Chinese name
sweet potato
Latin scientific name
sweet potato
alias
sweet potato
boundary
plant kingdom
phylum
angiosperms
Brief introduction
tuberous root of leguminous vine potato. Also known as shage, sweet potato, cold potato, cold potato, sweet potato with honey. It is cultivated in south-central and southwest China, Fujian and Taiwan Province.
harvesting in autumn, washing, peeling off the skin, and fresh use. Sweet in taste and cool in nature. It can clear away heat, relieve annoyance, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Contains sugar, protein, calcium, phosphorus, soybean saponin, soybean flavone and other components.
dietotherapy
[ use] for stomach heat and polydipsia, or excessive drinking; Heat injures body fluid, causing constipation.
[ usage] raw food, wringing juice, or decoction.
[ note] people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not take it. People with constipation must chew this product.
tuberous root of the medicinal part of sweet potato. The seeds of this plant are also used for medicine.
nature and taste return to Lu chuan Ben Cao, which is sweet and cool. Entering the lung and stomach.
it is effective in promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Treat fever and thirst.
administration and dosage: raw or cooked. Sweet potato has the function of smoothing intestines, which can reduce fat absorption, and eating sweet potato can increase satiety and reduce appetite, thus achieving the goal of losing weight and being fit.
Morphological characteristics
The honey-returning sweet potato has a spindle-shaped appearance and an obvious petal-shaped structure. The skin is yellowish and white, and the flesh inside is extremely white. The texture of the meat looks a bit like a sweet potato. When it is ripe to the peak, it will make a cracking sound when it is peeled off, and the traces of cracking can be seen vaguely. It is sweeter, crispy and more watery than sweet potato.
economic value
the economic value of sweet potato is slightly low, but its nutritional value is high;
Antitumor Protein of Cold Potato A new anti-tumor protein of Cold Potato was purified and separated from the seeds of Cold Potato by a specific method. The anti-tumor protein of sweet potato has the activity of inhibiting liver cancer, gastric cancer and melanoma.
Sweet potato is rich in nutrition, and contains many essential elements such as calcium, iron, zinc, copper and phosphorus. It also has the effects of lowering blood pressure and blood lipid. Like sweet potato, cold potato is also a high-yield crop, and the yield per mu can reach several thousand kilograms or even more than ten thousand kilograms.
The fleshy tuberous root of sweet potato is rich in starch, sugar and protein, crisp and juicy, with thin and tough skin, easy to peel off, and can be eaten raw, fried and used as feed. Processed into sand Ge Fen, it has the effect of cooling and removing heat. Cold potato tubers are storable, and the balanced supply of vegetables can be adjusted throughout the year [1]
Cultivation techniques
Generally, sweet potatoes are planted in the middle of April, and the seeds are oval-flat and dark orange. Generally, ordinary people plant them in nutrient soil, so that the grown seedlings are more resistant to insect diseases, because adding drugs to prevent insect diseases to the nutrient soil can make the sweet potatoes healthier in the later growth process, so as not to be damaged. The temperature should be normal temperature, and watering should be strengthened when the temperature is high, so as to prevent the fruit from lack of moisture and dryness, and the sunshine should be sufficient, which is conducive to photosynthesis and synthesis of sweetener, so that the fruit that grows out is refreshing and sweet.