An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Smilax china

Smilax china

Common Name
Sarsaparilla; Squine; Chinaroot; Gadong china (China gadon); China Root; Pa Ch'Ia; Kinawortel; Chinawurzel; Gadong saberang (Exotic gadong; Chin Kang Ken; Ubat raja (Royal medicine); Akar restong (Sore-nose med.); Smilace; China; Saru-Tori-Ibara; Ba Qia; Wang Kua Ts'Ao; T'Ieh Ling Chio; Zarzaparilla

Activities

Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Rheumatism Europe *
Skin China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Skin India *
Stimulant India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stimulant Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Sudorific China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Syphilis Malaya *
Syphilis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Syphilis Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic Malaya *
Tumor India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urogenital China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Venereal Europe *