English name: Sweet potato, Yam

Alias: sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, yam, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, golden potatoes, sweet potatoes, vermilion potatoes, jade pillows potatoes

Colloquial name: Groundnuts

Medicinal Name Groundnut

Latin Name Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urban

Name Examination Groundnut, Cool Gourd, Cool Potato, Kudzu Gourd, Kudzu Potato, Ground Turnip, Grass Gourd Rouge, Sand Kudzu, Ground Turnip

Subject Origin Dicotyledonous Leaves Plant MedicineLeguminosae

Medicinal PartThe tuberous root of sweet potato. The seeds of this plant are also used for medicine.

The properties of the plant are summarized in Lu Chuan Ben Cao (陆川本草): "Sweet, cool." Attributed to the lung and stomach meridians.

Effects and IndicationsSupply of fluids to quench thirst. Cure feverish thirst.

Use and DosageInternally: eaten raw or boiled.

English name: sweet potato

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