蓮實 연밥 (연실)

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

1. 性平寒, 味甘, 無毒.

   Its nature is neutral leaning cool, the taste sweet, and it carries no toxicity.

2. 養氣力, 除百疾, 補五藏, 止渴, 止痢, 益神安心.

   It nourishes vitality, dispels myriad ailments, tonifies the five viscera, relieves thirst and dysentery, and calms the spirit.

3. 多食令人喜. 《本草》

   Eating a generous amount lifts the mood, as recorded in the Bencao.

4. 補十二經氣血. 《入門》

   It replenishes the qi and blood of all twelve meridians, the Ipmun records.

5. 一名水芝丹, 一名瑞蓮, 亦謂之藕實.

   It is also called sujidan or seoryeon, and likewise known as uisil.

6. 其皮黑而沈水者, 謂之石蓮.

   When the husk is black and sinks beneath the water, it is called seokryeon, the stone lotus.

7. 入水必沈, 惟煎鹽鹵能浮之.

   Placed in water it always sinks; only boiling brine can make it float.

8. 處處有之, 生池澤中.

   It grows everywhere, taking root in ponds and marshes.

9. 八月九月, 取堅黑者.

   Harvest the firm, blackened seeds in the eighth and ninth lunar months.

10. 用生則脹人腹中, 蒸食之良. 《本草》

    Eaten raw it bloats the belly, so the Bencao advises steaming first.

11. 其葉爲荷, 其莖爲茄, 其本爲蔤.

    The leaf is named ha, the stalk ga, and the rhizome base mil.

12. 其花未發爲菡萏, 已發爲芙蓉,

    The unopened bud is called handam, while the fully bloomed flower is buyong.

13. 其實爲蓮, 其根爲藕, 其中爲的,

    The fruit is yeon, the root u, and the kernel within is called jeok.

14. 的中有靑長二分爲薏, 味苦者是也.

    At the center of jeok sits a green sprout about two fen long called ui, the bitter part of the seed.

15. 芙蕖, 其總名也. 《本草》

    Bugeo is the umbrella term for all these parts, according to the Bencao.

16. 凡用, 白蓮爲佳. 《日用》

    For medicinal use, white lotus seed is the finest, the Iryong notes.

17. 藕汁

    U-jeup, the juice pressed from lotus root.

18. 性溫, 味甘, 無毒.

    Warm in nature, sweet in taste, and non-toxic.

19. 藕者, 蓮根也.

    U refers to the root of the lotus.

20. 止吐血, 消瘀血.

    It stops the vomiting of blood and disperses stagnant blood clots.

21. 生食, 主霍亂後虛渴.

    Eaten raw it eases the deficient thirst that follows acute gastroenteritis.

22. 蒸食, 甚補五藏, 實下焦.

    Steamed, it strongly tonifies the five viscera and firms up the lower jiao.

23. 與蜜同食, 令人腹藏肥, 不生諸蟲.

    Taken together with honey, it enriches the belly and keeps various parasites from arising.

24. 除煩, 止泄, 解酒毒, 壓食, 及病後熱渴.

    It clears vexing heat, halts diarrhea, resolves alcohol toxicity, eases food stagnation, and quenches the fever-thirst that follows illness.

25. 節性冷, 解熱毒, 消瘀血.

    The root nodes are cool in nature, neutralizing heat toxins and dispersing blood stasis.

26. 昔宋太官, 誤削藕皮, 落羊血中, 其䘓不成.

    Long ago a Song palace cook accidentally let a lotus peel fall into sheep's blood, and the blood would no longer congeal.

27. 乃知藕能散血也. 《本草》

    From this it was understood that lotus root truly disperses blood, the Bencao records.

28. 荷葉

    Hayeop, the leaf of the lotus.

29. 止渴, 落胞, 殺蕈毒.

    It quenches thirst, aids the delivery of the placenta, and neutralizes mushroom poisoning.

30. 主血脹腹痛.

    It treats abdominal swelling and pain caused by blood congestion.

31. 荷鼻, 性平, 味苦, 無毒.

    Habi is neutral in nature, bitter in taste, and free of toxicity.

32. 主血痢. 安胎, 去惡血,

    It treats bloody dysentery, settles the fetus, and clears away foul blood.

33. 卽荷葉蔕也. 謂之荷鼻. 《本草》

    It is the leafstalk base of the lotus leaf, and is called habi in the Bencao.

34. 蓮花

    Yeonhwa, the lotus blossom itself.

35. 性煖, 無毒.

    Warm in nature and non-toxic.

36. 鎭心, 輕身, 駐顔.

    It calms the heart, lightens the body, and preserves a youthful complexion.

37. 入香甚妙.

    Blended into incense, its fragrance turns wonderfully fine.

38. 一名佛座鬚, 卽蓮花蘂也. 《正傳》

    Also called buljwasu, it refers to the lotus stamen, the Jeongjeon notes.

39. 蓮花蘂, 澁精氣. 《入門》

    The lotus stamen astringes essence and qi so they are not lost, the Ipmun records.

40. 蓮薏

    Yeon-ui, the green germ inside the lotus seed, also called yeonsim.

41. 的中有靑爲薏.

    The green sprout lodged at the center of the seed kernel is what is called ui.

42. 味甚苦, 食之令人霍亂. 《本草》

    Its taste is intensely bitter, and reckless consumption can bring on acute gastroenteritis, the Bencao warns.

43. 薏, 蓮心也.

    Ui is the inner heart of the lotus seed, commonly known as yeonsim.

44. 治心熱, 及血疾作渴, 幷暑月霍亂. 《局方》

    It cools heart heat, relieves thirst from blood disorders, and quells summer-season acute gastroenteritis, the Gukbang records.