The starch content of yam is generally higher than that of ordinary vegetables, so yam can be used as a part of the staple food, not just as a dish.
Some people think that yam is a root block in the soil and is worthless. If you need to make up, it must be ginseng and bird's nest, but yam has the power to make up slowly, which is difficult for other Chinese medicines to achieve.
The starch content of yam is generally higher than that of ordinary vegetables, so yam can be used as a part of the staple food, not just as a dish.
Chinese medicine believes that yam has the effects of strengthening spleen, tonifying lung, tonifying kidney, benefiting qi and nourishing yin. Modern medicine thinks that it has high nutritional value and is rich in amylase, fat, protein and multivitamins. It has the functions of lowering blood sugar, reducing blood fat, enhancing immunity and resisting aging, and has many benefits.
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Yam contains a large number of mucins, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent the deposition of blood lipids on the blood vessel wall, prevent cardiovascular diseases, and have the functions of lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, and calming the nerves. Yam contains mucin, which can lower blood sugar. If eaten for a long time, it can also prevent diabetes.
As a kind of potato, yam is a very good food with high potassium and low sodium, and it is also a rare food for patients with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
The moisture disappeared.
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.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the viscera corresponding to dampness is the spleen; When the spleen and stomach function is not good, it is easy to produce moisture. Moreover, the spleen governs transportation and transformation, and dampness needs energy, and spleen and stomach need to transport food. Spleen and stomach are powerful, and moisture naturally has nowhere to hide. And yam is flat and suitable for most people.
3 kidney is not empty.
Yam contains a variety of nutrients, which has the functions of strengthening body, nourishing kidney and benefiting essence. Chinese medicine Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Bawei Dihuang Pill, Guishao Dihuang Pill and other well-known drugs have all added yam, which shows their kidney-tonifying skills.
The lungs have been raised.
Many people feel thirsty, hoarse, dry cough, dry skin and so on. This is the most obvious climate feature "dryness" in autumn, which is harmful to the lungs and throat. Yam contains saponin and mucus, both of which have the functions of lubricating and moistening dryness, so it can benefit lung qi, nourish lung yin and treat lung deficiency, phlegm cough and chronic cough.
All five are young.
Yam is a rare product with the same origin of medicine and food, and it contains a variety of rich amino acids and other substances, such as free amino acids, polyphenol oxidase, vitamin C, iodine, 16 amino acids and so on. Amino acids can repair damaged cells, damaged factors and so on. So they have a good skin care effect. Keep eating for half a month, and the whole person will feel brand-new.
Cancer is far away from us
Yam is regarded as a cancer terminator, especially for the prevention and treatment of colon cancer. Dietary fiber in yam tuber can prevent toxic compounds from attaching to colon mucosa; In addition, vitamin A in yam can also protect human body from lung cancer and oral cancer.