Wai yam, i.e. Chinese yam, and yam and Chen Pi boiled in water are effective in strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, and should be used in accordance with medical advice.
Yam has the effect of tonifying the spleen and nourishing the stomach, benefiting the lungs and generating fluid, astringent essence and tonifying the kidney. It is used for lung deficiency, coughing, frequent urination, dyspareunia, prolonged diarrhea, spleen deficiency with little food, spermatorrhea with kidney deficiency, and thirst with deficiency heat. In addition, it is forbidden to take yam for people with stagnation, dampness and fullness in the middle (too much dampness leads to fullness and discomfort in the spleen and stomach), and those who have solid evils.
Chenpi is effective in strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, drying dampness and resolving phlegm (expelling dampness by drying dampness and resolving phlegm). It is used for poor appetite, epigastric distension (feeling of swelling and fullness in the stomach and abdomen), cough with excessive phlegm, vomiting and diarrhea. In addition, Chen Pi should be taken with caution in cases of yin deficiency and dry cough, Qi deficiency, internal solid heat, and vomiting of blood.
The combination of Chinese yam and tangerine peel has the effect of strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, and can be used for spleen deficiency with little food and fullness in the epigastrium.
The above medicines should be used under the guidance of doctor’s diagnosis, please do not take medicines on your own, so as not to cause damage to the organism.