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Latin pharmacognostic name: Dioscoreae Rhizoma Crudum

Alternate English names: raw Chinese yam [root]

Alternate Chinese names: 生薯蓣 shēng shǔ yù

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Dioscorea opposita Thunb. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin (other sources): Dioscorea opposita Thunb.*; Dioscorea japonica Thunb.; Dioscorea deltoidea Wall.; Dioscorea batatas Decne. [= D. opposita Thunb.]

Use: Medicinal

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See also: Shān yào (山药 Dioscoreae Rhizoma, dioscorea [root])

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