Dioscorea, commonly known as yams. Herbs perennial, vinelike, often purplish, tuberous in roots, leaves opposite, ovate or elliptic, flowers white, dioecious. The root contains starch and protein and can be eaten.
Nutrition analysis
1. Spleen and stomach, to help digestion: yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, is conducive to the digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach function, is to flatten the spleen and stomach medicine and food products. Regardless of spleen yang deficiency or stomach yin deficiency, can be eaten. Clinically, it is often used together with gastrointestinal drinks to treat diseases such as weak spleen and stomach, low body fatigue, and diarrhea.
2. Kidney and Essence: Yam contains a variety of nutrients, a strong body, nourishing the kidney and the role of sperm. Most of the kidney deficiency spermatorrhea, women with leucorrhea, frequent urination embolism, can serve.
3. Yifei Cough: Yam contains saponin, mucus, there is a lubrication, nourishing effect, it can benefit lung qi, Yangfei Yin, treatment of lung deficiency cough cough disease.
4. Reduce blood sugar: Yam contains mucus protein, which has the effect of lowering blood sugar and can be used for the treatment of diabetes. It is a good food for diabetics.
5. Longevity: Chinese yam contains a large amount of mucin, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent the deposition of blood lipids in the blood vessel wall, prevent heart and blood diseases, and achieve the benefits of susceptibility and longevity;
6. Anti-hepatic coma: Recent studies have found that yam has a sedative effect and can be used to fight hepatic coma.