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

Rev.11-03-2021

China-root

Plant

English

China-root, China

Latin

Smilax china LINN.

Plantparts

foliage, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Alterative, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, care of the skin, Carminative, Carminativum, Cleanses the blood, Clears gas, depurant, Depurative, Diaphoretic, diuretic, Fart, flatulence, flatulency, Flatus, Gas, Good for skin, Herbal tonic, hidrotic, improve the complexion, Induce sweating, intestinal gas, Perfect skin, purify blood, purify the blood, Scrofula, Scrofulosis, Sexual diseases, Sexually transmitted disease, Sexually transmitted infections, Skin-care, skin tonic, social disease, sudorific, sweat-inducing, to cleanse the blood, Tonic, venereal disease, venereal diseases, wind

Cancer

Anti-carcinogenic, anticarcinogenig, Anticarcinomic, antineoplastic, Anti-tumor, Anti-tumor activity, Neoplasm, tumor, tumor-inhibiting, Tumor inhibition, tumor-reducing, Tumors, Tumour, Tumour inhibition

Foods

tea substitute

Other uses

colouring, Dye, Dyeing, Used to dye different types of fibres

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM: Swollen poison, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in Chaoshan, China, Phytomedical used in Taiwan, China

Ingredients

 cinchonine, diosgenin, fat, Oleic acid, resin, rutin, tannin

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn4541

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