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Smilax tonduzii F.W.Apt Smilax vanilliodora F.W.Apt Smilax officinalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Smilacaceae , native to southern Central America and northwest South America; Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador. [ 1 ]
Smilax is a genus of about 300–350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. [1] They are climbing flowering plants , many of which are woody and/or thorny, in the monocotyledon family Smilacaceae , native throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Smilax medica can refer to: Smilax medica G.Kirchn., a synonym of Smilax tamnoides L. Smilax medica M.Martens & Galeotti, a synonym of Smilax bona-nox L.
More common ones include a remedy made from licorice and human feces, dried human placenta, finger nails, child's urine, hair, and adult urinary sediments (Hominis Urinae Sedimentum, Ren Zhong Bai). [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Uncommon parts include pubic hair , muscle , blood , bone , semen , and menstrual blood . [ 7 ]
Smilax aristolochiifolia is native to Mexico and Central America. [17] Sarsaparilla is native to the Mesoamerica region, especially in Belize, El Salvador and Guatemala. [17] In North America, sarsaparilla originates in Southern Mexico, being found primarily in the states of Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán, [17] Nuevo León, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Quintana Roo. [16]
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In Europe, apothecaries stocked herbal ingredients as traditional medicines. In the Latin names for plants created by Linnaeus, the word officinalis indicates that a plant was used in this way. For example, the marsh mallow has the classification Althaea officinalis, as it was traditionally used as an emollient to soothe ulcers. [2]
Smilax glabra, sarsaparilla, [2] is a plant species in the genus Smilax.It is native to China, the Himalayas, and Indochina. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]S. glabra is a traditional medicine in Chinese herbology, whence it is also known as tufuling (土茯苓) or chinaroot, china-root, and china root (a name it shares with the related S. china).