Dried Chinese Yam Slices Huai Shan Yao Bulk Herbal Decoction Pieces for Soup and Tea

Dried Chinese Yam Slices, known in TCM as Huai Shan Yao (淮山药), from Dioscorea opposita. These oblique-cut slices are made from the yam rhizome, a mild and neutral food-herb traditionally valued in Chinese herbal practice. In TCM theory, Chinese yam is sweet in flavor and associated with the spleen, lung, and kidney channels. Commonly simmered in soups, congee, and herbal decoctions as a gentle everyday ingredient.

Key Selling Points

• Authentic Huai Shan Yao dried Chinese yam slices sourced from Henan, a region traditionally prized for this herb
• Botanical source is Dioscorea opposita, the classic Chinese yam used in TCM decoction pieces
• Oblique-cut dried slices in natural whole form, suitable for milling or direct cooking
• Traditionally regarded as a mild sweet neutral herb that supports daily tonic cooking
• Versatile bulk ingredient for soups, congee, herbal teas, and herbal formulations

Quality & Sensory

Slices are typically pale white to light ivory with a firm, dry, starchy texture and a faint earthy-sweet aroma. When simmered or decocted, they typically soften to a mild, subtly sweet, slightly starchy taste that blends well with other herbs and grains.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Simmer in herbal soups with pork, chicken, or lotus seed
• Cook into rice congee for a mild traditional breakfast
• Add to herbal decoctions and tonic formulas
• Use as a milling ingredient for homemade yam powder
• Brew gently as a light herbal tea with goji or longan

Traditional Uses

In TCM practice, Chinese yam is a classic spleen-tonifying herb traditionally used in gentle daily cooking and tonic formulas. It is a familiar ingredient in four-herb soup (Si Shen Tang), autumn and winter nourishing broths, and healing congee. Traditionally associated with supporting digestion and vitality, it is often paired with lotus seed, poria, goji berry, and codonopsis in household herbal cuisine.

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