Area
Dioscorea family species are endemic plants of East Asia, growing in Russia, Japan and China. Dioscoréa - belongs to the family Dioscoré. It is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows up to 4 meters in height, with more than 600 species distributed in the tropics of the world.
Botanical description of the plant
Yams (Dioscoria) belongs to the family of yams, up to 4 meters in height. A perennial herbaceous plant that grows in clumps.
Medicinal properties
In medicine, the root is used with two types of rhizomes: the underground organs of yams contain saponins (steroid saponindiostsin, etc.), starch and other substances. A combination of saponins - polysponin (also diosponin) is used to treat atherosclerosis and hypertension, as well as to reduce its amount when the amount of cholesterol in the blood increases. Diostsinning is used in the synthetic synthesis of cortisone and other corticosteroid drugs from diosgenin formed from the breakdown.
Growing technology
The species of the Dioscoria family are plants with agrotechnical and cultivation instructions as a food plant.
