Chinese Yam 600g | Huai Shan 淮山

Huai Shan (淮山), Chinese yam slices, 600g. Chalky white slices with a mild, faintly sweet flavour — one of the gentlest herbs in the pharmacy, and a soup ingredient in Chinese households everywhere.

• 600g of dried Chinese yam slices
• Chalky white slices, mild and faintly sweet
• One of the gentlest herbs in the pharmacy
• A Cantonese soup staple
• Also available in an unsulphured version

Traditional use of Chinese Yam

Shan Yao is described in Chinese medicine as tonifying the spleen, lung and kidney at once — an unusually broad, gentle action that makes it safe for daily food use.

Names for this herb

Pinyin Huai Shan · Chinese 淮山 · also written 山藥 · pharmaceutical Latin Rhizoma Dioscoreae · botanical name Dioscorea opposita · English: Chinese yam, shan yao, dioscorea root · Cantonese: wai san

Chinese herbs are sold under many names. If you were given a different name or a prescription slip you cannot match, send it to us and we will identify it for you.

Traditional use information is provided for general education only and is not medical advice. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Consult a qualified practitioner before use, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medication or managing a health condition. Keep out of reach of children.