Clematis smilacifolia Wall.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 145

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380
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scientific name	Clematis smilacifolia Wall.
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Treatment

Names.

Myanmar: khwar-nyo-gyi.

Range.

China, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, West Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. In Myanmar, found in Chin, Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan, and Taninthayi.

Use.

Root: Used as an antirheumatic.

Note.

In China the plant is used to relieve itch and a decoction of the root is used to treat lumbago ( Perry 1980).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).