Glabrous greenbrier rhizome (TU FU LING)
Smilax glabra Roxb. (Fam. Liliaceae)
Pharmaceutical
Name:
Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae
Botanical Name:
Smilax glabra Roxb.
(Fam. Liliaceae)
Common
Name:
Glabrous greenbrier rhizome
Part
Used:
Dried rhizome
Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae is
grown in the southern part of China. It is collected in all seasons, dried in sunlight
after removal of the rootlets and earth, or sliced when it is fresh, and then
dried in sunlight.
Properties Taste & Meridians:
Sweet and neutral in flavor, neutral in
property, acts on the Liver and Stomach channels.
Functions:
Removes Dampness, counteracts
toxicity, and improves the mobility of joints.
Indications
& Combinations:
1. For limb and muscle pain in syphilis or mercury poisoning, it is
used alone in large quantities or with Flos Lonicerae (JinYin Hua), Cortex
Dictamni (Bai Xian Pi), and Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis (Gan Cao).
2. For dysuria with turbid discharge, morbid leukorrhea, and
carbuncles.
Dosage and administration:
15–60 g, decocted in water for
an oral dose.
Precautions:
None noted.
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