Plant |
Family | Dioscoreaceae |
English |
Nepal yam, Yam |
Latin |
Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Griseb. |
Plantparts | Corm, creeping rootstalks, Root tuber, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
antiparasite, Antiparasitic, Contraception, contraceptive, Medicinal, Medicinal herb, medicine, Medicines, parasite, parasites, Parasiticide, Unspecified Medicinal Disorders, Used for medicine, Used medicinally |
Foods |
Food |
Other uses |
against lice, Fish poison, fish poisons, laundry, Lice, Louse, Pediculicide, Piscicide, Poisonous to fish, soap, Soap Substitute, soap substitutes, toxic to fish, Used as fish poisons, Used to treat lice (Pediculus humanus capitus), washing, Washing clothes |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical use in Nepal |
Ingredients |
| | diosgenin, saponin |
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