"Unprecedented Discovery" 180-Year-Old 12kg Herbal Medicine 'Hasuo' Found

Vine Plants... Used as Medicinal Herbs in Korea and China
Mother and Child Found During Hike in Miryang

The Korea Traditional Simmani Association announced that an extra-large Haseuo root was discovered on Jognamsan Mountain in Miryang, Gyeongnam, according to Yonhap News on the 14th.

Haseuo, a vine plant, is used as a medicinal root in Korea, China, and other countries.

Mother and son Park Pil-soon and Choi Yong-won who canned extra-large Hwangsuo / Photo by Yonhap News

Miryang residents Park Pil-soon (64) and Choi Yong-won (43), a mother and son, found a total of 40kg of Haseuo roots during a hike on Jognamsan Mountain on the 8th, including one root weighing 12kg and another weighing 9kg.

Jung Hyung-beom, president of the Korea Traditional Simmani Association, described this Haseuo root as a "record-breaking giant."

President Jung stated, "(Haseuo) usually takes 10 years to grow to the size of a fist, but judging by the thickness of the stem, the root discovered this time is estimated to have grown for more than 180 years."

He added, "Until now, the largest root found domestically was 9.5kg in Geoje, Gyeongnam, but this record has now been broken."

Park Pil-soon and Choi Yong-won harvested giant heshouwu from Zhongnanshan / Photo by Yonhap News

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