Cayenne Yam (Dioscorea cayennensis)

卡宴薯蓣qiǎ yàn shǔ yùQiayanshuyu

Dioscorea cayennensis · Plant

Dioscorea, standing in for Dioscorea cayennensis
This photo shows Dioscorea, not Dioscorea cayennensis: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Munkaila Sulemana, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains calcium oxalate crystals; proper preparation required.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Cayenne Yam for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Fatigue Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Cayenne Yam does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit ImmuneBenefit Kidney

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Dioscorea cayennensis and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.