일반명 참마
일반명-영어 Dioscorea rhizome, common yarn rhizome
라틴명 Dioscoreae Rhizoma
이명 회산약(懷山藥), 준산약(准山藥), 서예(署預), 산우(山芋), 산여(山蕷), 서여(薯蕷)
학명 Dioscorea japonica Thunberg (참마)
기원 참마 Dioscorea japonica Thunberg (마과 Dioscoreaceae)의 주피를 제거한 뿌리줄기

약성/귀경
달고(甘) 평이하다(平).
비(脾), 폐(肺), 신경(腎經)에 작용한다.

효능
익기양음(益氣養陰), 보비폐신(補脾肺腎)

익기(益氣): a therapeutic method to treat qi deficiency by using qi tonifying medicinals, the same as to replenish or restore qi

양음약(養陰藥): a medicinal that tonifies and nourishes yin fluid, the same as the yin-nourishing or yin-replenishing medicinal

보비(補脾): a therapeutic method to treat diminished functional activities of the spleen by using tonifying medicinals

보폐(補肺): a general term for therapeutic methods of using tonifying medicinals to treat deficiency patterns/syndromes of the lung

보신(補腎): a general term for treating deficiency patterns/syndromes of the kidney with tonifying medicinals