Description:

刨淮山片 7枝（16oz/盒）

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。

• ①《本经》：主伤中，补虚，除寒热邪气，补中益气力，长肌肉，久服耳目聪明。
• ②《别录》：主头面游风，风头（一作’头风’）眼眩，下气，止腰痛，治虚劳羸瘦，充五脏，除烦热，强钥。
• ③《药性论》：补五劳七伤，去冷风，止腰痛，镇心神，补心气不足，患人体虚羸，加而用之。
• ④《食疗本草》：治头疼，助阴力。
• ⑤《日华子本草》：助五脏，强筋骨，长志安神，主泄精健忘。
• ⑥朱震亨：生捣贴肿硬毒，能消散。
• ⑦《伤寒蕴要》：补不足，清虚热。
• ⑧《纲目》：益肾气，健脾胃，止泄痢，化痰涎，润皮毛。

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。

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.