葎草 한삼덩굴 (율초)

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

1. 性寒, 味甘, 無毒.

   Its nature is cold, its taste sweet, and it is non-toxic — a cooling herb well suited to clearing heat.

2. 主五淋.

   It treats the Five Lin disorders — a traditional grouping of urinary ailments marked by painful, frequent, or difficult urination.

3. 止水痢,

   It stops watery diarrhea, easing cases where loose stools will not settle.

4. 除瘧,

   It dispels malarial fevers — the alternating chills and heat that classical sources call nüe.

5. 主癩瘡.

   It addresses festering sores and ulcerating skin lesions.

6. 處處有之, 蔓生.

   It grows everywhere as a climbing vine, easily found along roadsides and fallow ground.

7. 夏月採莖, 葉用. 《本草》

   In summer the stems and leaves are gathered for use, when the plant is at its most vigorous. So it is recorded in the Bencao.