黃蘗 Hwangbyeongnamu Kkeopjil (황벽나무 껍질)

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

1. 性寒, 味苦, 無毒. 主五藏腸胃中結熱, 黃疸, 腸痔.

   Its nature is cold, its taste bitter, and it is non-toxic. It governs bound heat in the five jang (五藏) and in the intestines and stomach, jaundice, and jangchi (腸痔, intestinal haemorrhoids).

   HomiclubHwangbyeok is the inner bark of the Amur cork tree. Stripping the coarse outer bark reveals a vivid yellow layer, whence the alternative name hwangbaek (黃柏), and that yellow was also used to dye paper and cloth.

2. 療泄痢, 女子漏下赤白, 陰蝕瘡.

   It treats diarrhoea and dysentery, red and white discharge in women, and eroding sores of the genitals.

3. 殺疳蟲, 疥癬, 治目熱赤痛, 口瘡, 除骨蒸勞熱.

   It kills gamchung (疳蟲, gan worms), scabies, and ringworm, treats hot, red, painful eyes and mouth sores, and removes bone-steaming and taxation heat.

4. 生山中, 處處有之. 五月六月採皮, 去皺麄, 暴乾. 《本草》

   It grows in the mountains and is found everywhere. In the fifth and sixth months the bark is stripped, the wrinkled coarse layer removed, and it is dried in the sun. 《Boncho (本草)》

   HomiclubThe Amur cork tree grows in Korean hills as a tall member of the citrus family. Its trunk is sheathed in a thick, spongy corky layer that identifies it at a touch.

5. 俗名黃柏, 鮮黃色厚者佳. 足少陰ㆍ手厥陰本經藥, 足太陽引經藥也.

   It is commonly called hwangbaek (黃柏), and pieces of a vivid yellow and thick are good. It is a channel-proper medicine for the foot soeum and hand gwoleum, and a channel-guiding medicine for the foot taeyang.

6. 又瀉膀胱火, 亦治龍火, 有瀉火補陰之功. 《丹心》

   It also drains fire from the bladder and treats yonghwa (龍火, dragon fire), having the merit of draining fire and supplementing eum (陰, yin). 《Dansim (丹心)》

7. 銅刀削去麄皮, 蜜水浸半日, 取出灸乾用. 又云, 入下部鹽酒炒, 火盛者, 童便浸蒸. 《入門》

   Pare off the coarse bark with a copper knife, steep it in honey water for half a day, then take it out, roast it dry, and use it. It is also said that to send it to the lower body one parches it with salt and liquor, and for those with exuberant fire one steeps it in dongbyeon (童便, boy's urine) and steams it. 《Ipmun (入門)》

8. 銅刀切片, 蜜炒ㆍ酒炒ㆍ人乳汁炒ㆍ童便炒, 或生用, 大治陰虛. 《回春》

   Slice it with a copper knife and parch it with honey, with liquor, with human milk, or with dongbyeon (童便); or use it raw. It greatly treats eum (陰) vacuity. 《Hoechun (回春)》