獮猴桃 Hardy kiwi

Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 2

1. 性寒, 味酸甘, 無毒.

   Its nature is cold, its taste sour and sweet, and it is non-toxic.

2. 止暴渴, 解煩熱, 下石淋, 冷脾胃, 療熱壅反胃.

   It stops sudden thirst, resolves beonyeol (煩熱, vexing heat), brings down seokrim (石淋, stone strangury), cools the spleen and stomach, and treats banwi (反胃, stomach reflux) caused by pent-up heat.

3. 處處有之. 生山中, 作藤蔓, 延樹木上.

   It grows everywhere. It comes up in the mountains, forms a vine, and climbs up over trees.

4. 其實靑綠色, 形扁而大.

   Its fruit is blue-green, flat in shape and large.

   HomiclubThe 獮猴桃 of this entry is darae, the hardy kiwi native to Korean mountains. The fuzzy kiwifruit sold in shops is a different species of the same genus, bred in New Zealand and introduced in the twentieth century.

5. 初甚苦澁, 經霜始甘美, 乃可食之. 一名藤梨. 《本草》

   At first it is very bitter and astringent; only after frost does it turn sweet and good, and then it can be eaten. It is also called deungri (藤梨, vine pear). 《Boncho (本草)》