Steinmetz:Dioscorea

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Dioscorea villosa

Also known as (or relevant to) Dioscorea villosa Dioscorea paniculata Family Dioscoreaceae English Names Wild Yam Colic root Rheumatism root Natural Habitat West Indies Africa U. S. A. Canada Malabar coast Ceylon Part(s) Used Radix Dioscoreae, villosae

Constituent(s) saponin starch resin Action expectorant antispasmodic sudorific emetic anodyne antibilious