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Pin Yin: bi xie; bei xie
Common name: hypoglauca yam
Botanical family: Dioscoreaceae
Botanical name: 1, Dioscorea hypoglauca Palib.; 2, D. collettii Hook. f.; 3, D. tokoro Mak.; 4, D. gracillima Miq.
Primary action: Drain Dampness, Promote Urination
Secondary actions:
Clear Heat, Dry Dampness;
Dispel Wind Dampness
Temperature: neutral
Taste: bitter
Entering Channel: Lv, St, UB
Actions:
Clears Turbid Dampness of the Lower Burner; used in cloudy urine or leukorrhea;
can be used in either Vacuity or Damp Heat conditions depending upon
use with other herbs.
Expels mild cases of Wind Dampness; Wind Damp or Damp Heat Channel Pain
of lower back and legs.
Clears Damp Heat of skin: eczema and sores with pus discharge.
(See
Turbid Dampness of Lower Burner
;
Turbid Dampness of Urinary
Bladder
;
Wind-Damp Bi
;
Exterior Heat
;
Heat Toxin
;
Exterior Dampness
.)
Indications: turbid strangury, lumbar pain, joint pain, ulcers,
sores
Dosage:
3-5 qian.
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