Smilax glabra is a common Chinese herbal medicine with mild nature. After soaking in water, Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae can play the roles of detoxification and dehumidification, dredging joints, invigorating spleen and calming nerves, and can improve edema, dysuria and other diseases. It can also treat mental fatigue, weakness of limbs, loss of appetite and abdominal distension caused by spleen deficiency.

Smilax glabra soaked in water not only has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, removing dampness and benefiting joints, but also can treat damp-heat sores, eczema, syphilis and other diseases. For damp-heat sores or eczema, it can be combined with heat-clearing and detoxicating herbs such as tinea alba, Sophora flavescens and Kochia scoparia.

However, it needs to be applied under the guidance of a doctor in the process of taking medicine, and it should be avoided to take it with spicy food.