In Terms of Compendium of Materia Medica Introducing Chinese YamâÂÂsApplication and Developing the Traditional Clinical Dispensing Technologyof Chinese Medicine Master Jin Shiyuan
2017
The original name of Chinese Yam (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Shan Yao) is Shu Yu, which is one of the four Huai
medicines commonly used in clinical medicine. Chinese Yam (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Shan Yao) was firstly recorded
as upper in Classics of the Materia Medica (Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing), the upper grade nourishes life. Many
classical prescription manuals included Chinese Yam (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Shan Yao), such as Liuwei Dihuang
Pills, Jingui Shenqi Pills, Guishao Dihuang Pills, and so on. Donghan Dynasty (A.D. 25-220) Zhang Zhongjing
recorded that Shuyu Pill is the prescription mainly treats weak disease in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber (Jin
Gui Yao Lve). Li Shizhen summarized Chinese Yam’s medicinal action as five aspects including toughen up kidney Qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, arrest diarrhea, reduce phlegm, nourish pelage in Compendium of
Materia Medica (Ben Cao Gang Mu). The Chinese Medicine master Jin Shiyuan inherited Li Shizhen’s academic
thought, medicine culture, and developed nine Chinese medicinal clinical dispensing technologies. This paper
is based on Li Shizhen’s description of Chinese Yam (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Shan Yao) in the Compendium of
Materia Medica (Ben Cao Gang Mu). In the process of analysis, CNKI, Wanfang, and other databases were
searched with “Chinese Yam (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Shan Yao)”, “Li Shizhen”, “Jin Shiyuan”, “clinical dispensing
technology”, “processed products”, “prescription payable”, “specifications and grades” as keywords. To collect
the historical origin, processing methods, processing products, prescription payables, specifications and grades,
clinical application, and modern development from recording such as the Compendium of Materia Medica (Ben
Cao Gang Mu) on Chinese Yam (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Shan Yao) in the history, inheriting Li Shizhen’s academic
thought, medicine culture, and studying the Chinese Medicine master Jin Shiyuan’s clinical dispensing technology experience.
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