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Sweet Potato
Sweet Potato. Properties: Sweet; Neutral
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Gan Shu
中文名 (Chinese)
甘薯
Latin Name
Ipomoea Batatas
English Name
Sweet Potato
Alias Names
甘藷山薯甜薯
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Neutral
Part Used
Tuberoid
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To supplement center and harmonize blood, boost qi and engender liquid, loosen intestines and stomach, free stool.
Indication (主治)
Spleen vacuity edema, constipation, toxin swelling of sores.
🔗 External References
HERB DB
TCMID
4022
1
Clinical Trials
1
Meta-Analyses
6
PubMed References
Top Conditions Studied with Sweet Potato
📋 Sample Trials
NCT05740878
Administration of ONS Based on Purple Sweet Potato in Head and Neck Cancer Patients With Radiotherapy
Recruiting · Oral Nutritional Supplement
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42021267817
Nutrition-related health outcomes of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) consumption: A systematic review
Sweet potatoes are common staple food worldwide, and they rich in beta-carotene,
📚 Sample References
PMID 33165485
Effect of polyphenols isolated from purple sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas cv. Ayamurasaki) on the microbiota and the biomarker of colonic fermentation in rats fed with cellulose or inulin
Food Funct · 2020
PMID 33977940
Sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas L.) leaf polyphenols ameliorate hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus mice
Food Funct · 2021
PMID 34008607
Regulatory effect of non-starch polysaccharides from purple sweet potato on intestinal microbiota of mice with antibiotic-associated diarrhea
Food Funct · 2021
PMID 34700334
Anti-inflammatory effects of purple sweet potato anthocyanin extract in DSS-induced colitis: modulation of commensal bacteria and attenuated bacterial intestinal infection
Food Funct · 2021
PMID 34768852
Anthocyanin Extract from Purple Sweet Potato Exacerbate Mitophagy to Ameliorate Pyroptosis in Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection
Int J Mol Sci · 2021
PMID 34821891
Anti-aging effects of the fermented anthocyanin extracts of purple sweet potato on Caenorhabditis elegans
Food Funct · 2021
📜 Related Formulas 1 · contains this herb