Collett Yam
Dioscorea Collettii
Cha Rui Shu Yu

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Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and disinhibit damp, free network vessels and relieve pain, clear heat and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-damp impediment pain, hypertonicity and numbness, qi stagnation stomachache, damp-heat jaundice, white turbidity, strangury with pain, leukorrhea, knocks and falls, damp sore with swelling toxin, wind papules, eczema, poisonous snake bite.