Introduction of Huang Yao Zi:Airpotato Yam Rhizome or Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae.
✵The article gives records of the herb Airpotato Yam Rhizome, its English name, Latin name, property and flavor, its botanical source one plant species, ①.Dioscorea bulbifera L., with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species, the features of the herb Airpotato Yam Rhizome, its pharmacological actions, medicinal efficacy, and administration guide.
Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae(Airpotato Yam).
Pin Yin Name: Huánɡ Yào Zǐ.
English Name: Airpotato Yam Rhizome.
Latin Name: Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae.
Property and flavor: neutral in nature, bitter.
Brief introduction: The herb Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae is the dried rhizome of Dioscorea bulbifera L., used as a blood-cooling hemostatic for stopping various kinds of bleeding and to counteract toxins for treating boils and sores.
Botanical source: The herb Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae (Airpotato Yam) is the dried rhizome of Dioscorea bulbifera L., it is a plant of the Dioscorea. Genus, the Dioscoreaceae family (yam family) of the Liliflorae order. It is also known as Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae, Airpotato Yam Rhizome or Huánɡ Yào Zǐ.
Herbal classic book defined the herb Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae(Airpotato Yam) as the dried rhizome of:(1). Dioscorea bulbifera L. This commonly used species is introduced:
(1).Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Botanical description: Dioscorea bulbifera L is also known as Huang Du, Yu Ling Shu, Lei Gong Shu. A twining herbaceous-liana species. Stem tubers are ovoid to oblong, near the soil surface, tan (chocolate brown), and many slender fibrous roots grow densely on the surface. Stems are cylindrical, sinistral, glabrous. Simple leaves are alternate; the petiole is slightly shorter than the leaf blade; leaf blades are broadly ovate-cordate or ovate-cordate, 5~16~26 cm long, 2~14~26 cm wide, the apex is caudate acuminate, the edge is entire or slightly undulate, both surfaces are glabrous; Leaf axils have purple-brown globular or ovoid beads of different sizes (bulbel), 1~3 cm in diameter, with rounded spots on the outside.
Flowers are unisexual (separate), and dioecious; male inflorescence is spicate and pendulous, often several flowers cluster in leaf axils, sometimes basal inflorescence is elongated and arranged into panicles; male flowers are solitary and dense, base has 2 ovate bracts; tepals are lanceolate, purple when it is fresh; 6 stamens, insert at the base of the perianth, filaments are nearly equal length as anthers; female inflorescence is similar to male inflorescence, often 2 to several inflorescences cluster in leaf axils, 20~50 cm long, 6 staminodes, its length is about 1/4 of the perianth.
Capsularfruit is reflexed and pendulous, prismatic-oblong, 1.5~3 cm long, 0.5~1.5 cm wide, round at both ends, yellowish (light yellow) at maturity, and dense purple spots grow on the surface. Seeds are dark brown, and oblate, usually binate at the apex of the central axis of each cell, the color of the seed wing is chestnut brown, extending toward the seeds, oblong. Its flowering period is from July to October, and the fruiting period is from August to November.
Ecological environment: The plant grows on the edge of a valley, gully, or edge of a shaw (holt or miscellaneous wood forest), in areas at altitudes below 2,000 meters above sea level. Resource distribution: The plant is mainly distributed in the eastern, central and southern areas, the southwest and northwest areas, east big island, and other areas of China.
Growth characteristics: The plant prefers a warm and moist climate and is resistant to shade. It is appropriate to choose fields with sufficient sunlight, deep soil layers, and loose, fertile, sandy loam with good drainage for cultivation.
Characters of herbs: The herbs are mostly transversely thick slices, circular or orbicular, with a diameter of 2.5~7 cm and a thickness of 0.5~1.5 cm. The surface is brownish-black, shriveled, with numerous white, punctate protrusions and fibrous root marks, or thin curving root residues, and the cork bark is easy to peel off; the cross surface is yellowish white to yellowish brown, flat or uneven (sags and crests). The texture of the herb is hard and brittle (crisp), easily broken, granular on the fracture surface, and has scattered orange-yellow pocking marks. The herb has a slight smell and a bitter taste. The herb of a better grade has a large slice, a brown-black cortex, and a yellow-white fracture surface.
Pharmacological actions: ①.inhibit the myocardium; ②.inhibitory effect on the isolated intestine; ③.inhibit staphylococcus aureus and many kinds of dermatophytes; ④.inhibitory effect on tumor cells.
Medicinal efficacy: Clear heat and detoxify, cool serum and clear galls, indicated for sore throat, carbuncle and ulcer, snake bite, goitre (goiter, thyroncus), vomiting blood, hemoptysis (spit blood).
Administration of Airpotato Yam Rhizome (Huánɡ Yào Zǐ):
Reference:
Administration Guide of Airpotato Yam Rhizome (Huánɡ Yào Zǐ)
TCM Books:
①.Internally:3~9 grams; ②.Internally: water decoction, 1.5~3 qian (about 4.5~9 grams), Externally: mashed and apply stick, or prepare to finely ground herb powder and apply stick; ③.Internally: water decoction, 3~9 grams, or infused in wine, or prepare to finely ground herb powder, 1~2 grams. Externally: proper amount, mashed the fresh herb, or prepare to finely ground herb powder and apply stick, or extract juice and smear.
Precautions and Adverse Reactions: should not take the herb Airpotato Yam Rhizome in big dose internally.
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1.Introduction of Huang Yao Zi:Airpotato Yam Rhizome or Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae.
✵The article gives records of the herb Airpotato Yam Rhizome, its English name, Latin name, property and flavor, its botanical source one plant species, ①.Dioscorea bulbifera L., with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species, the features of the herb Airpotato Yam Rhizome, its pharmacological actions, medicinal efficacy, and administration guide.
Pin Yin Name: Huánɡ Yào Zǐ.
Botanical description: Dioscorea bulbifera L is also known as Huang Du, Yu Ling Shu, Lei Gong Shu. A twining herbaceous-liana species. Stem tubers are ovoid to oblong, near the soil surface, tan (chocolate brown), and many slender fibrous roots grow densely on the surface. Stems are cylindrical, sinistral, glabrous. Simple leaves are alternate; the petiole is slightly shorter than the leaf blade; leaf blades are broadly ovate-cordate or ovate-cordate, 5~16~26 cm long, 2~14~26 cm wide, the apex is caudate acuminate, the edge is entire or slightly undulate, both surfaces are glabrous; Leaf axils have purple-brown globular or ovoid beads of different sizes (bulbel), 1~3 cm in diameter, with rounded spots on the outside.
Capsularfruit is reflexed and pendulous, prismatic-oblong, 1.5~3 cm long, 0.5~1.5 cm wide, round at both ends, yellowish (light yellow) at maturity, and dense purple spots grow on the surface. Seeds are dark brown, and oblate, usually binate at the apex of the central axis of each cell, the color of the seed wing is chestnut brown, extending toward the seeds, oblong. Its flowering period is from July to October, and the fruiting period is from August to November.
Ecological environment: The plant grows on the edge of a valley, gully, or edge of a shaw (holt or miscellaneous wood forest), in areas at altitudes below 2,000 meters above sea level. Resource distribution: The plant is mainly distributed in the eastern, central and southern areas, the southwest and northwest areas, east big island, and other areas of China.
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