1. The efficacy and role of Smilax Poria: clearing away heat, detoxifying, dehumidifying, and benefiting the joints.

2. Smilax cocos has a sweet, light and flat taste, enters the liver meridian and stomach meridian, and has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, dehumidifying and benefiting the joints. Clinically, it can be used for damp-heat sores, eczema, scrofula, syphilis and other diseases. For damp-heat sores or eczema, it can be used in combination with heat-clearing, detoxifying, and dehumidifying drugs such as vitiligo, sophora flavescens, and kochia chinensis. For scrofula, it can be used in conjunction with drugs such as Prunella vulgaris. It is also used in modern medicine to treat leptospirosis and can be used in combination with Sanguisorba, Artemisia annua and other drugs. In addition, Smilax cocos is also used for rheumatic heat paralysis, joint pain, difficulty in flexion and extension, and short and astringent urine or leucorrhea caused by dampness and heat. It can be used in conjunction with clematis, honeysuckle and other drugs. Smilax poria also has a certain detoxification effect on chronic mercury poisoning.