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 |