The efficacy and application of Chinese herbal medicine purple yam have a long history, but the understanding of its surface function is far from enough. Long-term consumption of purple yam will have a better effect on human body, and it is necessary to insist on taking it to exert its greatest efficacy and role. The efficacy and function of purple yam are essential for health care.

Efficacy and function of purple yam 1 efficacy of purple yam

1, promoting metabolism and delaying aging.

Purple yam contains a lot of protein and some natural polysaccharides. It also contains starch, amino acids, active enzymes and other nutrients beneficial to human body. It can meet the needs of different nutrients during normal metabolism, promote metabolism and reduce the generation of free radicals in human body. Regular consumption can also delay aging and keep young.

2, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang

Purple yam can tonify kidney and strengthen yang. It can not only improve renal function, but also promote blood circulation. It has a good preventive effect on renal dysfunction, kidney deficiency, male sexual dysfunction, impotence and premature ejaculation. In addition, eating more purple yam can nourish the skin, and its polysaccharide and mucin can directly act on human skin, which can relieve dry and rough skin and make people's skin tender and smooth.

How to eat purple yam

1, steamed and eaten

Purple yam can be steamed at ordinary times. After buying fresh purple yam, you can wash it with clear water, cut it into finger-length segments, then steam it in a steamer, take out a proper amount of sugar and put it in a small bowl. After the steamed purple yam is peeled, you can eat sugar directly.

2, cook porridge to drink

Purple yam porridge is also one of its common eating methods. When you usually cook porridge with it, you can peel it and cut it into pieces, then prepare a proper amount of rice, medlar and lily, wash it with clear water, put it directly into the pot, then add the prepared purple yam slices, finally add enough clear water, boil it with high fire, then slowly cook it into porridge with low fire, and add a proper amount of sugar to taste before cooking.

The efficacy and function of purple yam 2 1, who often eats yam?

People with weak spleen and stomach

Chinese medicine believes that yam is flat and sweet, has the effects of strengthening the spleen, nourishing the stomach and helping digestion, and is a dual-purpose product for nourishing the spleen and stomach. Therefore, people with weak spleen and stomach, tired from eating less and diarrhea can eat more yam. From the perspective of modern science, yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which can promote digestion and improve gastrointestinal function. There are many ways to eat yam, such as cooking yam with rice, millet and red dates. Make coarse cereal porridge or thin soft rice, grind yam into powder and mix it with rice flour, which is similar to the eating method of lotus root starch, or steam yam to make blueberry yam. Need to be reminded that people with dry stools and qi stagnation in the stomach should not eat yam.

diabetic

Mannan in yam can regulate sugar metabolism and slow down the absorption of blood sugar, so yam is a good diet for diabetic patients. It is worth noting that the starch content of yam is higher than that of ordinary vegetables. Eat less staple food after meals and control blood sugar.

Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

Yam is rich in vitamins and minerals, which is beneficial to the health of the heart and brain. Active ingredients such as glycoprotein and mannan contained in fresh tubers can also effectively prevent blood lipids from depositing on blood vessel walls, thus playing a role in preventing arteriosclerosis.

People who want to lose weight

Yam is low in fat and rich in soluble dietary fiber. After absorbing water, the volume expands, which is easy to increase people's satiety and has a good auxiliary effect on controlling appetite and slimming.

Lung deficiency cough

Yam contains saponins, mucus and other active substances, which have the functions of benefiting lung qi and nourishing lung yin, so yam can be used as an auxiliary treatment for cough due to lung deficiency.

2. Efficacy and function of purple yam

The efficacy of purple yam:

Purple yam contains a lot of nutrients such as protein, polysaccharide and starch. It has the functions of tonifying lung and kidney, strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea, and has a certain dietotherapy effect on diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, persistent dysentery, cough due to physical weakness, nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, frequent urination, etc. It's delicious.

Purple yam contains a lot of purple anthocyanins, which is beneficial to the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, and plays the role of anti-oxidation and beauty beauty.

working methods

Ingredients: white rice 1 cup, 600g purple yam.

Seasoning: 10 cup of water, 1 cup of sugar.

Exercise 1

1. Wash the white rice, soak it in 10 glass of water for 20 minutes, bring it to a boil, and cook porridge on low heat.

2. Peel the purple yam, wash it, cut it into pieces, and add it to the porridge to cook until it is soft. Add sugar to taste and serve.

1, purple yam is hard and needs to be cooked for a long time before it becomes soft and rotten, so it should be cooked with rice grains from the beginning to make the taste even.

2. Baishan medicine is also acceptable, but purple yam is beautiful in color, strong in taste and soft in Baishan medicine.

Peanut purple yam stewed milk

Raw materials:

2 tablespoons boiled peanuts (peeled)

Purple yam100g

300 ml of fresh milk

Accessories: 6 grams of medicinal materials and 6 grams of Lycium barbarum.

Exercise 2

1. peeled purple yam, washed and cut into pieces.

2. Pour the fresh milk into the pot, add the cooked peanuts and diced purple yam,

Stew for 5-8 minutes, then take it out and serve.

The above is a detailed introduction of the efficacy of purple yam, which is helpful to the improvement of human body in all aspects. However, it should be noted that when eating purple yam, it should be moderate and not too much. It is a good choice to make purple yam according to the above method, which can keep its nutrients well.

3. What should I do if the yam itches?

Yam is delicate in texture and sweet in taste. When fresh yam is cut, it will have mucus, which is easy to slip and hurt your hands. You can wash it with clean water and a little vinegar first, which can reduce mucus. Many people will encounter itchy fingers when peeling or washing yam. This is a phenomenon of contact dermatitis, which is a kind of allergy in popular parlance. So what about yam itching?

Ways to avoid itchy fingers

1, put on gloves to wash yam. After washing the yam skin, it is best to wear gloves, or put a fresh-keeping bag on your hand and peel it. Or wash yam with boiling hot water and put it in water to boil directly. In this way, the yam skin is basically cooked, the original allergen is destroyed, and it will not be allergic if it is contacted again.

2. Before processing yam, soak your hands in diluted vinegar water for a while.

The road after itchy fingers

1, with vinegar

Wash your hands first, then put vinegar on your hands, and don't even drop it under your nails. After a period of time, this itching will gradually disappear, which is the result of acid-base neutralization.

Step 2 bake on fire

You can also put it on the fire and turn your hands repeatedly to make your hands hot, which can relieve the pain. But be careful not to burn your skin.

3, rubbing rice

Rubbing your hands in rice repeatedly can also relieve itching.

4. Hot water bubble

Soak your hand in hot water for 5 minutes, and it won't itch.