Iron stick yam is the best of the yam, is a precious Chinese herbal medicine, because the epidermis contains rust color, so it is called iron stick yam. Chinese medicine believes that yam taste sweet and flat, attributed to the spleen, lungs, kidneys three meridians, has the effect of nourishing the yin, nourishing the spleen and lungs. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" has the saying that "strengthening the spleen and tonifying the spleen, nourishing and consolidating the kidneys, curing hundreds of diseases, and curing five tuberculosis and seven wounds".
Modern medical research proves that yam is rich in a variety of amino acids and more than 10 kinds of trace elements, which has sub-health effects such as strengthening the spleen and stomach, supplementing the lungs and kidneys. In addition, yam has the following effects.
Efficacy of yam
1. Healthy spleen and stomach
Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase, polysaccharides and other nutrients, which is not only conducive to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach, but also has a protective effect on the gastric mucosa, and is a medicinal and food dual-use product that blindly replenishes the spleen and stomach.
2. Tonify kidney and improve sperm
Yam not only contains a variety of nutrients, but also strengthens the body, nourishes the kidneys and improves the essence. Chinese medicine Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Gui Peony Dihuang Pill and other well-known medicines have been added with yam, which shows its kidney tonic power.
3. Beauty and anti-aging
Yam contains a variety of amino acids and other nutrients, such as free amino acids, polyphenol oxidase and other amino acids. Amino acids can repair broken cells, broken factors, etc., so it has a good beauty effect.
4. Moisturize the lungs and relieve cough
Seasonal dryness is more harmful to the lungs and throat, and yam contains saponins and mucus, both of which have a lubricating and moisturizing effect, so it can benefit the lungs and nourish the lungs.
5. Lower blood sugar
Yam contains mucus protein, which has the effect of lowering blood sugar, can be used to treat diabetes, and is a good food therapy for diabetics.
Three homely practices of yam
1. Yam black chicken medicinal soup
Ingredients: yam, jade bamboo, mai dong, goji berries, black chicken.
method:
1、 First put the chicken into the pot and sauté,
2: Add the broth or boiling water and bring the meat to the soup pot.
3: Put the washed ingredients into the pot, cook and pour the soup into the jar and simmer for 9 minutes.
4: Add salt, MONOS and other spices before cooking. Black chicken meat is warm and can supplement the kidneys and nourish the liver.
Effect: Yam, jade bamboo and mai dong together, not only can play a role in strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the lungs, but also can reduce the warmth of the black chicken, especially suitable for people with two deficiencies of qi and yin.
2. Yam stir-fried fungus
Ingredients: 100g of yam with iron sticks, 1/2 carrot, 15g of dried fungus, 5g of light soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of high-rise powder, a pinch of salt, cooking oil to taste.
How to do it:
1. Foam the fungus in advance and clean the foamed fungus.
2: Bring an appropriate amount of water to a boil in a pot, add the fungus and blanch the water, then remove and set aside.
3: Wash the carrots, peel and slice them; wash the yam with iron sticks, peel and cut into thin slices.
4: Heat the appropriate amount of cooking oil in the pot, add carrot slices and stir-fry for a while, then pour in the yam slices and wood ear fungus and stir-fry evenly.
5: Stir-fry the soy sauce and high fresh powder over high heat for half a minute, then add a little salt to taste before cooking.
3. Jujube mud yam cake
Ingredients: 10 Xinjiang jujubes, 2 iron stick yam, goji berries, powdered sugar, cake powder.
1, wash the dates, peel the yam, steam into the steamer, steam on high heat;
2, steamed yam while hot pounded into mud, and through the coarse sieve, so that the yam mud more delicate;
3, add an appropriate amount of powdered sugar and cake powder, so that the yam puree can be clumped, dip a little cake powder to prevent sticking, and divide the yam puree into 10 parts;
4, steamed dates peeled, cored, keep a jujube as a filling;
5, take a copy of yam puree, shoot in your hand into a small round cake, wrap into a large date puree;
6, restart the steamer, steam in the wrapped cake, steam for 5 minutes on high heat;
7: Roll the steamed cake on a layer of cake powder while it is hot; press a goji berry that has been boiled in boiling water. Home and dry!
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