Blackfruit Greenbrier
Smilax Glaucochina
Hei Guo Ba Qia

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Rhizome or tender leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind, clear heat, disinhibit damp, resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-damp impediment, pain in lumbus and legs, knocks and falls, dribbling and inhibited voidings of urination, scrofula, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, ulcer of lower limb.