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Sarsaparilla
| Common Name | Sarsaparilla |
| Genus / Species | Smilax ornata |
| Part Used | Root |
| Energetics | Sweet, mildly spicy, neutral |
| Meridians | Lung, stomach, kidney |
| Active Constituents | Saponin glycosides, sarsasaponin, parillin, smilasaponin Steroidal glycosides, sitosterol, sarsapogenin, simagenin, sarsaparilloside Essential oil Resin Bitter Starch Calcium lactate Trace minerals |
| Medicinal Uses | Detoxification: helpful for skin (including psoriasis) and rheumatism, as a blood purifier and lymph cleanser. Anaemia Relieves infertility, impotence Ulcers |
