胡荽 고수 (호유)

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1. 性溫一云平, 味辛, 微毒.

   성온일운평, 미신, 미독.

   Its nature is warm (some say neutral), its taste pungent, with slight toxicity.

2. 消穀, 通小腸氣, 通心竅.

   소곡, 통소장기, 통심규.

   It aids the digestion of grains, unblocks the qi of the small intestine, and opens the orifices of the heart.

3. 療沙疹豌豆瘡不出.

   요사진완두창불출.

   It treats measles and smallpox rashes that fail to surface, helping them break out properly.

4. 生園圃中. 人多生食.

   생원포중. 인다생식.

   It grows in vegetable gardens, and people commonly eat it raw.

5. 亦是葷菜, 久食, 損人精神, 令多忘, 發腋臭.

   역시훈채, 구식, 손인정신, 영다망, 발액취.

   It is also classified as a pungent herb; prolonged consumption harms one's spirit, causes forgetfulness, and brings on body odor under the arms.

6. 北方人避石勒諱胡, 號爲香荽. 《本草》

   북방인피석륵휘호, 호위향유. 《본초》

   Northerners, avoiding the taboo on the character hu in the name of Shi Le, called this plant xiangsui instead. (Bencao)

7. 子

   자

   The seeds of the coriander plant.

8. 主小兒禿瘡及五痔.

   주소아독창급오치.

   It is chiefly used to treat scalp sores in children and the five kinds of hemorrhoids.

9. 療食肉中毒下血, 能發瘡疹不出. 《本草》

   요식육중독하혈, 능발창진불출. 《본초》

   It treats meat poisoning that brings on bloody stools, and can draw out rashes that fail to surface. (Bencao)