Round Yam (Dioscorea rotundifolia)

圆薯蓣yuán shǔ yùYuanshuyu

Dioscorea rotundifolia · Plant

Dioscorea, standing in for Dioscorea rotundifolia
This photo shows Dioscorea, not Dioscorea rotundifolia: 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 Round Yam for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Fatigue Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Round 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 rotundifolia 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