This product is the rhizome of Sevenlobed Yam Rhizome (Dioscorea septemloba Thunb.) and pink-backed Chinese Yam (Dioscorea hypoglauca Palibin), a perennial trailing herbaceous plant of the Chinese Yam family. Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangxi and other places. Excavated in spring and autumn. Slice and dry. For raw use.

[Property]

bitter, slightly cold. act on liver and stomach channels.

[Efficacy]

draining dampness: removing turbidity, dispelling wind and removing dampness.

[Indications]

1. Used for chylous stranguria and white turbid syndrome. This product can drain dampness and remove turbidity. It is an important medicine for treating turbid urine or chylous stranguria. Often used together with Lindera, Sharpleaf Galangal Fruit, Acorus, such as Rhizoma Dioscoreae Decoction for Clearing Turbid Urine. It can also be used to treat leucorrhea in women with excessive dampness.
2. For wind-dampness impediment diseases. This product can dispelling wind, dehumidification, dredging collaterals and relieving pain. It is good at treating waist and knee impediment pain and difficulty in flexion and extension of muscles and veins. If it is more cold-dampness, it can be used with Aconite Lateral Root, Achyranthes Root, such as Hypoglaucous Yam pills. If it is dampness-heat, it can be combined with medicinals such as Phelloendron Bark, Honeysuckle Stem, Stephania Tetrandra, etc.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Maintains low back pain, strong joints, wind-cold dampness Zhoubi, malignant sores that do not heal, and heat."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Cure white turbidity, pain in the stem, and hemorrhoids, fistulas, and sores."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take 10-15g.

[Precaution]

Use with caution in patients with kidney yin deficiency, seminal emission, and efflux diarrhea.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Hypoglaucous Yam contains Chinese Yam saponins and other steroidal saponins. The total saponins are hydrolyzed to produce Chinese Yam saponins, etc. In addition, it also contains tannin, starch, protein, etc. Chinese Yam saponins and krasselin glycosides all have organic fungal effects.