Talk:Dioscorea opposita

message: This section is fiction written in as if in-universe. It refers to the vegetable's ability to channel qi and other such things with no scientific consensus. It has been tagged as needing reworking since 2012, and no work has been done. I feel that as the section is pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo, and offers no real notable insight into the properties or usage of the plant, the entire traditional chinese medicine section can be removed, and instead it can be mentioned in the alternate medicines section that it is also used in chinese traditional medicine. 118.211.96.63 (talk) 23:24, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Chinese medicine section

message: Tororo udon/soba is DEFINITELY eaten hot and cold. I have had the hot variety many times. Its usually regular kake soba/udon plus tororo
I edited  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.134.163.94 (talk) 12:19, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Tororo Sobd/Udon

message: I would like to know more about the nutrients that this vegetable provides.  I understand it is starchy, but how much starch?  how many calories, etc?Saritamackita 00:22, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Nutrients

message: It would also be nice to know the soil conditions and the climate that this vegetable is grown well in.Saritamackita 00:22, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Soil conditions, Climate

message: This article needs a taxobox.  Badagnani 03:07, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Added. Laogooli 20:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Taxobox

message: Can someone discuss jinenjo further?  Badagnani 11:36, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: 自然薯 (ヤマノイモ) – Japanese Wiki article  Hrdinský (talk) 07:26, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Jinenjo and tororo

message: I've grown some of this. I'll upload images as soon as it starts to grow leaves. Laogooli 20:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: I find it hard to believe it nagaimo was used as a personal lubricant, due to oxalate crystals which would irritate the skin.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.85.250.150 (talk • contribs) 
:I have to agree, this section sounds fake to me.  Slurping one's food isn't considered particularly bad in Japanese culture.  This information (if it's true) should belong in the personal lubricant article.  It seems completely out of place here. 72.22.3.94 01:53, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You all make reasonable arguments here. However, Torigoe Bunzô was a leading expert on the popular culture of the Edo period, and what you have not done here is to provide a citation countering Torigoe's assertion. I can appreciate that it might sound dubious, but, if we labeled anything and everything dubious just because it doesn't sound quite right, then everything on Wikipedia would be labeled dubious by someone. If you have a citation specifically saying otherwise, then by all means, go ahead and cite it. In the meantime, I've restored my contributions from Torigoe's book. Cheers. LordAmeth (talk) 17:40, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I see this section was removed again. Torigoe Bunzo was one of the top scholars on the Edo period, a very reliable source. If you have any counter citation, explicitly refuting this myth, I would be more than happy to leave this be. But, in the meantime, your own personal doubts are not a valid source for removing interesting and possibly valid information from the encyclopedia. LordAmeth (talk) 23:29, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  It would help if we had access to the source. So far we only have your assertion that it says what you say it does, with the interpretation that you've taken from it. Even reproducing a quote here would help with the second part, at least. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:22, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the dubious information. As a Japanese editor, it sounds nonsense. Oda Mari (talk) 10:34, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Use as lubricant

message: the pictured labled "tororo udon" is in fact soba (i.e. made of buckwheat, not wheat).Naerhu 05:08, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: soba?

message: I wanted to add the Japanese name translations. "Yama" means mountain and "imo" potato. Does anyone know what the "naga" in nagaimo means? Also what is the difference in the shapes of the roots to earn the different names?24.83.178.11 05:08, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Japanese Name Translation

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thread_title: [[WP:FOOD|WikiProject Food and drink]] Tagging

message: Korean name of Dioscorea opposita is "ma". Hemp is also called "ma麻", which is cino-Korean. 
Even though the two have same pronounication, they are different things...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.189.226.124 (talk) 21:18, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong information is deleted..