There are many names of yam, and the names of different regions are different. For example, some places call it yam, yam, yam and so on. But since ancient times, people think that the yam in Jiaozuo, Henan Province is more authentic and has the best efficacy, commonly known as Dioscorea opposita.
The efficacy and application of yam. Yam tastes sweet and has mild efficacy. Belonging to a tonic. If eaten regularly, it will be beneficial to the spleen and stomach, kidneys and lungs.
Yam has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Physicians of all ages have recognized the nourishing effect of yam, and the specific effects and applications are as follows.
1, yam can help people nourish the spleen and stomach.
Yam is sweet and can tonify the spleen and stomach. People with spleen weakness and spleen yin deficiency can often eat it. Moreover, the efficacy of yam is relatively mild, so there is basically no taboo for men, women and children.
For example, some people with poor spleen and stomach often have loss of appetite, indigestion, abdominal distension and diarrhea. In life, you can directly cook porridge with yam, or grind yam into fine powder with a special machine and add some sugar to take it, which can also effectively help people nourish their spleen and stomach.
2. Chinese yam can help people moisten their lungs and relieve cough.
Yam is also very obvious for nourishing lung qi, and its effect is sweet. If lung yin and lung qi are insufficient, Chinese yam can also be used to supplement the lungs in life.
For example, some people with insufficient lung capacity often suffer from fatigue, cough and asthma, qi deficiency and fatigue in their lives, and some people will be panting after a little activity. It is also a certain relief for such people to cook porridge directly with yam. Traditional Chinese medicine is often used in combination with Radix Astragali, Radix Pseudostellariae, Fructus Corni, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis and other medicinal materials, which has better lung nourishing effect.
3. Chinese yam as medicine can help people to tonify the kidney.
Yam has a good astringent effect and can help people have a good kidney-tonifying effect. Therefore, for people without kidney qi, eating yam in daily life is also a good health preserving method.
For example, some people with kidney deficiency are often accompanied by weakness of waist and knees, weakness of limbs, night sweats and nocturnal emission. At this time, you can add some yam to your daily diet. Chinese medicine? In order to cope with this symptom, yam is often used in combination with Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis, Achyranthes bidentata, Fructus Alpinae Oxyphyllae and Semen Euryales. And its convergence effect is also good.
4. Chinese yam can help people produce fluid and moisten dryness.
The sweetness of yam is very obvious, which can help people's body fluid to moisten dryness, especially those with yin deficiency and internal heat constitution, which are often accompanied by dryness and heat, insufficient body fluid, dry mouth and thirst. At this time, you can also cook porridge directly with yam.
In traditional Chinese medicine, yam, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, Radix Ophiopogonis, Trichosanthis Radix and Radix Puerariae can nourish yin and moisten dryness.
Of course, these are only about the main functions and applications of yam. Modern medical research shows that the effective components such as polysaccharide, protein and amino acids contained in yam are very helpful to people's health, especially in helping people regulate gastrointestinal operation, enhance immunity, and resist cell aging and oxidation, which is very worthy of research and application.