{"id":1507,"date":"2013-02-20T04:58:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T04:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2013-02-20T05:05:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T05:05:35","slug":"sarsaparilla-smilax-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1507","title":{"rendered":"Sarsaparilla ~ Smilax off."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Smilax-Aspera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1508\" title=\"Smilax Aspera\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Smilax-Aspera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a>Sarsaparilla<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Smilax off.<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Liliaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: root<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to tropical America and the W. Indies<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: steroidal saponins, beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: drying, soapy<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: alterative, diuretic, diaphoretic, emetic, anti-inflammatory<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: antipruritic, antiseptic<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: skin diseases (such as psoriasis), rheumatism, dysentery<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: syphilis, hormonal imbalances, GI endotoxemia<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: decoction: 1-2 tsp\/cup water; 1:4 dry tincture: 10-40 gtt qd-qid, capsules: 3 grams qd (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth; <\/span>Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Encyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarsaparilla Latin name: Smilax off. Family: Liliaceae Part used: root Habitat: native to tropical America and the W. Indies Main constituents: steroidal saponins, beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol Energetics: drying, soapy Main herbal actions: alterative, diuretic, diaphoretic, emetic, anti-inflammatory Minor herbal actions: antipruritic, antiseptic Main medicinal uses: skin diseases (such as psoriasis), rheumatism, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-module1","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1510,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions\/1510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}