Shan Yao

Channels: KI, LU, SP

Properties: Sweet, Neutral

Common: Chinese Yam, Dioscorea

Latin: Radix Dioscoreae Oppositae

• Tonify and strengthen the Spleen and Stomach
• Tonify Lung Qi
• Strengthen the Kidney and astringent for discharge
• Nourish Yin

1.       Deficiency of Spleen and Stomach: poor appetite, dairrhea, spontaneous sweating; e.g. Shen Ling Bai Zhu San, with Dang Shen, Bai Zhu, Fu Ling

2.       Deficiency of Lung Qi: shorten breath, chronic cough or asthma, lower voice, spontaneous sweating; e.g. with Huang Qi, Ren Shen

3.       Deficiency of Kidney with abnormal discharge: frequent urination, spermatorrhar, profuse vaginal dischage; e.g. with Shan Zhu Yu, Wu Wei Zi, Tu Si Zi, Jin Ying Zi

4.       Deficiency of Yin: thirst, recently using diabetics; e.g. with Huang Qi, Tian Hua Fen

• 9-30g. In exceptional case-60-250g