What diseases can be treated with Smilax glabra soaked in alcohol?
Dec 10, 2025
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Sun Lianqing
Introduction
Soaking Jin Gang Teng (Smilax china) in alcohol is generally used as an adjunct treatment for gynecological inflammation, rheumatic pain, traumatic injuries, urinary tract infections, and skin sores or swellings. Jin Gang Teng has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation, and resolving blood stasis. When consumed as a medicinal liquor, it can help alleviate inflammatory conditions such as pelvic inflammatory disease and adnexitis in women. The alcohol facilitates absorption of active ingredients, enhances blood circulation and stasis dispersion, and helps relieve symptoms such as lower abdominal heaviness and low back or sacral aching caused by inflammation.
Jin'gangteng (Smilax china) soaked in alcohol can generally be used as an adjunctive treatment for gynecological inflammation, rheumatic pain, traumatic injuries, urinary tract infections, and skin sores or swellings. Specific details are as follows:
1. Gynecological Inflammation: Jin'gangteng has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation, and resolving blood stasis. When consumed as an alcohol infusion, it may help improve female pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis, and other inflammatory conditions. Alcohol helps enhance the absorption of active components and strengthens the effect of promoting blood circulation and dispersing stasis, thereby relieving symptoms such as lower abdominal heaviness and low back pain caused by inflammation. It is particularly beneficial as adjunctive therapy for gynecological inflammations due to damp-heat and blood stasis.
2. Rheumatic Pain: Jin'gangteng can dispel wind and dampness, unblock meridians, and relieve pain. Soaking it in alcohol leverages the warming and penetrating properties of alcohol to enhance its ability to eliminate cold and dampness. It is suitable for joint pain, swelling, and limited mobility caused by rheumatic blockage, especially helpful for cold-damp type rheumatic pain by improving meridian circulation and alleviating discomfort.
3. Traumatic Injuries: Due to its functions of promoting blood circulation, resolving stasis, reducing swelling, and relieving pain, Jin'gangteng soaked in alcohol can serve as an adjunctive treatment for bruises and sprains. It can be applied externally to the affected area or taken internally to promote local blood circulation, dissipate blood stasis and swelling, and relieve symptoms such as soft tissue injury, pain, and bruising resulting from trauma.
4. Urinary Tract Infection: With its properties of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting urination, and relieving dysuria, Jin'gangteng may assist in managing urinary tract infections caused by downward infiltration of damp-heat. Consuming the alcohol infusion may help eliminate internal damp-heat and alleviate symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and painful urination, making it suitable for mild urinary tract infections.
5. Skin Sores and Swellings: Topical application of Jin'gangteng soaked in alcohol can aid in managing skin boils, carbuncles, and swellings. Its heat-clearing, detoxifying, anti-swelling, and mass-dispersing effects can be absorbed through the skin to reduce redness, swelling, and pain of sores, providing supportive relief for skin inflammations due to accumulated heat-toxin.
Jin'gangteng wine should be prepared and consumed only under the guidance of a qualified physician; self-preparation without professional advice should be avoided. It is contraindicated for pregnant women, nursing mothers, individuals with alcohol allergy, and those with impaired liver or kidney function. Spicy and irritating foods should be avoided during use.
