Qiuqiuhua healthy yam
Autumn is coming, and yam is on the market.
The yam in xu teacher is not a "yam egg" or a potato, but a traditional Chinese medicine. Its scientific name is yam.
Specifically, it is the underground stem of yam, which is cylindrical and has fibrous roots on it. The skin of yam is yellowish brown, the pulp is white and sticky, and the taste is sweet and slightly sour. Not only can it be eaten directly to satisfy hunger, but also can treat diseases.
The most famous yam is called Huai Yam, which is very nostalgic. Because it came from Huaiqing Prefecture since ancient times, namely, Qinyang, Wuzhi, Mengxian, wen county and other places under the jurisdiction of Jiaozuo, Henan Province, it has the best quality and is famous at home and abroad for its solid quality, full powder and white color.
The best variety of Dioscorea opposita is "iron stick yam", which was once a sacrifice of Ming and Qing dynasties. The cross section of Dioscorea opposita is chrysanthemum-shaped, falling like the sound of iron bars, hence the name. Domestic and foreign merchants call Dioscorea opposita "Huaishen" and "Bushen King", which are as famous as Changbai Mountain Ginseng.
The value of yam lies in that the nutrients it contains are easily absorbed and utilized by people, especially those who are weak and have poor digestive function. Chinese medicine believes that yam tastes sweet and sour, mainly entering spleen, lung and kidney meridians. This product is good at invigorating acquired qi and nourishing lung and body fluid. Sick people can't digest and absorb nutritious grains and meat, so they can only nourish them slowly.
Zhang Xichun, a famous doctor in the Republic of China, founded a prescription "Dioscorea drink" for treating qi deficiency and weakness, that is, cooking yam porridge for patients who are sickly, weak and drained of dragon's blood.
The recipe only uses yam blindly. "Cut the raw yam into four or two pieces, cook two bowls of juice, and drink it as tea and slowly."
In his medical works, Zhang Xichun listed a large number of cases in which Chinese yam was used to cure diseases and save lives. Finally, he concluded: "the nature of yam can nourish yin and promote diuresis;" It can be astringent, so it can tonify lung, kidney and spleen and stomach. It contains the most protein and is the real best in tonics. "
"synopsis of the golden chamber" has long contained mountain pills for treating severe deficiency syndrome, and yam is combined with other drugs for nourishing yin and blood to treat "deficiency syndrome and multiple diseases". When xu teacher treats postpartum depression, anorexia, diabetes, atrophic gastritis, acne and allergic diseases, if the patient is weak and feels exogenous pathogens, he will advise the patient to take Dioscorea Pills or boil the prescription of Dioscorea Pills into ointment for the patient to take in autumn and winter.
There is also a famous prescription for treating weakness called Jinkui Shenqi Pill in synopsis of golden chamber, which uses yam and rehmannia root.
The purpose of Shenqi Pill is to tonify the kidney, and there is a therapeutic principle in Chinese medicine, which is called tonifying the mother due to deficiency.
Lung is the source of water spirit, and supplementing lung qi can indirectly nourish kidney essence. In fact, the long-term use of yam can tonify kidney essence, not only promote hair growth, but also blacken beard and hair, solidify semen and shrink urine, stop diarrhea and stop leukorrhagia, and treat premature ejaculation and nocturnal emission.
It should be noted that some people are allergic to yam skin. Wear gloves when cleaning and cutting yam, and don't rub your eyes to avoid redness, itching and pain.