Yam is not only a kind of food we often eat, but also a kind of Chinese medicine, which has good health care value. For some people with bad stomach, it is not only no problem to eat yam regularly in life, but also helpful to the digestive function of the stomach.
It is difficult to trace the history of yam as a food ingredient, but it has been used as a Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years. After summing up the experience, the ancients finally thought that the yam produced in Jiaozuo and other places in Henan Province had the best quality and efficacy. Because Jiaozuo was called Huaiqing House in ancient times, people often call it "Huai Yam". Today, Dioscorea opposita as an authentic medicinal material is still recognized by people.
In Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, yam is listed as the top grade, and it is considered that taking yam for a long time has the effect of invigorating the middle energizer and prolonging life. Li Shizhen also pointed out in Compendium of Materia Medica that yam can help people "strengthen the spleen and stomach, stop diarrhea and moisten fur". It can be seen that thousands of years ago, doctors have realized that yam can benefit the stomach and has been applied to real life.
Yam tastes sweet and moist, and its efficacy is mild. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, sweet taste can take the spleen meridian, thus strengthening the spleen and stomach. For indigestion, gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea, dysentery, etc. caused by poor spleen and stomach function, Chinese medicine will use yam as medicine to relieve it.
For example, some people with bad stomachs often have poor appetite, loose stools and are prone to fatigue. At this time, some yam can be properly added to the diet, which is of great help to spleen and stomach transport and gastrointestinal health.
Moreover, modern medical research found that yam contains a lot of yam polysaccharides, protein, amino acids and other components, some of which can help people enhance gastrointestinal transport and enhance immunity, indicating that modern medicine also recognizes this view.
There are many ways to use yam, but for people with bad stomach, we can steam yam and eat it, or directly cook porridge with yam, which is very beneficial to stomach health. If the stomach is bad and you have diarrhea, we can also grind yam into fine powder to take it. At the same time, some brown sugar can be added to improve the taste, and it can also play a very good role in strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea.