萊菔 무 (내복)

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

1. 性溫一云冷, 一云平, 味辛甘, 無毒.

   Its nature is warm — some say cool, others say neutral. The taste is pungent and sweet, with no toxicity.

2. 消食, 去痰癖, 止消渴, 利關節, 練五藏惡氣.

   It aids digestion, clears phlegm lodged in the chest, quenches thirst, eases the joints, and disperses harmful qi from the five organs.

3. 治肺痿吐血, 勞瘦咳嗽.

   It treats lung wasting with blood-spitting, as well as the dry cough that comes with consumptive emaciation.

4. 處處種之, 常食之菜也.

   It is planted everywhere and eaten daily — a vegetable always on the table.

5. 此物下氣最速, 久服澁榮衛, 令鬚髮早白.

   Nothing brings qi downward faster than this; yet long-term overuse dulls the circulation of nourishing and defensive qi, turning beard and hair white before their time.

6. 俗名蘿葍, 亦曰蘆菔, 以能制來麰麪毒, 故亦名萊菔. 《本草》

   Commonly called nabok, also called nobok. Because it can neutralize the harmful effects of barley and wheat flour, it is also named naebok. 《Bencao》

7. 子

   On the seed — known as nabokja, the radish seed.

8. 治膨脹積聚, 利五藏及大小二便.

   It treats abdominal distension and inner masses, opens the five organs, and frees both bowel and bladder.

9. 又硏末飮服, 吐風痰甚效.

   Ground fine and taken with water, it is highly effective in expelling wind-phlegm through vomiting.

10. 菘子黑, 蔓菁子紫赤, 大小相似.

    Cabbage seed is black, turnip seed a purplish red, and the two are close in size.

11. 惟蘿葍子黃赤色, 大數倍, 復不圓也. 《本草》

    Only the radish seed is a yellowish red, several times larger, and not quite round — easy to tell apart at a glance. 《Bencao》