1, clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion: Because it is rich in water and carbohydrates, eating sweet potatoes can clean up toxins accumulated in the body, speed up blood circulation and promote metabolism. Moreover, the sweet potato itself tastes sweet and juicy, suitable for eating in hot summer, which can not only cool down and relieve summer heat, but also clear the liver, remove fire and reduce dryness.

2, degreasing and lowering blood pressure, protecting blood vessels: Sweet potato contains a mucin, which can not only remove cholesterol in blood, but also help dilate capillaries, reduce blood viscosity and enhance blood circulation.

3, supplement nutrition, improve immunity: Sweet potato itself has a lot of protein, sugar, carbohydrates, water, etc., as well as various vitamins and mineral elements. The human body absorbs these essential nutrients, which can reduce the probability of inducing related diseases due to lack of trace elements.

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Sweet potato is also called sweet potato, sweet potato, cold potato, kudzuvine, bean potato, shage, cold melon, radish, radish and grass melon. Its original plant is a herbaceous vine, which is produced all over southern China. Take its underground root tuber for raw or cooked food. The seeds are highly toxic and should not be eaten. Sweet potato is of medicinal value. Although its seeds are toxic, it can treat acute eczema, scabies and leukemia, and has the functions of anti-tumor, anti-fungal protein and insecticidal.

Suitable crowd of sweet potato: people with high blood pressure, dizziness, red eyes, flushed face and constipation, and those with excessive drinking, thirst and chronic alcoholism are suitable for eating.

Taboo population of sweet potato: people with cold nature, cold constitution, cold diarrhea, deficiency of spleen and stomach, thin stool and diabetic patients are not suitable for eating; Cold dysmenorrhea and women's menstrual period should not be eaten.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Sweet Potato (Leguminosae of Rosaceae)