Taro is the rhizome of a plant in the family of Amanita phalloides, which is native to our country and has a long history of cultivation and consumption in our country. Since this plant does not require a very demanding growing environment, it can be cultivated in most parts of our country.

Taro is also known as taro, taro, it can be used as a dish in the banquet, can also be used as a staple food to fill the hunger, in the view of Chinese medicine, taro is also a good medicine, play a positive role in promoting people's health.

Taro is rich in starch and can be used as food for disaster relief

Taro is like groundnuts, potatoes and other plants, the starch content is very high, can provide sufficient energy for the body. Many pests dislike the odor that taro gives off when it grows, and it is easier to avoid pests than other grain crops. In the past, when there was a locust plague, the crops on the ground were chewed up, but the locusts did not eat the taro underground, and many people survived the plague year by eating taro. So taro in history has often been done as a disaster food to plant widely, in some natural disasters have also saved many people's lives.

Taro is nutritious and healthy

Taro contains a lot of starch, but also rich in protein, fat, vitamins and minerals and other nutrients. And the flesh of taro is extremely delicate, very conducive to the body's digestion and absorption, for the intestines and stomach is not good, weak people, especially some of the elderly and children is very good food.

Taro is also eaten in many ways, whether steamed, boiled, fried, braised, roasted, baked can be, its flavor is unique, the aroma is enticing, is usually a good health of a good product.

Taro medicinal value is also relatively high

Chinese medicine records, taro sex flat taste sweet, pungent, into the spleen, kidney two meridians, with nourishing the liver and kidneys, in addition to the dampness of the knot, strong spleen and stomach effect. Folk will taro and jujube, cinnamon with cooking made of porridge, used to treat the spleen and kidney yin deficiency caused by fatigue, fresh taro and detoxification, moisturizing, warts and other effects. In some ancient formulas of Chinese medicine, taro is often used as one of the medicines for cancer treatment, which is believed to be able to eliminate stasis, soften cancerous tumors and eliminate cancer cells. There are also some taro-based therapeutic prescriptions circulating in the folklore, which are said to have a good effect on the treatment of cancer.