| Class and Class No. | 3E (24) |
| Name | Shiu Wing Lam, Venus |
| Year: | 2017-2018 |
Instruction: Type in useful information in the space provided.
| Chinese name: | 土茯苓 |
| Family Name (科名): | 百合科 (Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name (學名): | Smilax glabra |
| Common name (俗名): | Tufuling, Glabrous Smilax, Tufuling, Glabrous Greenbrier, Smooth Greenbrier |
| 習性：
攀援灌木 |
Growth habit:
Climbing shrub |
| 葉：
葉互生；葉柄長5-15毫米，具狹鞘和有卷須2條；葉片薄革質，狹橢圓狀，先端漸尖，下麵淡綠色。 |
Leaf:
Leaves alternate; petiole length 5-15mm, with narrow sheath and tendrils 2; leaf blade thinly coriaceous, narrowly elliptic, apex acuminate, light green |
| 花：
花序托彭大，蓮座狀，花綠或白色。 |
Flower:
receptacle of inflorescence inflated, rosulate, green or white. |
| 果：
漿果6-8毫米，黑色。果期11月-次年4月。 |
Fruit:
berry 6-8mm, black. fruiting: November to April of the next year. |
| 性味功能
味甘、淡，性平,除濕,殺蟲解毒,通利關節
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Properties
mild and astringent, syphilis ,arthralgia, muscular spasm , genitourinary infection, oedema, leukorrhagia , carbuncle, scrofula, skin ulcer ,leptospirosis
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| 主治
梅毒，淋濁，筋骨攣痛，腳氣，疔療瘡，癰腫，瘰鬁。 |
Treats
Syphilis, stranguria with turbid urine, pain and contraction of bones and muscles, beriberi, sores, anthracia, scrofula. |
| 知多一點點：
治療梅毒及隱性梅毒: 土萆薢三兩，或加皂苷、牽牛各一錢，水六碗，煎三碗，分三服。 |
More to learn:
Treat syphilis and syphilis latent: yam rhizome 3 liang, or add saponin, morning glory 1 qian each, Decoct with 6 bowls of water until reduced to 3 bowls. Divide into 3 portions and swallow. |
Previous Scientific Research (if any):
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Useful Link:
| Topics | Hyperlinks |
| 茯苓- 维基百科，自由的百科全书
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https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8C%AF%E8%8B%93
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| 土茯苓 Tufuling 藥用植物圖像數據庫 (香港浸會大學中醫藥學院) | http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?lang=ch&channelid=1288&searchword=herb_id=D00376
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| 土茯苓 Tu Fu Ling 中藥標本數據庫 (香港浸會大學中醫藥學院) | http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?channelid=44273&searchword=herb_id=D00679
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| · 茯苓 Fuling 中藥材圖像數據庫 (香港浸會大學中醫藥學院)
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http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?channelid=47953&searchword=pid=B00356
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Questions:
| (Beginner) | Q1.What is the scientific name of Tufuling?
Answer: Smilax glabra Roxb. |
| (Elementary) | Q2. What is the properties of Tufuling?
Answer: mild and astringent, syphilis ,arthralgia, muscular spasm , genitourinary infection, oedema, leukorrhagia , carbuncle, scrofula, skin ulcer ,leptospirosis. |
| (Advanced) | Q3. Give an example of the use of Tufuling ?
Answer: Treat cytitis: glabrous smilax 60-90g, decoct in water. |