What are the effects of Tu Fuling?

For us, Tu Fuling is an unfamiliar name. Tu Fuling is a traditional Chinese medicine with many effects and functions. We usually know very little about Tu Fuling, but we need it in our lives. Everyone has many problems in their body. Of course, these problems sometimes require treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and the help of traditional Chinese medicine. So what is Tu Fuling used for? Let’s find out together! Let’s take a look at the effects of Chinese yam.

This product is sweet and mild, and can detoxify, eliminate dampness, and open up joints. It can also detoxify mercury. Therefore, it is especially effective for patients with syphilis or those who suffer from limb cramps and muscle and bone pain due to mercury poisoning caused by taking syphilis preparations. It is an important medicine for treating syphilis.

This product is sweet and mild in nature, and can penetrate and promote digestion, detoxify and eliminate dampness, so it can be used for symptoms such as hot stranguria, leucorrhea, eczema and wet sores caused by damp heat. It is often used together with Akebia, Polygonum multiflorum, Taraxacum mongolicum and Plantago seed to treat heat stranguria.

This product can clear away heat and detoxify, and can also reduce swelling and resolve nodules. For example, "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" grinds this product into fine powder and mixes it with good vinegar for application to treat carbuncle, swelling and ulceration; Anti-cancer effect "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that Chinese yam has the effect of treating malignant sores and carbuncle. Various Chinese oncologists list Chinese yam as a commonly used medicine for treating bladder tumors. However, Smilax glabra alone had no significant inhibitory effect on the occurrence of BBN (carcinogen) bladder tumors, and more squamous cell tumors occurred.

Anti-atherosclerotic effect: Red Poria cocos extract (mainly containing steroidal saponins) can significantly reduce the incidence of experimental atherosclerotic plaques in quails without affecting serum cholesterol concentration. Smilax glabra is sweet, mild and non-toxic, suitable for long-term use. The experimental results suggest that it may become a new drug against atherosclerosis.

In this way, we have an understanding of the efficacy of Wild Smilax glabra. Usually we don’t pay attention to these details, because a lot of knowledge about traditional Chinese medicine is difficult for us to understand, so we don’t learn much about it. Now through this article we have gained more knowledge, and we have a deeper understanding and knowledge of this traditional Chinese medicine.