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Shoulang Yam
Shoulang Yam. Properties: Bitter; Cool
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Shu Liang
中文名 (Chinese)
薯莨
Latin Name
Rhizoma Dioscoreae Cirrhosae
English Name
Shoulang Yam
Alias Names
赭魁薯良鸡血莲血母朱砂七红药子金花果红孩儿孩儿血牛血莲染布薯
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Cool
Part Used
Tuber
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To quicken blood and stanch bleeding, rectify qi and relieve pain, clear heat and resolve toxin.
Indication (主治)
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.
Toxicity
Slightly toxic
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