The efficacy and function of Chinese yam The efficacy of Chinese yam
1, nourishing and fitness, delaying aging
Studies at home and abroad have confirmed that Chinese yam can promote the brain to secrete dehydroepiandrosterone. Taking dehydroepiandrosterone can improve sleep, make people feel happy, full of vitality, look young, make people have a good appetite, etc., and obtain the effects of strengthening body building and delaying aging.
Yam has the functions of nourishing cells, strengthening endocrine, tonifying and strengthening the body's hematopoietic function, inducing interferon, improving the body's immune function, improving disease resistance, etc., and plays an important role in delaying the aging process.
Yam is rich in trace elements beneficial to human body, and has the functions of nourishing blood, nourishing brain, tonifying kidney and resisting aging.
2, astringent solid bowel to stop diarrhea
Yam is sweet, nourishing but not greasy, fragrant but not dry, and has a good effect on diarrhea due to spleen deficiency. Yam is a soothing, nourishing and strengthening medicine, which strengthens the spleen, benefits the stomach and broadens the intestine, and has a good effect on chronic diarrhea with gastrointestinal dysfunction.
Yam can nourish yin and promote diuresis, lubricate and astringent. It can be used to treat fecal diarrhea, because it is beneficial to urinate and convenient, so that water can be discharged from the bladder and the water in the intestine is reduced, so the symptoms of diarrhea are reduced.
Yam can stop diarrhea by invigorating the spleen, benefiting the stomach and widening the intestine, because yam can calm the spleen and strengthen the function of invigorating qi and transporting spleen, so it can stop defecation.
3. Prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease with arteriosclerosis
Chinese yam is one of the ideal foods for preventing and treating arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease, and the reasons are as follows:
① Yam can supply a lot of mucin to human body. This is a mixture of polysaccharide and protein, which has a special health care effect on human body, can prevent fat deposition in cardiovascular system and avoid excessive obesity.
(2) Amylase contained in yam can be decomposed into protein and sugar, which are important substances to maintain human life, and can reduce weight and fit. The sitosterol contained in Chinese yam has the function of lowering blood cholesterol, and has certain curative effect on preventing and treating coronary heart disease and hypercholesterolemia.
③ Yam is rich in cellulose, which can lower cholesterol. Because dietary fiber can shorten the time for food to pass through the small intestine, thus reducing the absorption of cholesterol, it is beneficial for cholesterol to be converted into cholic acid and bile acid and discharged from the body, avoiding the increase of blood cholesterol content and reducing the chance of excess cholesterol and fat depositing on the blood vessel wall.
④ Yam contains more than 20 kinds of nutrients, such as mucilage, amylase, amino acids, trace elements and vitamins, which have the functions of resisting arteriosclerosis and improving blood supply to myocardium.
⑤ Dopamine, an important component of Chinese yam, has the function of dilating blood vessels and improving blood circulation, which plays an important role in the treatment of circulatory failure.
⑥ Yam has the functions of regulating endocrine, invigorating qi and dredging pulse, improving coronary artery and microcirculation blood flow, and treating coronary heart disease and angina pectoris.
4, puzzle and brain
Yam is rich in nutrients, including starch, protein, mucilage and other nutrients, especially amylase, which can hydrolyze starch into glucose, directly provide heat energy for the brain and play an important role in strengthening the brain.
Yam is rich in choline and lecithin, which helps to improve the memory of human brain. Yam is rich in nutrition, which has the functions of enhancing the activity of nerve cells, nourishing the heart, calming the mind, treating forgetfulness, nourishing the heart and improving intelligence, and enhancing memory.
5. tonify deficiency, lower blood sugar and treat diabetes.
Yam is a top-grade tonic, and it has good curative effect on diabetes. The reasons are as follows:
① Yam is mild in taste, not cold and not dry, and can fill the five internal organs, so it is a medicine for treating deficiency. Diabetes is mainly caused by yin deficiency and dryness-heat, which can quench thirst. Edible yam has beneficial yin effect, so yam can treat diabetes.
(2) Glycoprotein contained in yam can be hydrolyzed into protein and sugar in vivo, which can reduce blood sugar. Amylase contained in yam can help food digestion and hydrolyze starch into glucose. Therefore, it has a certain curative effect on diabetes, and it can also be eaten by people with gastrointestinal weakness.
(3) Chinese yam can not only tonify qi, but also nourish yin, which is not stagnant, nourishing but not greasy, nourishing spleen and benefiting stomach yin. It is an important medicine for nourishing spleen and stomach, suitable for diabetic patients to eat for a long time, and has obvious curative effect on mild diabetes.
6, qi and qi, cough and asthma.
Yam has the effects of tonifying lung, benefiting qi, nourishing yin, relieving cough, regulating lung and resolving phlegm, and can be used to treat lung deficiency, deficiency of qi and yin, shortness of breath, chronic cough, deficiency of asthma, etc. Yam has the functions of nourishing, inducing interferon, enhancing immunity, regulating endocrine, relieving cough, eliminating phlegm and relieving asthma, and can be used to treat chronic tracheitis.
7, lose weight and beauty, skin care and beauty
As a nutritious food, yam contains a lot of starch, protein, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, glucose, crude protein amino acids, choline, allantoin and so on. Among them, yam soap, an important nutritional component, is a precursor substance for synthesizing female hormones, which has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying yang and enhancing metabolism. Dopamine in yam has the functions of dilating blood vessels and improving blood circulation. Improve human digestive function, enhance physical fitness, and improve skin's moisturizing feeling and color. Yam is a natural slimming food for MM. It contains enough fiber, and after eating, it will feel full, thus controlling the desire to eat. Secondly, yam itself is a kind of food with high nutrition and low calorie, so you can safely eat more without worrying about getting fat. Yam is a natural slimming food for MM. It contains enough fiber, and after eating, it will feel full, thus controlling the desire to eat. Secondly, yam itself is a kind of food with high nutrition and low calorie, so you can safely eat more without worrying about getting fat.
Of course, Chinese yam is not only very useful for MM, but also has the same effect on middle-aged and elderly men and women friends. Middle-aged and elderly people often eat Chinese yam to make themselves look young, make their skin ruddy and shiny, and glow with youthful appearance. For patients with ichthyosis, eating yam for a long time can make the skin white, smooth and moist.
8, filling essence and strengthening kidney, enhancing sexual function
Yam can tonify qi and yin in lung, spleen, kidney and triple energizer, replenish essence and consolidate kidney, stop spermatorrhea, and make qi and blood biochemical active. It is an important medicine for deficiency of qi and yin and deficiency of lower energizer, and has a good effect on kidney deficiency, wet dream, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation and impotence. It has a good curative effect on sexual dysfunction caused by kidney deficiency in middle-aged and elderly people.
9, filling essence and strengthening kidney, treating frequent urination.
When people reach old age, frequent urination is very common, especially frequent urination at night, which is mainly due to the instability of kidney qi and the decline of kidney yang in the elderly. Severe frequent urination causes great pain to the elderly and affects their life and health. Regular consumption of yam can replenish essence and strengthen kidney, which has a significant effect on the treatment of frequent urination. Frequent micturition has a great relationship with urinary retention. I always feel that my urine is unclean. I just urinate once and then I want to urinate. Chinese yam can not only replenish essence and strengthen kidney, but also have diuretic effect, which can effectively overcome the symptoms of urinary retention, thus achieving the effect of treating frequent micturition.
10, rich in organic germanium, used to treat cancer.
Yam is rich in many trace elements beneficial to human body, especially organic germanium, which has anticancer effect. Yam has the characteristics of warm tonic but not sudden, slightly fragrant and not dry, so it is very suitable for dietotherapy for cancer patients.
1 1, enhance human digestion and absorption function, and treat anorexia and dyspepsia.
Yam can strengthen the spleen and stomach, make the spleen and stomach healthy, enhance the digestion and absorption function of the human body, stimulate appetite and strengthen physical fitness, and has a good curative effect on anorexia, anorexia and dyspepsia in children.
12, softening and resolving hard mass, treating red swelling and induration, tuberculosis and other diseases.
External application of mashed yam has the effect of softening hard mass and resolving hard mass, and can be used to treat red swelling and hard mass, tuberculosis and other diseases. But also has good curative effect on inflammatory diseases such as mastitis, breast swelling and pain, furuncle and chilblain.
13, strengthen bone, treat rickets.
Mucopolysaccharide in yam can form bone after combining with inorganic salts, which makes cartilage have certain elasticity, so it has certain curative effect on rickets.
14, prevent connective tissue atrophy, prevent collagen disease.
Yam can prevent connective tissue atrophy in liver and kidney, prevent collagen disease and keep the lubrication of digestive tract, respiratory tract and joint cavity.
15, invigorating the middle energizer, can make people smart.
Yam melts in the middle of the body to replenish qi, grow muscles and strengthen yin. Eating yam often can make people smart, light fit and not hungry, and prolong life.
The function of yam
1, hypoglycemic effect
2. Regulating the body's reactivity to nonspecific stimuli.
3. Effect on immune function
4. Effect on small intestine movement in mice.
Twenty Kunming mice were divided into two groups, and fasted for 24 hours. The experimental group was given Yam Shui Decoction 10ml (including crude drug 1g/ml)+0.5g activated carbon (commercially available), while the control group was given 10ml saline +0.5g activated carbon, respectively. After 20 minutes, they were immediately killed by dislocation of spinal cord, and the small intestine was taken out and leveled. The distance (cm) from the pyloric sphincter to the end of the small intestine was measured, and the percentage of this distance to the total length of the small intestine was calculated. The results showed that yam could stimulate small intestine movement and promote the emptying of intestinal contents.
5. Other nutrients are related to mucilage and amylase, which has nourishing effect and can help digestion. Stop diarrhea. Eliminating phlegm.
Yam taboo
1, the starch content in yam is high, and it is best to eat less for people with full chest and abdomen, dry stool and constipation.
2, yam is a tonic medicine, sweet and hot, people with hot constitution and easy to get angry should also eat carefully.
3, some people love to use yam to rinse hot pot, if it is accompanied by spicy ingredients, it is even more hot, and it is best to eat less.
4, diabetics should not eat too much yam at a time, and the amount of staple food should be appropriately reduced when the consumption is large.
5. Dioscin in yam can synthesize hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen. Therefore, male patients with prostate cancer and female patients with breast cancer are not suitable for eating.
6. In addition, patients with peptic ulcer and liver cirrhosis should choose cooking methods such as steaming and stewing to avoid stir-frying and vinegar.
7. When people with poor gastrointestinal tract eat yam, don't take alkaline drugs such as baking soda tablets at the same time, so as to avoid baking soda invalidating amylase in yam.