| Pharmaceutical Name: |
Rhizoma Dioscoreae hypoglaucae |
| Botanical Name: |
Dioscorea Hypoglauca Palib
Dioscorea septemloba Thunb.
Dioscorea futschauensis Uline |
| Common Name: |
Hypoglauca Yam |
| Source of Earliest Record: |
Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The rhizomes are dug in spring or autumn. After the fibrous roots have been removed, the rhizomes are cleaned, dried in the sun and cut into slices. |
| Properties and Taste: |
Bitter and neutral |
| Meridian: |
Liver, stomach and urinary bladder |
| Functions: |
To resolve turbid urine
To expel wind and transform dampness |
| Indications and Combinations: |
1. Turbid urine caused by cold-damp in the urinary bladder.
*Use with Bitter cardamom (Yizhiren), Grass-leaved sweetflag (Shicangpu) and Lindera root (Wuyao) in the formula Bixie Fenqing Yin.
2. Mild urinary problem due to damp-heat flowing down to the urinary bladder.
*Use with Phellodendron bark (Huangbai) and Plantain seed (Cheqianzi).
3. Wind-damp obstruction syndrome.
*Use alone.
4. Cold-damp obstruction syndrome.
*Use with
5. Mulberry twigs (Sangzhi), Large-leaf gentian root (Qinjiao) and Coix seed (Yiyiren).
*Use with |
| Dosage: |
10-15 g |
