Taro is nutritious and contains a lot of starch, minerals and vitamins. It is not only a vegetable, but also a grain, and can be cooked, dried or milled. Because the starch granules of taro are small, its digestibility can reach 98.8%, which is edible for the general population. Chinese medicine believes that taro has the effects of stimulating appetite, promoting fluid production, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, invigorating qi and tonifying kidney, and can treat stomachache, dysentery and chronic nephritis. According to nutritional analysis, taro contains sugar, dietary fiber, vitamin B group, potassium, calcium and zinc, among which dietary fiber and potassium are the most. Taro is rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, carotene, nicotinic acid, vitamin C, B vitamins, saponin and other ingredients. Among the minerals contained, the content of fluorine is high, and the benefits of eating taro for children have the functions of cleaning teeth, preventing caries and protecting teeth. Taro is rich in mucinous saponin and various trace elements. Eating taro for pregnant women can help them to correct the physiological abnormalities caused by the lack of trace elements, and at the same time, it can stimulate appetite and help digestion. Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that taro can tonify the middle energizer and has a preventive and therapeutic effect on vomiting and anemia during pregnancy. Taro is an alkaline food. Eating taro for women can neutralize the accumulated acidic substances in the body, adjust the acid-base balance of the human body, produce beauty beauty and black hair, and can also be used to prevent and treat hyperacidity. There are many male smokers and drinkers. For the benefits of eating taro for this group of people, taro is rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, carotene, nicotinic acid, vitamin C and B vitamins, and its fluorine content is high, which not only has a certain protective effect on the liver, but also has an auxiliary treatment effect on dental diseases caused by smoking. Taro contains a kind of mucus protein, which can produce immunoglobulin, or antibody globulin, after being absorbed by the human body, which can improve the body's resistance. Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that taro can detoxify, inhibit and digest carbuncle, toxic pain including cancer, and can be used to prevent and treat tumors and lymphoid tuberculosis. It is more suitable for the elderly to eat, and can be used as a staple food for preventing and treating cancer, and can also play an auxiliary role in cancer surgery or postoperative radiotherapy, chemotherapy and rehabilitation. Chinese medicine reminds: Because the mucus of taro contains saponin, it can stimulate itchy skin, so be careful when peeling taro. If you accidentally touch the skin and feel itchy, you can stop itching by applying ginger, baking on the fire for a while, or soaking in vinegar. In addition, taro can be eaten by the general population, especially for the weak; However, people with phlegm, allergic constitution (urticaria, eczema, asthma, allergic rhinitis), children with food stagnation, poor appetite, and diabetes should eat less; At the same time, people who suffer from stagnation of stomach pain and damp-heat in the stomach should not eat.