Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi 黄药子 Air Potato, Potato YamVarahi, Varahikanda (Ayurveda)Barahikand (Unani)Kodi-kilangu, Pannu-kilangu (Siddha)Huang Yao Zi (TCM) Ben Cao Tu Pu, 1644 (Welcome) Dioscorea bulbifera(Seikei Zusetsu, 1804, Leiden University Library) Dioscorea bulbifera(Photo by Forest and Kim Starr) (Wikimiedia) Dioscorea bulbifera fresh tuber(Photo by Rémi Tournebize) (Wikimiedia) Botanical name: Dioscorea bulbifera (syn. D. sativa, D. versicolor) Parts used: Tuber Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet.Some accounted in Neutral Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm Uses: Clears Phlegm-Heat, Stops Cough and Wheezing: (TCM) Cough, acute and chronic BronchitisWhooping CoughTuberculosis Clears Phlegm-Heat, Reduce Masses: (TCM) Goiter, Thyroid Swellings; it can be used alone in a tinctureLymphatic Nodes and SwellingsToxic Swellings, Tumors; Cancers of the Stomach, Bowels, Uterus, Lung, Esophagus etcOrchitis Cools the Blood, Stops Bleeding: (TCM) Coughing Blood, Vomiting BloodUterine BleedingDysentery or Diarrhea with Blood Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (TCM, Ayurveda) Dysentery, HemorrhoidsVenereal Sores (Roasted Tuber) (Ayurveda)Chronic Skin diseases; Itchiness (API)Sore, Swollen and Painful ThroatAnimal Bites; Insect Stings; Snake Bite, Dog Bite Clears Heat and Damp: (Ayurveda) chronic Urinary diseases Kills Worms and Parasites: used for Parasites (Ayurveda) Externally: powdered tuber is applied to Boils, Swellings, Ulcers (Ayurveda)tincture is applied to Psoriasistincture can be applied to the Cervix for Cervical Dysplasia Dose:…

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