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Remedy Name/s: |
Common Name/s: |
Latin, Zoological, Botanical and mineralogical name/s: |
| Sarsaparilla |
Jamaican Sarsaparilla |
Smilax ornata, Smilax Officinalis |
General description and domicile:
Indigenous to Costa Rica and Central America, the name Jamaican Sarsaparilla
refers to the early export to Europe via Jamaica. The name Sarsaparilla is a
combination of the Spanish word for bramble - Sarsa and vine - Parilla.
It is a big perennial that climbs high into trees, or anything
else it can find to climb up, with large thorns (no wonder the Spanish referred
to it as a bramble vine) and large round leaves that look gathered by the veins.
The rhizome, which is used, is very large, bulbous and fat from
which long sinewy roots spread for two meters or more.
Part used and extraction:
The dried root and rhizome is used.
Remedy preparation:
Chopped and steeped in alcohol to obtain mother tincture
History:
The herb sarsaparilla was used in the seventeenth century in Europe for skin
disorders and to treat rheumatism.
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Remedy profile:
A small remedy added for the treatment of the urinary tract and cystitis. It
suits people that tend to become depressed when ill.
Key Symptoms:
Frequent urge to urinate, Painful urination.
Used for treatment of:
Urinary tract infections (frequent urge, painful at end of
urination)
Cystitis (urination may not be painful but takes forever
especially while sitting down, pain only comes at the end of urination)
General Symptoms Worse for:
Factors/Conditions that make the symptoms worse
Cold and wet weather
After drinking coffee or tea
During urination
General Symptoms Better for:
Factors/Conditions that improve symptoms
Standing to urinate
See also our
Herbal page on Sarsaparilla.
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