虎杖根 감뎻불휘 (호장근)

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

1. 性微溫一云平

   Its nature is slightly warm, though some sources describe it as neutral.

2. 味苦

   The taste is bitter.

3. 無毒

   It is non-toxic.

4. 破留血癥結

   It breaks up stagnant blood and dissolves hardened masses within the body.

5. 通利月水

   It promotes smooth and regular menstrual flow.

6. 下産後惡血

   It expels residual lochia and impure blood after childbirth.

7. 排膿

   It drains pus, supporting the healing of wounds.

8. 主瘡癤癰毒

   It treats sores, boils, and toxic swellings of the skin.

9. 撲損瘀血

   It resolves bruising and blood stasis from blows or injuries.

10. 利小便

    It promotes urination.

11. 通五淋

    It relieves the five types of stranguria, conditions marked by difficult or obstructed urination.

12. 一名苦杖

    It is also called gojang, meaning bitter staff.

13. 一名大蟲杖

    Another name is daechungjang, literally tiger staff, referring to its striped stem.

14. 莖如竹笋狀

    The stem resembles a young bamboo shoot in shape.

15. 上有赤斑點

    It is marked with red spots along the stem, making it easy to identify.

16. 處處有之

    It grows commonly throughout the land.

17. 二月八月採

    It is harvested in the second and eighth lunar months.

18. 《本草》

    From the Bencao, the classical materia medica.