Description:

7支 中 宝 牌 河 南 淮 山 

薯藇、署预、薯蓣、山芋、诸署、署豫、玉延、修脆、山薯、王薯、薯药、怀山药、蛇芋、白苕、九黄姜、野白薯、山板薯、扇子薯、佛掌薯

性味

甘；平

功效

为薯蓣科植物山药的块茎。 主治脾虚泄泻，久痢，虚劳咳嗽，消渴，遗精、带下，小便频数。

经脉

肺经；脾经；肾经

主治

补脾养胃，生津益肺，补肾涩精。用于脾虚食少、久泻不止、肺虚喘咳、肾虚遗精、白带过多、尿频、虚热消渴。

用法用量

• 内服：煎汤，15~30g，大剂量60~250g；或入丸、散。
• 外用：适量，捣敷。补阴，宜生用；健脾止泻，宜炒黄用。

注意禁忌

有实邪者忌服。

食疗方

DIOSCOREA OPPOSITA THUNB/Sliced Chinese Yam(16oz)

As an herbal treatment, Chinese yam is mainly used to target the stomach and spleen, but also thought to help the lungs and kidneys.
It can help treat:

• poor appetite.
• chronic diarrhea.
• asthma.
• dry coughs.
• frequent urination.
• diabetes.

(healthline.com)

“Preliminary tests in vitro revealed that YP-1 could stimulate ConA-induced T lymphocyte proliferation and its branches are extremely important for the expression of the enhancement of the immunological activity.” - Structural features and immunological activity of a polysaccharide from Dioscorea opposita Thunb roots

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0144861705001505

Dioscorea, Chinese white yam, is often combined with herbs used to treat chronic digestive and/or menstrual issues. For example Sweet Soup

清補涼 (Qing Bu Liang Herbal Soup)

cooling, cleansing, tones digestion, improves breathing, weight loss, 

From the manufacturer: 

The taste is sweet and mild. It is the tuber of the white yam of the Dioscoreaceae plant. Indications: for spleen deficiency, diarrhea, chronic dysentery, cough due to fatigue, thirst, nocturnal emission, bleeding, frequent urination. It enters the Lung, Spleen and Kidney meridians. Indications: Nourishes the spleen and stomach, nourishes body fluid and lungs, nourishes the kidney and astringes the Jing essence. Used for spleen deficiency, poor appetite, chronic diarrhea, lung deficiency and cough, kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, excessive leucorrhea, frequent urination, deficiency heat and thirst.