Steps to make yam and the benefits of eating yam

Yam

How to make Chinese yam

1. After slicing the yam, soak it in salt water immediately to prevent oxidation and blackening.

2. When fresh yam is cut, there will be mucus, which can easily cause the knife to slip and hurt your hands. You can first wash it with clean water and a little vinegar to reduce the mucus.

3. Yam has a delicate texture and sweet taste. However, the yam skin can easily cause skin allergies, so it is best to peel it. Do not touch your hands after peeling the yam. Wash your hands several times immediately, otherwise you will scratch wherever you go and it will itch.

4. Good yam skin is intact, with mucus, white fracture, more mucus and less water. The skin can be fried fresh, or dried and boiled in soup or porridge. Peel it before eating to avoid abnormal taste such as numbness or thorns.

5. Fresh yam is often used to treat consumptive cough and diabetes. Fried yam can treat spleen, stomach and kidney deficiency. Yam is not only a good vegetable, but also a well-known tonic. It contains protein, sugar, vitamins, fat, choline, amylase and other ingredients, as well as iodine, calcium, iron, phosphorus and other inorganic salts and trace elements that are indispensable to the human body.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yam has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing the lungs and kidneys, and can be used to treat spleen deficiency and long-term diarrhea, chronic enteritis, lung deficiency and cough, chronic gastritis, diabetes, spermatorrhea, enuresis and other symptoms.

As the weather gets colder, some people with weak spleen and stomach often experience symptoms such as less appetite, abdominal distension, lack of breath, loose stools, and limb fatigue. 10 grams of coix seed, 10 grams of yam (50 grams of fresh yam), 100 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of water to cook into porridge; or 500 grams of yam, a river fish (about 250 grams, cleaned and removed), add appropriate amount of salt, wine, ginger, onion and other seasonings to cook soup. It is suitable for abdominal distension and diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency.

People who are usually weak should take supplements in the cool autumn to prepare for the winter. Yam is nourishing but not hot, warm but not dry, and is most suitable for the needs of the elderly. Eating it regularly is beneficial and harmless. Eat about 100 grams of yam every day for 1 to 2 months.

Chronic cough caused by long-term illness can be treated by eating yam. Yam is a natural lung tonic and moisturizing product. It is a panacea for treating chronic cough and asthma caused by lung deficiency. Take about 250 grams a day, slowly to achieve the desired effect.

Spermatorrhea and frequent urination are caused by kidney deficiency. Yam can nourish the spleen and kidney at the same time. Eating some yam in advance can prevent problems before they happen. It is very beneficial for the above diseases that are easy to worsen in winter. The method of eating is simple, no matter how much, take it regularly.

Chinese yam can nourish the skin and hair, so it has a beauty effect. In autumn and winter, the skin is very easy to dry, which makes the hair dry and the face lose its luster. Therefore, eating more Chinese yam can moisturize the skin and hair. You can cook porridge with 500 grams of Chinese yam and drink it often in the morning and evening.