Speaking of root vegetables, sweet potatoes and yam are naturally on the list. However, there is a root vegetable that everyone completely underestimates, and that is taro.

Taro, also called taro, has been a popular food since ancient times. Especially in ancient times, when crops failed and famine occurred, taro was often used instead of food because it could carry hunger.

So, let's talk about taro today ~

Known as "underground ginseng", it can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, promote digestion and tonify deficiency!

In fact, taro can not only satisfy hunger, but also be used as medicine to treat diseases.

Chinese medicine believes that taro is sweet and pungent, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen and tonifying deficiency, dispersing stagnation and detoxifying.

In addition, China's medical classic "Edible Materia Medica" said: "Taro can cure vexation and heat, quench thirst, make people fat and white, stimulate appetite and relieve constipation".

It can be seen that taro can not only strengthen the spleen, tonify deficiency, dissipate stagnation and detoxify, but also relieve annoyance and thirst, stimulate appetite, dredge intestines and make people's skin fair.

Of course, the most important health care function of taro is to strengthen the spleen. Here, Bian Xiao needs to focus on this with everyone ~

Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is the acquired foundation of the human body. All eating diseases, such as indigestion, loss of appetite, disharmony between spleen and stomach, sallow complexion and emaciation, are all due to spleen problems.

Taro enters the spleen and stomach, which can replenish spleen and soil. Therefore, it is suggested that you can often eat some "earth" foods such as taro, especially those who usually have a bad stomach.

Over time, it can gradually strengthen the spleen and stomach, enhance the digestive function of the spleen and stomach, make people have a good appetite and strong digestive ability, and gradually become "fat white".

Modern research has found that taro is rich in mucin saponins and various trace elements, which can promote appetite, help digestion and improve the body's disease resistance.

However, although taro is good, not everyone can eat it.

Although taro is good, this kind of person should not eat more.

Taro is rich in starch, which can be easily converted into sugar after being ingested, which is not conducive to controlling blood sugar. Therefore, diabetic patients should not eat more taro.

Furthermore, as we all know, the most common way to eat taro is steaming or boiling, and then dipping it in sugar or adding refined salt to taste. One of the most famous is "brown sugar taro".

In addition, taro cake, taro paste, peach taro and persimmon paste are all sweet and delicious vegetarian dishes. And these eating methods are not suitable for diabetics.

To sum up, taro can improve disease resistance. Finally, remind everyone that taro should be cooked before eating, otherwise it will easily cause indigestion such as bloating and stagnation.