Nippon Yam Equivalent Plant: Dioscorea Nipponica Ssp Rosthornii
Dioscorea Nipponica
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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 eliminate damp, quicken blood and relieve pain, relieve cough and dispel phlegm.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Pain in joints, rheumatic endocarditis, sciatica, chronic bronchitis, chronic trachitis, wind-cold-damp impediment, indigestion, taxation detriment and sprain, malaria, swollen welling abscess.