黄药子之名始载于宋《开宝本草》。但历代本草所述植物种类较为复杂,仅明李中立《本草原始》谓黄药子“皮紫黑色多须,每须处有白眼,肉色黄”,与近代市场上广泛使用的较吻合,系薯蓣科植物黄独 Dioscorea bulb-fera L.的块茎。本品味苦,性平;有清热、凉血、解毒、消瘿之效。但也有的省 The name of Huang Yaozi was first recorded in the song “Kaibao Materia Medica.” However, the herbal plants described in previous generations were more complex. Only Li Zhongli’s “Materia Medica Primitive” stated that Huang Yaozi’s “purple and black skin must have white eyes and flesh-colored yellow,” which is more consistent with that widely used in modern markets. Yellow tuber of Dioscorea bulb-fera L. tuber. This product tastes bitter, flat; there are heat, cooling blood, detoxification, elimination of phlegm effect. But there are also some provinces