Hypoglauca Yam (Bixie)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Rhizoma Dioscoreae hypoglaucae |
| Botanical Name: | Dioscorea Hypoglauca Palib Dioscorea septemloba Thunb. Dioscorea futschauensis Uline |
| Common Name: | Hypoglauca Yam |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The rhizomes are dug in spring or autumn. After the fibrous roots have been removed, the rhizomes are cleaned, dried in the sun and cut into slices. |
| Properties and Taste: | Bitter and neutral |
| Meridian: | Liver, stomach and urinary bladder |
| Functions: | To resolve turbid urine To expel wind and transform dampness |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Turbid urine caused by cold-damp in the urinary bladder. *Use with Bitter cardamom (Yizhiren), Grass-leaved sweetflag (Shicangpu) and Lindera root (Wuyao) in the formula Bixie Fenqing Yin. 2. Mild urinary problem due to damp-heat flowing down to the urinary bladder. *Use with Phellodendron bark (Huangbai) and Plantain seed (Cheqianzi). 3. Wind-damp obstruction syndrome. *Use alone. 4. Cold-damp obstruction syndrome. *Use with 5. Mulberry twigs (Sangzhi), Large-leaf gentian root (Qinjiao) and Coix seed (Yiyiren). *Use with |
| Dosage: | 10-15 g |