Side effects of Smilax glabra

Smilax glabra is a shrub that grows mostly on hillsides. When used as medicine, most people only choose its dried rhizomes. People often dig up wild yam in summer and autumn, remove its whiskers, wash it, dry it, and then use the rhizomes as medicine. Some people will cut the wild yam into slices and dry it while it is fresh for use as medicine. The rhizome of Smilax glabra is irregular in shape and has nodular protrusions. The surface will appear yellow-brown.

After the rhizome of Chinese yam is used as medicine, people can detoxify by taking it. Chinese yam also contains starch, so it can be used to make delicious pastries or make wine. Although Chinese yam has many benefits for people, many people still want to know whether it has any side effects. Today I will share with you the side effects of Chinese yam.

What are the side effects of wild yam? According to traditional Chinese medicine, some people are allergic to the Chinese medicine wild yam, and taking medicines containing wild yam will cause skin itching and papules.

【Contraindications of taking Smilax glabra】

Patients with liver and kidney yin deficiency should take with caution. The Chinese medicine of Smilax glabra caused allergic reaction, itching of the skin all over the body, and scattered erythematous papules of different sizes. No allergic symptoms occurred after removing the wild yam from the original formula, but if the wild yam was added back, the allergic symptoms reappeared.

① "Wan's Family Prescriptions": "Do not use iron tools."

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Avoid drinking tea when taking this medicine."

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Do not take it if you have liver and kidney yin deficiency."

The folk remedies of Chinese yam for treating diseases:

1. To treat myrica rubra: boil one liang or five qian of wild yam in water or wine. (Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan)

2. To treat rheumatism that lasts for ten to twenty years, and swelling and pain in the tendons and bones caused by blisters: 3 pounds of wild yam, 2 cents of Sichuan pepper, 3 cents of licorice, 1 pound of black lead, and 3 cents of green ivy. Put the medicine in a bag and cook it with good wine. (Red Water Pearl)

3. To treat hematuria: 50 cents each of wild yam and tea root. Decoction in water with white sugar as a guide. (Jiangxi Herbal Medicine)

4. To treat rheumatic bone pain, sores and swelling: peel one pound of wild yam, stew it with pork, and take it with the residue in several times. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

5. To treat pain caused by wind and wind poison sores and tinea: 8 liang of wild yam (not suitable for iron containers). Pound it into fine powder in a stone mortar, add one dou of glutinous rice, steam it, and add white wine to make pure liquor. Both the liquor and the dregs are edible. (Smilax glabra wine from Wan's Family Prescriptions)

6. To treat severe toxic sores with redness and swelling, before they develop: grind Chinese yam into fine powder, mix with good vinegar and apply on the affected area. (Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan)

7. To treat scrofula ulcers: cut cold rice balls into slices or grind them into powder, and decoct them in water. Or you can add it to porridge and eat it. It is best to eat more. Avoid iron objects and irritating foods. (Jidetang Experience Prescription)

8. Treatment of dermatitis: 2 to 3 liang of wild yam. Boil in water and drink as tea. (Jiangxi Herbal Medicine)

9. To treat women's menorrhagia and leucorrhea: stew Chinese yam in water and add red sugar to treat menorrhagia and white sugar to treat leucorrhea. (Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan)

10. To treat infantile malnutrition with sallow complexion, thin body, big belly, irritability and crying, silent crying, loss of appetite, irregular bowel movements, and rough skin: 3 grams of wild yam and 3 grams of wild cotton root. Grind into fine powder, add 2 taels of pork liver and stew with water, or drink with rice soup. (Collection of Simple and Proven Prescriptions of Herbal Medicine)

11. To treat goiter: 50 cents of wild yam, 30 cents each of golden lock and silver lily and Dioscorea bulbifera, 50 cents of white hairy vine, 40 cents each of blackberry root and dandelion, and licorice.

The above is an introduction to the side effects of Chinese yam and some Chinese herbal medicine prescriptions for treating diseases. From the above, we can see that Chinese yam has many benefits to the human body and its medicinal value is also very high. However, people with poor liver and kidney function should not take Chinese yam. Also remember not to drink tea when taking Tu Fuling.