Tu Fu Ling
| Tu Fu Ling in TCM:Explore the properties of Tu Fu Ling according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: smilax, glabrous greenbrier rhizome
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae
Properties: sweet, bland, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: ST, LV
Flavors: toxic
Special Properties:
clears damp
Actions / Indications:
- Relieves toxicity; leeches out damp (damp-heat skin
lesions, psoriasis, joint pain, turbid painful urination; jaundice,
damp-heat vaginal discharge, topically or internally administered)
- Treats syphillis; mercury toxicity (directly treats
syphillis and secondary problems of syphilis, counters mercury toxicity
such as cramped limbs; modern use for mercury toxicity of amalgam dental
fillings and leptospirosis)
Special Notes:
- It has been reported that drinking tea often while consuming tu fu ling may result in hair loss (type of tea not specified).
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