INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae |
| Common English: | Fish Poison Yam Rhizome Tokoro Long Yam Root Seven-Lobed Yam (Mian Bei Xie) |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter |
Neutral |
Urinary Bladder Liver Stomach |
9-18g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Separates the pure from the turbid (resolves turbid Dampness in the Lower Jiao) |
Turbid Dampness in the Lower Jiao with cloudy urine, vaginal discharge Deficiency Heat or Damp-Heat |
Expels Wind-Dampness, relaxes the sinews and unblocks the Luo channels |
Wind-Damp Bi or Damp-Heat Bi with low back pain, numbness or stiffness of the lower extremities, muscle aches (mild effect) |
Clears Damp-Heat from the skin |
Damp-Heat skin lesions (eczema, pustular sores) |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Rz. Acori Tatarinowii |
Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae |
Sm. Plantaginis |
| Frequent urination, Milky Lin, or vaginal discharge. |
Yang Deficiency causing frequent urination or urinary incontinence. |
Damp-Heat pouring downward with urinary frequency, cloudy urine, vaginal discharge, a red tongue with a yellow, greasy coat. |
Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae |
Rx. Clematidis
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Rx. Clematidis |
Urine like rice porridge with no pain or Heat signs. Cloudy urine due to Yang Deficiency. |
Wind-Damp Bi. |
Wind-Cold-Damp Bi. |
Rx. Clematidis or Rx. Gentianae |
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Wind-Damp-Heat Bi. |
Lower back pain and weakness due to Kidney Deficiency with Wind-Dampness. |
Damp-Heat skin lesions. |
Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae |
Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis |
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Cloudy urine due to Kidney Deficiency with frequency and difficulty of flow and for vaginal discharge. |
Leukorrhea from Dampness. |
Bi syndrome. |
- This herb is beneficial for Lower Jiao swelling and pain when the Kidneys are deficient.
- This herb is very beneficial in the treatment of prostatitis.
- This herb can be used for conditions due to Damp-Heat or Deficiency.
- The Wind-Damp resolving nature of this herb is rather mild.
- This herb is most appropriate when Dampness predominates over Heat.
- Powdery Dioscorea Fen Bei Xie is considered superior for facilitating urination, expelling Dampness and separating the pure from the turbid.
- This is one of the few Chinese Herbs that is specific for chyluria and albuminuria.
- Sichuan Dioscorea Chuan Bei Xie is better at expelling Wind-Dampness and unblocking the channels.
- Dry-fried Dioscorea Chao Bei Xie is better at entering the Stomach and transforming Dampness.
- Wine-fried Dioscorea Jiu Chao Bei Xie is better at expelling Wind-Dampness.
- Salt-fried Dioscorea Yan Chao Bei Xie is better at facilitating urination
- Bei Xie and Rz. Smilacis Glabrae Tu Fu Ling both dispel Dampness and are used for milky Lin, toxic Damp-Heat sores and Wind-Damp sores. Bei Xie is better at separating the pure from the turbid (treating milky Lin and vaginal discharge) while Tu Fu Ling is better for resolving toxicity (treating toxic sores). It is well known for its ability to treat syphilitic lesions. It also eliminates mercury from the body.