石榴 석류 (셕뉴)

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

1. 性溫, 味甘酸, 無毒.

   Its nature is warm, its taste sweet and sour, and it carries no toxicity.

2. 主咽燥渴.

   It mainly treats dryness of the throat and thirst.

3. 損人肺, 不可多食.

   However, it harms the lungs, so it should not be eaten in large amounts.

4. 生南方, 八九月採實.

   It grows in southern regions, and its fruit is harvested in the eighth or ninth lunar month.

5. 有甘酸二種, 甘者可食, 酸者入藥.

   There are two kinds, sweet and sour: the sweet one is for eating, while the sour one is used as medicine.

6. 多食損齒.

   Eating too much damages the teeth.

7. 石榴, 道家謂之三尸酒, 云三尸得此果則醉也. 《本草》

   Daoists call the pomegranate the wine of the three corpses, saying that the three parasitic spirits dwelling in the body become drunk when they taste this fruit. (Bencao)

8. 殼

   On the rind.

9. 味酸, 無毒.

   Its taste is sour and it has no toxicity.

10. 止漏精, 澁腸, 止赤白痢.

    It stops seminal leakage, astringes the intestines, and halts both red and white dysentery.

11. 須老木所結及陳久者, 佳.

    Those borne by old trees and well-aged specimens are considered the best.

12. 微炒用. 《本草》

    Use it after a light dry-frying. (Bencao)

13. 花

    On the flower.

14. 主心熱吐血及衄血.

    It mainly treats hematemesis and nosebleeds caused by heat in the heart.

15. 百葉尤良. 《本草》

    The hundred-petaled variety is especially good. (Bencao)

16. 東行根皮

    On the bark of roots that run eastward.

17. 療蛔蟲, 寸白蟲. 《本草》

    It expels roundworms and tapeworms. (Bencao)