Dioscorea Yam vs Anise Green

TCM spleen, lung, and kidney tonic used to tonify qi and yin, stabilize essence, and treat digestive weakness, chronic cough, and urinary frequency.

Classic Mediterranean and Middle Eastern culinary and medicinal herb used since ancient Egypt for digestive conditions and as expectorant.

diosgenin, dioscin, allantoin, starch

trans-anethole, pseudoisoeugenol, estragole, flavonoids, furocoumarins

Tonify spleen and stomach qi, Moisten lung yin, Stabilize kidney essence, Treat chronic diarrhea

Digestive conditions and colic since ancient Egypt, Respiratory and expectorant in Middle Eastern medicine, Galactagogue for nursing mothers, Menstrual support

Digestive tonic, Antidiabetic, Probiotic prebiotic, Hormonal precursor

Carminative, Expectorant, Antispasmodic, Estrogenic mild, Galactagogue

15-30g dried rhizome or 5-10g powder daily

1-3g seeds as tea 3x daily; 1-2ml tincture 3x daily

Damp accumulation in TCM, Full patterns

Pregnancy in medicinal doses, Estrogen-sensitive conditions

Bloating if overdone

Rare photosensitivity, Allergic reactions