Sarsaparilla – Smilax

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried root of the plants Smilax regelii Kill. et C. V. Morton and Smilax medica Schlechtend. et Cham. or other related species, all of which occur in Central America. N.O. Liliaceae.

The main indications are:

Finger-tips as if ulcerated. Urinary gravel. Dribbling of urine when sitting. An in- creasing pain on micturition (strangury), dying away as soon as the urine has been passed. (Opposite of Cantharis.)

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Smilax, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for sarsapa- rilla: pruritic skin diseases; inflammations and irritations of the urinary organs; rheumatism.