Efficacy of yam
Strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. The common disease in autumn is diarrhea, and some of them are functional, which has nothing to do with bacterial and viral infections. There is no need to use antibiotics, so yam can play a role. Moreover, it also has obvious effect on fungal diarrhea. If it can be ground into yam powder, you should eat15g each time.
Tonifying and strengthening the body. People who are physically weak at ordinary times should take advantage of the cool autumn to step up their tonic in case they need it in winter. Yam is tonic but not hot, warm but not dry, which is most suitable for the needs of the elderly. It is beneficial and harmless to eat it often. Eat yam continuously every day for1~ 2 months, so as to achieve qualitative change with quantitative change and work slowly.
Tonifying lung and moistening dryness. Chronic cough due to chronic illness and deficiency can be treated with yam. Yam is a natural product for nourishing lung and moistening dryness, and it is a good medicine for treating chronic cough and asthma due to lung deficiency in clinic.
Sese essence to stop urine. Nocturnal emission and frequent micturition are all caused by kidney deficiency. While Chinese yam tonifies the spleen, it can also tonify the kidney. Eating Chinese yam in advance can prevent problems before they happen, which is of great benefit to the above-mentioned diseases that are easy to aggravate in winter. Eat simply, freely, and always take it.
Fix the astringency and stop the belt. Women with increased leucorrhea, colorless and tasteless, can often eat yam to cure it. Yam has a good function of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, and stopping leukorrhagia. Whether it is due to spleen deficiency or kidney deficiency, eating yam for a long time will definitely work.
Moisturize skin and remove dryness. Yam can promote fluid production and moisten dryness, and has the function of nourishing skin and hair, so it has a cosmetic effect. In autumn, the skin is extremely dry, which makes people's hair withered and their faces lose their beauty. Therefore, eating more yam can moisturize the skin and hair. How to eat: take a small bag at a time, open the bag and eat immediately, or add warm water, soybean milk, milk, porridge, etc. according to the consistency of personal preference and mix well before eating.
Edible method
Steamed yam
If you are recovering from a serious illness and have no appetite, you can choose the simplest steaming method. Peel the yam, cut it into pieces, steam it in a pot, and then dip it in white sugar to eat. It is fresh, soft, sweet and delicious. This way of eating is soft and rotten, and it is also suitable for patients with chronic diseases, such as hypertension and stomach diseases. Women who like desserts and weak constitution can also blanch yam in water and pour it with boiled honey juice, which can nourish yin and blood.
Braised yam porridge
When cooking porridge, add yam pieces and a few torn red dates, which are most suitable for children and the elderly. Because the teeth of these two groups of people are not very good, and the digestive system is weak, and yam porridge is very easy to digest. In addition, people with weak spleen and stomach or indigestion are also suitable for drinking yam porridge. In addition, you can also make peanut yam porridge, medlar yam porridge, longan yam porridge and pumpkin yam porridge.