Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Air-potato

Plant

Family

Dioscoreaceae

English

Air-potato, Aerial yam, Air potatos, Air yam, Arial yam, Bitter yam, Bulb-bearing yam, Potato yam

Latin

Dioscorea bulbifera Linn., Dioscorea sativavernonia parviflora Thunb.

Plantparts

Aerial tubes, Corm, creeping rootstalks, foliage, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Abscess, Abscesses, Aids digestion, Anti-abscess, Antidote for poisoning, Antidote to poisoning, Anti-dysenteric, Anti-flu, Anti-hemorrhoidal, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Antisyphilitic, Antiulcer, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, Bloody flux, Boil, Boils, Cephalagia, Cephalalgia, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive ulcers, Digestive weakness, dispepsia, dysentery, dyspepsia, Eupeptic, Febrile response, Fever, feverish condition, Fevers, Flu, furuncle, Furuncles, gastric ulcer, Gastritis, General inflammation, General inflammations, goiter, goitre, Good for digestion, Gripe, Grippe, haemorrhoids, Headache, Headaches, head pains, Hemorrhoid, hemorrhoids, improves digestion, Indigestion, Inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammation in stomach, inflammation of stomach, inflammations, Inflammations in general, Influenza, Piles, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, Pyrexia, soothes headaches, stimulates digestion, Stomach inflammation, Stomach ulcers, struma, syphilis, the flue, Ulcer, Ulcerous sores, ulcers, Warming digestive

Cancer

Anti-cancer, Anti-carciogenic, Anti-cariogenic, Cancer, Malignant neoplasm, Malignant tumor

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: Liver, TCM MERIDIAN: Stomach, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used by Ribeirinhos in the North Araguaia microregion, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Phytomedical use in China, Phytomedical use in Nepal, Phytomedical use in Samoa, Used in Bangladesh

Ingredients

 Arsenic, ash, Calcium, calcium oxalate, Carbohydrates, Copper, Dioscin, diosgenin, D-Sorbitol, fat, Fibres, iron, magnesium, manganese, Mercury, Natural rubber, phosphorus, potassium, protein, saponin, sodium, starch, tannin, water, zinc

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn5780

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