羊躑躅 양척촉 (양척촉)

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

1. 性溫, 味辛, 有大毒.

   Its nature is warm, its taste pungent, and it carries strong toxicity—a powerful drug not to be handled lightly.

2. 主溫瘧鬼疰蠱毒.

   It treats warm-type malaria, mysterious wasting illnesses (gwiju), and poisoning from venomous insects (godok)—diseases the ancients reached for this drug to cure when little else worked.

3. 卽今躑躅花也.

   This is none other than the cheokchok flower we know today—the azalea that paints spring mountains red, though as medicine it shows an entirely different face.

4. 羊誤食躑躅而死, 故以爲名.

   Sheep that mistakenly graze on it stagger and die, which is how it earned the name 'sheep-staggering flower'—the name itself stands as a warning of its potency.

5. 三四月採, 乾. 《本草》

   The flowers are gathered in the third or fourth month and carefully dried for use, as recorded in the Bencao.