Hollyhock-leaf dioscorea (Dioscorea althaeoides)

蜀葵叶薯蓣shǔ kuí yè shǔ yùShukuiyeshuyu

Dioscorea althaeoides · Plant

Dioscorea, standing in for Dioscorea althaeoides
This photo shows Dioscorea, not Dioscorea althaeoides: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Kod B, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

The catalogue records no caution for this entry. That is not evidence that it is safe.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Hollyhock-leaf dioscorea for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Common Cold With HeadacheFood Accumulation Distention & FullnessIndigestionKnocks & FallsWind-damp Impediment Pain

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Hollyhock-leaf dioscorea does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Course Wind & Dispel DampFortify Spleen & Disperse FoodQuicken Blood & Disperse Swelling