In fact, the old Smilax glabra soup is used to treat severe sores. It is said that Smilax glabra is an important drug for treating syphilis. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says Smilax glabra: "Treat swollen swollen scrofula of Myrica rubra." Although it is used to treat syphilis, the effect of Smilax glabra decoction on general "damp heat" is more obvious. Now it is mainly used to treat damp-heat sores, so it is often used with Dictamni Radicis, Kochia scoparia, Sophora flavescens and Atractylodes lancea.

Among many kinds of dampness-eliminating soups, Smilax glabra and Biejia decoction is a famous folk prescription.

According to Compendium of Materia Medica, Smilax glabra has the functions of "strengthening spleen and stomach, strengthening bones and muscles, expelling wind and removing dampness", while tortoise and turtle have the functions of nourishing yin and tonifying deficiency, and treating internal injuries such as fatigue and limb weakness.

Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae is matched with tortoise, and Radix Astragali, Fructus Lycii, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Fructus Jujubae, and Radix Codonopsis are added, which enhances the efficacy of clearing away damp heat, detoxicating and diuresis. But the turtle does not have to be cooked to remove dampness and Smilax glabra. Here we introduce two kinds of soup:

Stewed pork with pig bone soup

Raw materials: 50 grams of Smilax glabra, 500 grams of pig spine, lentils 15 grams, red beans 15 grams, and three candied dates.

Production: Wash the pig spine, add water to simmer the soup, skim the upper oil slick, and remove the pig bones when frying into about 3 bowls of soup. Wash Smilax glabra, slice it with gauze, put it into pork bone soup with washed lentils, red beans and candied dates, and cook until there are about 2 bowls of soup left.

The decoction has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, nourishing yin and benefiting marrow, and is especially suitable for diabetic patients. Pig bone, sweet in taste and flat in nature, can strengthen the waist and knees, benefit strength, strengthen weakness and strengthen bones and muscles, and is a good product for tonifying kidney. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Take it to supplement the bone marrow, which will benefit the fatigue."

Stewed water snake with Smilax glabra

Ingredients: Smilax glabra10g, water snake 50g, two red dates and a slice of ginger.

Production: cut the water snake into sections, wash it, and fly it with boiling water for later use. Scrape Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae into slices, put all the red dates, ginger slices, water snake segments and Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae slices into a stew pot, stew for 3 hours, and add salt to taste when drinking.