蛇莓 뱀딸기 (사매)

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1. 性大寒一云冷, 味甘酸, 有毒.

   성대한일운랭, 미감산, 유독.

   Its nature is very cold—some sources say merely cool—its taste sweet and sour, and it carries toxicity.

2. 主胸腹大熱,

   주흉복대열,

   It primarily treats severe heat lodged in the chest and abdomen, cooling the fire that rises from within.

3. 通月經,

   통월경,

   It is also said to open up obstructed menstruation, presumably by dispersing stagnation through its cooling quality.

4. 脇瘡腫,

   협창종,

   For sores and swellings on the flanks, it serves to subdue inflamed tissue heated by inner fire.

5. 付蛇蟲咬.

   부사충교.

   For snake or insect bites, the crushed plant is applied directly to the wound—an echo of the old pharmacological logic of like answering like.

6. 處處有之.

   처처유지.

   It grows everywhere, easily found along sunny paths and grassy edges where its red berries catch the eye.

7. 採莖根搗汁, 或飮或付. 《本草》

   채경근도즙, 혹음혹부. 《본초》

   Gather the stems and roots, pound them for juice, then drink it or apply it externally—a concise prescription from the Bencao that opens both an internal and an external path.