Shan Yao / 山药 [山藥] (Dioscorea Rhizome, Chinese Yam)

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Title

Shan Yao / 山药 [山藥] (Dioscorea Rhizome, Chinese Yam)

Doc Hay's Shorthand

Huai Shan / 淮山

Latin name

Dioscoreae Rhizoma

Herb Category

Tonifying Herbs

Nature of Herb

Neutral

Flavor of Herb

Sweet

Channels

Kidney
Lung
Spleen

Translator's annotation

Also known as Huai Shan Yao / 淮山藥 (Bensky, p. 726)

Bibliographic Citation

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 723

SymMap URL

https://www.symmap.org/detail/SMHB00359

Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)

PhysicalObject

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