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Botanical name |
Dioscorea batatas |
| Pin yin name | Shan Yao | |
| Pin yin description | Shan means mountain, and refers to the fact that this herb mainly grows in the mountains; yao means medicinal herb, so this is the medicinal herb from the mountains. | |
| Other common names | Chinese Yam | |
| Part used | Rhizome | |
| Taste | Sweet | |
| Nature | Neutral | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Supplement qi, supplement yin (especially of the spleen, lung, and kidney) | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Deficiency of spleen and stomach, with poor appetite, lassitude, loose stool or chronic diarrhoea; deficiency of lung with cough and wheezing; frequent urination and profuse leukorrhea due to deficiency of kidney; diabetes | |
| Possible unwanted effects | None noted | |
| Herb drug interactions | None reported | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Excess syndromes, especially when there is fullness due to damp stagnation and accumulation | |
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