山药是临床常用药之一，善滋补阴液，入肺、脾、肾三经。通过对历代所有运用山药的方剂分析，发现与山药配伍频率最高的前30 味中药，其中有28 味来自于《神农本草经》，23 味属“上品”。本文重点分析了山药与补益药的配伍意义及规律，以期为临床科学组方及人们日常保健使用提供依据，从而充分发挥山药的功效。

Shanyao (Dioscorea opposita Thunb.) is the one of the conventional herbs in the clinical practice, which is good at nourishing yin, and entering the lung, spleen and kidney meridian. Through analysis on all formulae containing Shanyao in past dynasties, we found out the top 30 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) herbs for the highest frequency in combination with Shanyao, among which there were 28 herbs recorded in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong's Classic of the Materia Medica) and 23 herbs were considered as the top grade medicinals.This article was focused on the analysis of the compatibility meaning and rules of Shanyao and supplementing medicinals in order to provide scientific basis for clinical formulae and daily health cultivation so as to make good use of Shanyao.

重庆市卫生局中医药科技计划项目（2011-2-148）：中药竹菇的炮制工艺及质量标准研究，负责人：周滢。