昨葉荷草 바위솔 (작엽하초)

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

1. 性平, 味酸, 無毒.

   Its nature is neutral, its taste sour, and it is non-toxic. This makes it a relatively gentle herb to work with.

2. 主水穀血痢.

   It is used to treat dysentery in which undigested food passes with blood, known as sugok-hyeolli. Traditional physicians turned to this plant for chronic diarrhea and bloody bowel disorders.

3. 生年久瓦屋上, 遠望如松,

   It grows on the tiled roofs of old houses, and from a distance it looks like a pine tree. Its densely packed leaves form little pine-needle shapes.

4. 故一名瓦松.

   For this reason it is also called wasong, meaning pine-on-the-tiles. It is the same plant we today commonly call rock pine or houseleek.

5. 六月七月採, 日乾. 《本草》

   Harvest it in the sixth and seventh lunar months and dry it in the sun. Midsummer is when its medicinal power peaks, and this account comes from the Bencao.