Wuxue yam, one of the traditional and very characteristic agricultural products of Wuxue City, has a long history and culture, rich nutritional value, unique taste and flavor, favored by consumers.
Wuqian yam belongs to Dioscoreaceae yam genus, for the annual or perennial twining vine plants, its underground tubers, can be used as vegetables and medicine, Wuxia large-scale cultivation of yam has a history of more than 300 years. 2009 June, the Chinese people *** and the State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Announcement No. 58 of 2009 announced that: "Wuxian yam" has been awarded the National Agricultural Products Award for its rich nutritional value, unique taste and flavor, and consumers. Yam" was certified by the National Agricultural Products Geographical Indication Certification, the scope of protection: Wuxia City, Hubei Province, Meichuan Town, Yu Chuan Town and other two townships under the jurisdiction of the administrative area.
Wuxue yam grows in the southern foothills of Dabie Mountain, because of its growth on the geographical location of the requirements of the harsh, and only in the city of Wuxue (Guangji County) in the northern part of the local growth. According to the medical sage Li Shizhen "Compendium of Materia Medica" pointed out that the Buddha's hand yam can cure all the deficiency, treatment of five labor seven injuries, go to the head and face swim wind, lumbago, in addition to the annoyance of the heat, make up for the lack of heart qi, open up to the heart of the hole, more memory, strong bones and bones, benefit the kidney qi, spleen and stomach, diarrhea, phlegm and saliva, moist fur, lowering blood pressure, anti-tumor, slow aging, prolonging the life of the.
Wuxia Buddha's hand yam has become a modern people's good food, whether hotels, hotels set feasts, or family celebrations to welcome the new yam to make a variety of good dishes.
Wuqian Buddhist yam contains sugar, protein, potassium and amino acids, vitamins and other 18 kinds of nutrients, simmering food, aroma, unique flavor, with nourishing Yin, lungs, kidney, stomach, diarrhea and dysentery, phlegm and saliva, Run hair and other efficacy, it is a very good food medicine.