I. Ingredients
250 grams of yam, 50 grams of auricularia auricula, 500 grams of grass chicken, dried bamboo shoots 150 grams, appropriate amount of ginger, appropriate amount of cooking wine and appropriate amount of salt.
Two. pace
1. Cut chicken into pieces.
2. Put ginger and chicken in a pot and cook over high fire.
3. At the same time, clean water can be soaked in warm water.
4. Then cut into small pieces.
5. After the chicken soup in the pot is boiled, skim off the floating foam and add dried bamboo shoots and cooking wine.
6. Cook over high fire.
7. Then add the soaked fungus.
8 add yam.
9. Cook on high heat for 15 minutes, then turn to low heat and cook for about half an hour.
3. The efficacy of yam
1. Strengthening spleen and nourishing stomach
Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. Blindly nourishing the spleen and stomach is a dual-purpose product of medicine and food. Both spleen yang deficiency and stomach yin deficiency can be eaten. Clinically, it is often used with Weichang Decoction to treat spleen and stomach weakness, anorexia, fatigue, diarrhea and other symptoms.
2. Benefiting lung and relieving cough
Yam contains saponin and mucus, which can lubricate and moisten dryness, so it can benefit lung qi, nourish lung yin and treat lung deficiency with excessive phlegm and persistent cough.
reduce the blood sugar
Yam contains mucin, which can lower blood sugar. Can be used for treating diabetes, and is a good food for diabetic patients.
Prevention of obesity
Yam is a delicious food with high nutrition and low calorie. The calories in each 100g edible yam are only 56 kilocalories. In addition, yam can reduce the accumulation of subcutaneous fat, so eating yam in moderation can prevent obesity.
5. tonify kidney deficiency
Yam is rich in nutrition and has the functions of strengthening the body, tonifying kidney and replenishing essence. It is helpful for treating nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, leucorrhea and frequent urination.
6. Prevention of cardiovascular diseases
Yam soap in yam can accelerate the metabolism of cholesterol in human body, so people with high cholesterol often eat yam to protect the cardiovascular system. Moreover, yam can effectively prevent blood lipids from depositing on the blood vessel wall and prevent cardiovascular diseases.
Strengthen bones
Mucopolysaccharides in Chinese yam can form bone when combined with inorganic salts, which makes cartilage elastic and enhances bone strength and density. Therefore, people with osteoporosis can eat more yam to prevent and improve osteoporosis.