地衣 Haeinitgi (해인잇기)

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

1. 性冷, 微毒, 主卒心痛, 中惡.

   Its nature is cold and it is slightly toxic; it governs sudden heart pain and jungak (中惡, malign stroke).

   HomiclubJi-yi was the old name for the moss that springs up on shaded, damp ground. The modern botanical term jiuiryu (地衣類, lichens) uses the same graphs, but what the text points to here is ground moss in general.

2. 此陰濕地, 被日曬, 起苔蘚, 是也. 大抵苔之類也.

   This is what forms when shaded, damp ground is struck by sunlight and moss rises upon it. Broadly speaking it belongs to the moss family.

3. 生屋則謂之屋遊ㆍ瓦苔, 在垣墻則謂之垣衣ㆍ土馬騣, 在地則謂之地衣, 在井則謂之井苔, 在水中石上則謂之陟釐. 《本草》

   When it grows on a roof it is called ogyu (屋遊) or watae (瓦苔); on a wall, wonui (垣衣) or tomajong (土馬騣); on the ground, ji-yi (地衣); in a well, jeongtae (井苔); and on stones in water, cheokri (陟釐). 《Boncho (本草)》

   HomiclubHere a single kind of moss is split into five names according to where it grows. The herb section of the Donguibogam also gives several of these names their own separate entries.