Shan Yao - Dioscorea rhizome, Chinese yam (Rhizoma Dioscoreae)

Properties: Neutral, Sweet. Channels: Spleen, Lung, Kidney

Action and indication: Tonifies Spleen: chronic diarrhea, fatigue, spontaneous sweat. (Shen Ling Bai Zhu San)      

Tonifies Lung: cough, wheezing.    

Benefits Kidney, binds essence: wasting thirst, spermatorrhea, frequent urination, vaginal discharge. (Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Zuo Gui Yin)

Contraindicated: excess patterns, Qi stagnation, damp accumulation, food stagnation.

Dry-fry: tonify Spleen.                Raw: tonify Yin.

9-30 g; wasting-thirst: up to 250g 

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