Pharmaceutical Name: Rhizoma Dioscoreae hypoglaucae Botanical Name: Dioscorea Hypoglauca PalibDioscorea 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 urineTo 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
