Home›Formulas› Boiled Chinese yam water (single-herb remedy): 6 liang (about 180 g) of raw dried Chinese yam slices (sheng shanyao) simmered into a decoction; for one full day and night the patient drinks nothing but this yam water, topping up the pot and simmering again as it runs low; the next day another 6 liang is used and the process repeated — after three days all the complaints resolved

Boiled Chinese yam water (single-herb remedy): 6 liang (about 180 g) of raw dried Chinese yam slices (sheng shanyao) simmered into a decoction; for one full day and night the patient drinks nothing but this yam water, topping up the pot and simmering again as it runs low; the next day another 6 liang is used and the process repeated — after three days all the complaints resolved: Chinese Medicine Cases

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Medicine: Raw dried Chinese yam slices (sheng shanyao / gan shanyao pian, Dioscorea opposita), Huai yam (huai shanyao, from Wen County, Jiaozuo, Henan)