Smilax Chi, Chinaroot Greenbrier Rhizome
Rhizoma Smilacis Chinae, Radix Smilacis
Ba Qia

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; slightly bitter; astringent; calm

Part(s) used

Rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of rheumatic or rheumatoid arthralgia with numbness of the limbs, muscle contracture and limitation of motion, fish bone stuck in the throat.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

1. inhibiting the growth of stanphylococcus aureus and shigella dysenteriae.2. protoanemonin antagonizes histamine-induced bronchospasm and ileospam of guinea-pigs in vitro.