Peltate Ya M
Dioscorea Zingiberensis
Dun Ye 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 clear lung and relieve cough, disinhibit damp and free strangury, free network vessels and relieve pain, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Lung heat cough, damp-heat strangury pain, wind-damp lumbago, swollen welling abscess and malign sore, sprain from knocks and falls, bee sting, insect bites.