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Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Organ Meridian Systems :
Active ingredients include allantion and diosgenin.
Properties :
Traditional Medicinal Uses:
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Shan Yao is considered a sweet substance that sooths and stimulates the stomach and spleen and tonifies the lungs and kidneys.*
It has also been used by TCM practitioners as a supportive for energy, appetite, digestion, weight gain, chronic diarrhea, asthma, dry coughs, frequent or uncontrollable urination, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, nephritis and emotional instability.*
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