Shan Yao Chinese Yam - Chinese Herbal Medicine

• Fatigue, weakness, with pale complexion due to chronic qi and blood deficiency.
• Hemiplegia, slurred speech or involuntary muscle control due to blockage of the channels and collaterals.

Do not use for patients with liver wind or severe yin deficiency.

• Brittle nails, yellowing of the skin (jaundice).
• Abdominal cramping, distension or pain in the hypochrondia due to liver qi stangation
• Fatty liver, hepatitis and other liver diseases. 

• Ringing in the ears/tinnitus.
• Unblocks the ears - useful for diminished hearing or temporary hearing loss.
• Red/dry eyes with blurry vision.

• For stomach and spleen qi deficiency with dampness that has potentially generated mild interior-heat - diarrhea, abdominal pain, poor appetite, epigastric pain.
• May be used in early pregnancy for more deficient patients particularly with a tendency towards miscarriage.
• May be used with pediatric patients for poor appetite and looser stools.

• Lethargy, low libedo, frequent urination with possible incontinence resulting from kidney yang deficiency.
• Sensation of cold, especially in the lower half.

• Avoid during pregnancy.
• Avoid during a cold or flu, use nothing, or yin qiao / gan mao ling instead.
• Avoid with patients that present with yin deficiency.

• Dizziness, tinnitus, possibly vertigo as a result of kidney and liver yin deficiency.
• Insomnia especially with night sweats, hot flashes, irritibility.
• Spontaneous/nocturnal emissions. 

• Use with caution in patients that present with spleen qi deficiency.

• Blurry vision, floaters, possibly with dryness of the eyes as a result of the liver yin failing to nourish the eyes and kidney yin failing to brighten the vision.

• Yin deficiency symptoms such as dizziness, vertigo, night sweats, hot flashes, heat in the soles and dryness.
• Blurry vision, possibly with dry eyes.

• Frequent and/or urgent urination, dribbling, incontinence. 
• Treats Lin Syndrome conditions.

• Use with caution if patient presents with UTI.

• Diarrhea, loose stools, or mucus/greasy stools from damp accumulation in the spleen/stomach.
• Borborygmus, low appetite, fatigue, and/or pale complexion resulting from spleen qi deficiency.
• Colitis, IBS, gastritis, and other types of gastro intenstinal disorders where the predominant TCM pattern is spleen qi deficiency and damp accumulation.

• Use with caution during pregnancy.
• Use with caution with patients that present with yin deficiency. 

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• Steaming bone syndrome - dry and intensive persuasive sensation of heat possibly with flushing and tidal fever.
• Dizziness, vertigo, tinnitis, anxiety and restlessness resulting from yin deficiency.
• Dryness of the skin, mucus membranes, hard stools, dark or scanty urine.

• Use with caution with patients presenting with damp signs or spleen qi deficiency.

• Infertility, low libedo, impotence due to kidney yin deficiency.
• Low sperm count, abnormal sperm morphology resulting from jing deficiency.
• Irregular menstruation, vaginal dryness.