Shoulang Yam
Rhizoma Dioscoreae Cirrhosae
Shu Liang

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; cool

Part(s) used

Tuber

Potential toxicity/side effects

Slightly toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To quicken blood and stanch bleeding, rectify qi and relieve pain, clear heat and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Coughing of blood, hemoptysis, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hematuria, hematochezia, flooding and spotting [= metrorrhagia and metrostaxis], menstrual disorder [= menoxenia], dysmenorrhea, menstrual block, postpartum abdominal pain, distending pain in stomach duct and abdomen, sand distention and abdominal pain, heat toxin blood dysentery, water diarrhea, pain in joints, painful swelling from knocks and falls, sore and boil, zoster, bleeding due to external injury.