀 뿌리 (고근)

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

1. 性大寒, 味甘, 無毒.

   Its nature is very cold, its taste sweet, and it carries no toxicity, making it well suited for cooling internal heat.

2. 主腸胃痼熱,

   It is chiefly used to treat chronic, deep-seated heat lodged in the stomach and intestines.

3. 止消渴,

   It relieves the unquenchable thirst of xiaoke syndrome, which corresponds to the chronic thirst seen in diabetes today.

4. 除目黃,

   It clears the yellowing of the eyes that accompanies jaundice.

5. 利大小便.

   It promotes the smooth passage of both urine and stool, helping the body clear out waste.

6. 止熱痢.

   It halts dysentery and diarrhea caused by accumulated heat.

7. 療酒㾴面赤.

   It treats rosacea-like flushing and the red, roughened nose brought on by drinking.

8. 然滑中, 不可多食.

   That said, it loosens the bowels, so it should not be taken in large amounts.

9. 生水中, 葉如蔗荻,

   It grows in water, and its leaves resemble those of sugarcane or reeds.

10. 久根盤厚.

    Long-established roots coil and thicken into a dense mat.

11. 夏月生菌堪食, 名菰菜.

    In summer it sends up tender shoots fit to eat, called guchae — known today as the jiaobai vegetable used in Chinese cooking.

12. 三年已上, 中心生白臺如藕,

    Plants more than three years old send up a white, lotus-root-like stalk from their center.

13. 白軟堪啖. 名菰首.

    It is white and tender enough to eat raw, and it goes by the name gosu.

14. 至秋結實, 乃彫胡米, 可作飯.

    In autumn it bears grain called diaohu rice, which can be cooked into a meal — once counted among the six esteemed grains of old China.

15. 《本草》

    Drawn from the Bencao (Materia Medica).