Yam can generally be decocted and taken to play a certain role in strengthening the spleen and tonifying the kidneys, but the effect of a single drug is limited.
Yam is warm, sweet, and flat, and belongs to the spleen, lung, and kidney meridians, and has the effect of tonifying the spleen, nourishing the stomach, generating fluids and benefiting the lungs, and tonifying the kidney and astringent essence.
Yam is commonly used in the treatment of reduced diet, loss of appetite, prolonged diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency, asthma and cough caused by lung deficiency, spermatorrhea, dyspareunia, frequent urination and thirst caused by kidney deficiency. Those who have solid evil should not take it.
Yam alone decoction to take can play a certain spleen, tonic effect, in addition, yam can also be used with other drugs, such as the treatment of weak spleen and stomach, do not think of food can be used with taro, atractylodes macrocephala, ginseng; the treatment of dampness, heat and deficiency, can be used with cangzhu.
It is recommended that patients in need of medication under the guidance of a doctor.