Yam, also known as Dioscorea opposita, Dioscorea opposita, Dioscorea opposita, Dioscorea opposita and Dioscorea opposita, is a herbal medicine recorded in Chinese Materia Medica. Yam is an excellent tonic and a commonly used Chinese medicine. It has a history of thousands of years and is a nutritious and safe food.

The advantages of eating yam are: strengthening the spleen and stomach, helping digestion. Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. It is a dual-purpose product for nourishing the spleen and stomach. Both spleen yang deficiency and stomach yin deficiency can be eaten. Bushen Yijing yam contains a variety of nutrients, which has the functions of strengthening the body, tonifying the kidney and replenishing essence. Generally speaking, symptoms such as nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, leukorrhagia by women and frequent urination can be taken. Chinese yam with lung-benefiting and cough-relieving effects contains saponin and mucus, which can lubricate and moisten dryness, so it can benefit lung qi and nourish lung yin, and treat lung deficiency, excessive phlegm and persistent cough. The hypoglycemic yam contains mucin, which has hypoglycemic effect and can be used to treat diabetes. It is a good diet for diabetics. Slimming slimming because yam has a strong satiety, but it is rich in nutrition. Eating yam can also help digestion and absorption of the stomach, promote intestinal peristalsis, and prevent and relieve constipation. So eating yam during pregnancy has a certain slimming effect.