Iron stick yam tastes mild and has the function of moistening lung, strengthening spleen and tonifying kidney. It can not only tonify yang to enhance the function of viscera, but also tonify yin to nourish the material base. What is more gratifying is that it can enhance the body's resistance, not love evil, and can also be used when evil spirits exist. Therefore, on the basis of determining the therapeutic principle of strengthening the body resistance and eliminating evil, doctors in past dynasties often choose it to formulate prescriptions, and its application scope is very wide. The combination of Chinese yam and honeysuckle, and the use of Chinese yam and burdock all play the role of strengthening the body resistance and not loving evil, and eliminating evil does not hurt the right.
2. Nourishing yin and nourishing yang
Iron stick yam has the effect of nourishing yin and clearing heat. Huang Guanxiu said in "Materia Medica Seeking Truth" that yam belongs to food, and the ancients used it to decoct soup, which means invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, clearing heat and removing fire. Its color is white in the lungs and sweet in the spleen. Although its qi is warm but flat, it can nourish the yin of spleen and lung, so it can moisten the moss and promote granulation. It is astringent, can cure nocturnal emission, tastes sweet and salty, can also benefit kidney and strengthen yin, produce carbuncle and sore, reduce swelling and harden, and also has the meaning of nourishing yin and reducing fever.
3, spleen and stomach, help digestion
Iron stick yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. Blindly nourishing the spleen and stomach is a dual-purpose product of medicine and food. Both spleen yang deficiency and stomach yin deficiency can be eaten. Clinically, it is often used with Weichang Decoction to treat spleen and stomach weakness, anorexia, fatigue, diarrhea and other symptoms.
As the weather turns cold, some people with weak spleen and stomach often have symptoms such as eating less, abdominal distension, laziness, loose stool, and weakness of limbs. Coix seed 10g, yam 10g (50g fresh yam), rice 10g, and appropriate amount of water are added to make porridge, which is suitable for abdominal distension and diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency.
4. Benefiting lung and relieving cough
Iron stick yam contains saponin and mucus, which has the function of lubricating and moistening dryness, so it can benefit lung qi, nourish lung yin, treat lung deficiency and cough with phlegm. Iron stick yam is a natural product for nourishing lung and moistening dryness. It is a good medicine for treating chronic cough and asthma due to lung deficiency in clinic, with a daily dosage of about 250g.
5, lower blood sugar
Iron stick yam contains mucus protein, which has the function of lowering blood sugar and playing an auxiliary conditioning role.
6, prolong life
Iron stick yam contains a lot of mucin, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent blood lipids from depositing on the blood vessel wall, prevent heart disease, and achieve the effects of benefiting the heart, calming the nerves and prolonging life.
People who are physically weak at ordinary times should take advantage of the crisp autumn to step up tonic in case they need it in winter. Iron stick yam is not hot, warm but not dry, suitable for health needs of all ages, especially for office workers and the elderly. Eating it often is beneficial and harmless, and its nutrition can replace dinner.
7. Nourish yin and tonify yang
Blood deficiency needs to replenish blood. Foods with good blood-enriching effects include black beans and black sesame seeds, and Chinese medicines with strong blood-enriching effects include Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Radix Paeoniae Alba, and Mulberry. Iron stick yam has the function of invigorating qi, strengthening spleen and nourishing stomach, and can be used in combination with blood-enriching foods and drugs to enhance the blood-enriching effect.
8, tonic anti-aging
Yam is sweet, cool and moist, and enters the lung, spleen and kidney meridians. According to "Depei Materia Medica", it has the function of supplementing deficiency and benefiting loss. Chen Xiuyuan, a physician in Qing Dynasty, once explained the function of yam, saying that it is flat in nature and sweet in taste, but the spleen controls blood, hands and feet, and the spleen is full of blood, and hands and feet are not hungry. The lungs govern qi, and the lungs are full of qi, which makes you fit and multiply your qi; Because of its thick and sticky texture, it can tonify kidney, replenish essence, strengthen essence and yin, and prolong life.
Modern pharmacological research holds that Tiegun Yam contains saponin, glycoprotein, tannin, oxytocin, diosgenin, choline, starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other components, which can induce interferon and has a certain anti-aging material basis. It can be seen that iron stick yam can really tonify deficiency and cure damage, and prolong life.
9. Strong beauty
Iron stick yam contains mucin, which is a mixture of various sugars and protein. It can increase the lubricity of mucosa and skin and reduce subcutaneous fat accumulation. It is a good beauty food, which can be taken alone or in combination. Yam porridge, yam wine, Liuwei Dihuang drink, Zishen Shenggan drink, etc. They all have the functions of strengthening bones and muscles, beauty beauty and keeping fit.
The skin is extremely dry in autumn, which makes people's hair wither and their faces lose their beauty. Therefore, eating more iron bars and yam can moisturize the skin and hair. You can use 500 grams of iron stick yam to cut into pieces or cook porridge with powder, and drink it often in the morning and evening.
10, invigorating kidney and essence
Frequent nocturnal emission and urination are all caused by kidney deficiency. Iron stick yam can tonify spleen and kidney at the same time. In winter, the temperature drops sharply, diseases are high and old diseases are aggravated. Eating iron stick yam in advance can prevent the above diseases, nip in the bud, eat simply and take it regularly.