Rough-hair yam (Dioscorea hirticaulis)

粗毛薯蓣cū máo shǔ yùCumaoshuyu

Dioscorea hirticaulis · Plant

Dioscorea, standing in for Dioscorea hirticaulis
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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 Rough-hair yam for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Fatigue Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Rough-hair 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 hirticaulis 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.

  • Benefit Antioxidant0 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Benefit Kidney0 records
  • Fatigue Syndrome0 records