Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.04-11-2019

Chinaroot

Plant

English

Chinaroot, Chinese smilax, Green brier, Sarsaparilla

Latin

Smilax glabra Roxb.

Plantparts

creeping rootstalks, Roots, Tuberous roots, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Antiarthritic, Anti-dysenteric, Anti-gout, Antisyphilitic, aphrodisiac, Arthritis, Arthrosis, Bloody flux, care of the skin, Cephalagia, Cephalalgia, dysentery, Good for skin, good for the stomach, Gout, headache, Headaches, head pains, Icterus, Increases sexual desire, Inflammed joints, Jaundice, Joint inflammation, Joint inflammations, Love drug, paralysis, Perfect skin, Pick-me-up, Psychostimulants, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Scrofulosis, Sexual diseases, Sexually transmitted disease, Sexually transmitted infections, Skin-care, skin tonic, social disease, soothes headaches, stimulant, Stimulants, stimulating, stomach atony, stomach debility, Stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach tonic, syphilis, Used as a stimulant, venereal disease, Venereal diseases, weak stomach

Cancer

Anti-cancer, Anti-carciogenic, Anti-cariogenic, Cancer, Malignant neoplasm, Malignant tumor

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM: Heat-clearing, TCM: Relieve dampness, TCM MERIDIAN: Liver, TCM MERIDIAN: Stomach, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in Chaoshan, China, Phytomedical use in Vietnam

Ingredients

 (-)-Epicatechin, Daucosterol, Epicatechin, Resveratrol, saponin, starch, sugar, Taxifolin

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0606

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