This may be a good thing. This is called bergamot yam. You can see it by searching on Baidu. Bergamot yam, produced in Qichun, Huangmei, Xishui and Wuxue in Huanggang City, Hubei Province, is said to have been carefully cultivated as the fourth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, hence the name "Bergamot Yam" because of its palm-like shape. The northern and southern foothills of Henggang Mountain in Meichuan Town, Wuxue City, Hubei Province, the birthplace of Daoxin, are of the best quality, with high health care value and humanistic aesthetic significance.

The origin of the name

Guangji impression bergamot yam

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The common yam is long and knotless, but the bergamot yam in Henggangshan area in the south wing of Dabie Mountain in Hubei Province is palm-shaped, which is said to have been carefully cultivated by Sima Daoxin, the fourth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, and has high nutritional and health care value. After the death of Daoxin, people called this kind of yam "bergamot yam" to commemorate this great Zen master, which made it have profound humanistic aesthetic significance.

It has been more than 300 years since the large-scale cultivation of bergamot yam in Qichun and Wuxue, Hubei Province. In Wuxue City, the yam in the southern foothills of Henggang Mountain and Yijianshan Mountain is the top grade, while in Qichun County, the yam in the northern mountainous area has the best quality, and a small amount is scattered in the surrounding areas such as Huangmei County of Xishui County.

Bergamot yam is a rare treasure in the taste of "Hubei on the tip of the tongue", and its nutritional and health care value and humanistic aesthetic value are no less than Wuchang fish, Longjing tea and Pu 'er tea.

Medicinal value

It has many functions, such as invigorating spleen and lung, strengthening kidney and replenishing essence. It also has a certain therapeutic effect on cough due to lung deficiency, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, increased leucorrhea and frequent urination. As a nutritious food, Chinese yam contains a lot of starch, protein, selenium, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, glucose, 19 amino acid, various trace elements, choline, allantoin and so on. Among them, diosgenin is an important medicinal component, a precursor for synthesizing estrogen, and has the functions of nourishing yin, strengthening yang and enhancing metabolism. Polysaccharides contained in fresh tubers and protein's mucus and digestive enzymes can prevent cardiovascular fat deposition and contribute to gastrointestinal digestion and absorption. What's more worth mentioning is that yam is a natural diet food. It contains enough fiber to make you feel full after eating, thus controlling your appetite. Secondly, yam itself is a kind of food with high nutrition and low calorie.