1. People with constipation

Yam is rich in starch, so patients who are prone to constipation should stay away from or eat less yam. Because yam is hot, it is a warming food. Eating yam for constipation patients is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.

2. People who like to eat hot pot

Many people like to eat spicy hot pot, but spicy hot pot is spicy and gets angry. If you add yam to hot pot, it will make people get angry. This leads to dry throat, sore throat and acne.

yam chicken soup

3. Diabetic patients should not eat more

Although yam contains mucin, which can lower blood sugar, yam is a rhizome food with a high starch content. If it is eaten too much, it will not lower blood sugar, but will lead to an increase in blood sugar. Therefore, people with diabetes should not eat too much yam at a time. If some patients prefer to eat yam, then the amount of staple food should be reduced appropriately, otherwise it will be counterproductive.

4. Patients with prostate cancer and patients with breast cancer

Diosgenin contained in yam can synthesize hormones such as testosterone and estrogen in human body. Therefore, it is not suitable for patients with prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women.

ii. efficacy of Chinese yam

Chinese yam is a medicinal material that can be used as both medicine and food, and it is the main component of many Chinese patent medicines. To sum up, Chinese yam has many effects, mainly including the following four points:

1. Strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach, and helping digestion

Chinese yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which are beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach, and it is a dual-purpose product that can be used as medicine and food to supplement the spleen and stomach blindly. Both spleen yang deficiency and stomach yin deficiency can be eaten. Clinically, it is often used with Weichang Decoction to treat spleen and stomach weakness, anorexia, fatigue, diarrhea and other diseases.

2. Nourishing kidney and benefiting essence

Yam contains a variety of nutrients, which has the functions of strengthening the body, nourishing kidney and benefiting essence. Generally speaking, kidney deficiency nocturnal emission, women's leucorrhea, frequent urination and other diseases.

3. Benefiting lung and relieving cough

Yam contains saponin and mucilage, which has lubricating and moistening effects, so it can benefit lung qi, nourish lung yin, and treat lung deficiency, phlegm cough and chronic cough.

Spinning yam

4. Longevity

Yam contains a lot of mucin, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent the deposition of blood lipids on the blood vessel wall, prevent heart disease, and achieve the effects of benefiting the mind, calming the nerves and prolonging life.

5. Lowering blood sugar

Yam contains mucin, which has a magical effect of lowering blood sugar, and can also be used to treat diabetes. It is the best food for diabetics.

In addition, there are some things that should be paid attention to in the dietary collocation of Chinese yam. Chinese yam is not suitable to be eaten together with foods containing more vitamin C-decomposing enzymes, such as carrots, cucumbers, pumpkins and bamboo shoots, otherwise the nutritional value of Chinese yam will be reduced. Yam is not suitable for eating in hot pot, otherwise it is more likely to cause symptoms of getting angry, which will have an adverse impact on health.