Taro is rich in nutrition, good in color, aroma and taste, and was once considered as the king of vegetables. According to the determination, every 100 grams of fresh taro contains protein 5. 15g, fat 0.28g, carbohydrate 12.7 1g, calcium 170mg and phosphorus 80mg. Its protein content is 2. 1 times that of Chinese yam. Eating it has the effects of dispersing stagnation, regulating qi, detoxicating, invigorating spleen, clearing away heat and relieving cough. There are three cooking methods of taro: burning, frying and stewing. When stewed with chicken and pork, it is fragrant but not greasy, crisp but not rotten. It has always been a must-have for festivals and festive banquets.
Function: Taro has the effects of dispersing stagnation, regulating qi, detoxicating, invigorating spleen, clearing away heat and relieving cough. Taro contains more crude protein, starch, polysaccharide (mucus), crude fiber and sugar, and the content of protein is higher than that of other high-protein plants such as soybeans. The tuberous roots of taro are tender and fragrant, and are often eaten at banquets. Usually cooked with fat chicken to make "braised taro chicken" or as the bottom material of cold pot dishes. The polysaccharide in taro can enhance the immune mechanism of human body and increase the resistance to diseases. Long-term consumption can detoxify and beautify. There is a natural polysaccharide polymer plant colloid in taro, which has a good antidiarrheal effect and can enhance human immune function. It has adjuvant therapeutic effect on breast cancer, thyroid cancer, malignant lymphoma and patients with lymphadenopathy and lymphatic metastasis. Taro can be used as a staple food for preventing and treating cancer, and plays an auxiliary therapeutic role in cancer surgery or postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy and rehabilitation. Chinese medicine believes that taro has the functions of benefiting stomach, relaxing bowels, detoxifying, nourishing liver and kidney, dispersing stagnation, regulating middle energizer and resolving phlegm.