(Guizhou Herbs)

Smilax glabra, Smilax glabra.

It comes from the rhizome of Smilax China of Liliaceae.

Plant morphology Smilax brevipes

Deciduous climbing shrubs. The underground stems are massive, and the stems are sparsely small barbed or spineless. The leaves are leathery, alternate, narrowly ovate or ovoid-elliptic, 3 ~ 7 cm long and1.5 ~ 3 cm wide, with a short tip, a round or slightly heart-shaped base and 5 basal veins. Petiole sheath-shaped, reddish brown; Stipules are in the shape of broad pendulous ears. Umbellies are axillary, with 2 small flowers attached to the total pedicel; Perianth lobes 6, separated. Berries are spherical and blue-black. Flowering in May.

Born on a sunny hillside. Distributed in Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Shaanxi and other places.

The rhizome of this plant is sometimes used as a rhizome in Shaanxi Province.

Collect summer and autumn harvest.

Sexual taste is light and slightly astringent, flat.

Functions: clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, tonifying deficiency and benefiting injury, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding.

Recipe 1: Treating tuberculosis, weakness and thinness: one or two roots of Smilax glabra and hungry leeches, and five roots of Yan Wang. Stewed chicken or stewed turtle.

② Treatment of rheumatism: Smilax glabra, Lygodium japonicum root cost five yuan each, Gracilaria lemaneiformis five points, iron chopsticks three points, pine root San Qian, soaked in wine.

③ Treatment of bloody collapse: Smilax glabra, closing the door at night and abacus root. The root of cinnabar lotus is five yuan each, and the water is simmered.

Remind you: Smilax China, a Chinese herbal medicine, comes from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before using it.