Plant |
Family | Dioscoreaceae |
English |
Air-potato, Aerial yam, Air potatos, Air yam, Arial yam, Bitter yam, Bulb-bearing yam, Potato yam |
Latin |
Dioscorea bulbifera Linn., Dioscorea sativavernonia parviflora Thunb. |
Plantparts | Aerial tubes, Corm, creeping rootstalks, foliage, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Abscess, Abscesses, Aids digestion, Anti-abscess, Antidote for poisoning, Antidote to poisoning, Anti-dysenteric, Anti-flu, Anti-hemorrhoidal, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Antisyphilitic, Antiulcer, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, Bloody flux, Boil, Boils, Cephalagia, Cephalalgia, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive ulcers, Digestive weakness, dispepsia, dysentery, dyspepsia, Eupeptic, Febrile response, Fever, feverish condition, Fevers, Flu, furuncle, Furuncles, gastric ulcer, Gastritis, General inflammation, General inflammations, goiter, goitre, Good for digestion, Gripe, Grippe, haemorrhoids, Headache, Headaches, head pains, Hemorrhoid, hemorrhoids, improves digestion, Indigestion, Inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammation in stomach, inflammation of stomach, inflammations, Inflammations in general, Influenza, Piles, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, Pyrexia, soothes headaches, stimulates digestion, Stomach inflammation, Stomach ulcers, struma, syphilis, the flue, Ulcer, Ulcerous sores, ulcers, Warming digestive |
Cancer |
Anti-cancer, Anti-carciogenic, Anti-cariogenic, Cancer, Malignant neoplasm, Malignant tumor |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: Liver, TCM MERIDIAN: Stomach, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used by Ribeirinhos in the North Araguaia microregion, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Phytomedical use in China, Phytomedical use in Nepal, Phytomedical use in Samoa, Used in Bangladesh |
Ingredients |
| | Arsenic, ash, Calcium, calcium oxalate, Carbohydrates, Copper, Dioscin, diosgenin, D-Sorbitol, fat, Fibres, iron, magnesium, manganese, Mercury, Natural rubber, phosphorus, potassium, protein, saponin, sodium, starch, tannin, water, zinc |
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