The efficacy and function of sweet potato

We are all familiar with sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are not only edible but also have very high medicinal effects. Eating sweet potatoes regularly can play a very good health-preserving and health-care role.

[Alias] Earth melon, bitter melon, sweet potato, kudzu melon, kudzu potato, earth radish (Chinese Medicinal Plants), grass melon (Luchuan Materia Medica), sand kudzu, ground radish (Jiangxi Herbal Handbook).

[Source] It is the tuberous root of the yam bean , a plant of the legume family. Harvested in autumn.

[Original form] Annual herbaceous vine. The tuber is fleshy, hypertrophic, conical or spindle-shaped, up to 10 cm in diameter, with a pale yellow, fibrous, easy-to-peel skin, white flesh, sweet and juicy. The stem is twining, up to 3 to 7 meters long. Compound leaves, alternate; 3 leaflets, top leaflet rhombus, 3.5-16 cm long, 5.5-18 cm wide, leaflets on both sides, ovate or rhombus, 3.5-14 cm long, 3-13.5 cm wide, with serrated margins, or palmately divided, rarely entire. The flowers are light blue, violet or white, 15 to 20 mm long, clustered in racemes with joints at the base of the clusters; the wing petals are the same length as the standard petal, with ears at the base of the standard petal, the keel petal is blunt and inward-curved, the same length as or longer than the wing petals; the style and stigma are inward-curved. The pods are 7.5 to 13 cm long, 12 to 15 mm wide, with fine, rough hairs; the seeds are nearly square, about 7 mm wide and long. Flowering period is from July to September. The fruiting period is from October to November.

[Habitat distribution] It is cultivated in Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei and other places.

[Chemical composition] Every 100 grams of root contains 0.56 grams of protein. 0.18 grams of fat and 8.2 grams of carbohydrates. The leaves contain dacangoside.

[Nature and flavor] "Luchuan Materia Medica": "sweet, cool."

【Functions and indications】Produces body fluid and quenches thirst.

【Usage and Dosage】 Oral administration: Eat raw or cooked.

[Additional prescription] To treat chronic alcohol poisoning: Mix sweet potatoes with white sugar and take it. (Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Records)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

This article introduces to us what sweet potatoes are. We know that sweet potatoes have very high medicinal effects, but we must remind everyone that sweet potatoes generally cannot be eaten indiscriminately, otherwise it will cause serious consequences. I hope everyone will treat it with caution.