How to eat medicinal beans and their effects

There are many ways to eat yam beans. You can cook porridge or steam them. Eating yam beans regularly can help the body digest. Regular consumption of yam beans can improve the symptoms of weak spleen and stomach. Yam beans contain many rich nutrients. If pregnant women have gynecological diseases, eating yam beans regularly can also improve them. Yam beans can also lower blood pressure. The following is a detailed introduction to the effects of yam beans.

Kidney-shaped or oval bulbils often grow in the leaf axils of medicinal plants. They are called "yam seeds" and are commonly known as "yam beans". They are bead-shaped buds on the yam vines. They grow on the leaves and are of varying lengths. The skin is yellow and turns gray after being cooked. The skin is thin and the flesh is white and fine. Yam beans are sweet in taste and neutral in nature. They enter the spleen, lung, and kidney meridians. They can nourish the lungs and yin, and replenish the kidneys and consolidate essence.

The efficacy and function of yam beans

1. Strengthen the spleen and stomach, aid digestion

Yam beans contain amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which are beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. It is a medicinal and food product that can nourish the spleen and stomach. It can be eaten regardless of spleen yang deficiency or stomach yin deficiency. It is commonly used in clinical practice to treat symptoms such as spleen and stomach weakness, poor appetite, fatigue, and diarrhea;

2. Nourishes the kidneys and improves essence

Yam beans contain a variety of nutrients, which can strengthen the body, nourish the kidneys and improve the essence. It can be taken for kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea, excessive vaginal discharge, frequent urination, etc.

3. Nourishes the lungs and relieves cough

Yam beans contain saponins and mucus, which have lubricating and moisturizing effects, so they can benefit the lung qi, nourish the lung yin, and treat lung deficiency, phlegm, cough, and chronic cough.

4. Lowers blood sugar

Yam beans contain mucin, which has the effect of lowering blood sugar and can be used to treat diabetes. It is a good food therapy for diabetics.

5. Prolong life

Yam beans contain a large amount of mucus protein, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent the precipitation of blood lipids in the blood vessel walls, prevent cardiovascular diseases, and achieve the effects of improving the mind, calming the nerves, and prolonging life.

6. Anti-hepatic coma

Recent studies have found that yam beans have a sedative effect and can be used to prevent hepatic coma. Edible effects: Yam is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It enters the lung, spleen, and kidney meridians. It is not dry or greasy, and can strengthen the spleen and lungs, benefit the stomach and kidneys, consolidate the kidneys and benefit the essence, improve hearing and eyesight, help the five internal organs, strengthen the tendons and bones, improve will and calm the mind, and prolong life. It is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, loss of appetite, long-term diarrhea and dysentery, lung qi deficiency and dryness, phlegm, asthma and cough, kidney qi deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, weakness of lower limbs, thirst and frequent urination, spermatorrhea and premature ejaculation, leucorrhea, red and swollen skin, obesity and other symptoms.

How to choose yam beans

It should be clean, with a smooth and flat surface and no visible residue, making it easy to clean and eat!