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.
