Millet is sweet, salty and cool. It enters the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians and tonifies the spleen and stomach. It can treat dyspepsia and limb fatigue.
Yam is sweet and warm. Tonifying without stagnation, not hot or dry, can strengthen the spleen, benefit the stomach and help digestion. Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to the digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach. It is a dual-purpose product of medicine and food that blindly tonifies the spleen and stomach. Both spleen yang deficiency and stomach yin deficiency can be eaten.
Yam contains saponin and mucilage, which has lubricating and moistening effects, so it can benefit lung qi, nourish lung yin and treat lung deficiency, phlegm and cough for a long time.
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Taboos for eating yam:
1, yam should not be eaten with carp and kansui, they are mutually compatible.
2, yam and pig liver. Yam is rich in vitamin C, and pig liver contains copper, iron, zinc and other metal trace elements. When vitamin C meets metal ions, it will accelerate oxidation and damage, reducing its nutritional value. Therefore, it is not suitable to eat yam after eating pig liver.
3, yam and cucumber, pumpkin, carrot, squash. Cucumber, pumpkin, carrot and bamboo shoots all contain vitamin C decomposing enzymes. If yam is eaten together, vitamin C will be decomposed and destroyed.
4. Yam and seafood. Generally, seafood (including fish, shrimp and algae) is rich in protein except minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus and iodine, while fruits such as hawthorn and pomegranate all contain tannic acid. If they are mixed, they will synthesize tannic acid protein, which will have astringent effect, form constipation, increase the absorption of intestinal toxins, and cause symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting.
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