Which type of yam has the most nutritional value?

Yam is a common food ingredient in our daily life. Many people like to eat yam. Yam can not only be made into delicious dishes, but also can be used as medicine. Yam is nourishing to the human body. It contains rich high protein, inorganic salts, vitamins, sugars and other nutrients. People with bad stomach can eat yam to nourish the stomach. Which kind of yam has the most nutritional value? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. The efficacy of yam

1. Nourish and strengthen the body. People who are usually weak. Yam is nourishing but not hot, warm but not dry, and is most suitable for the needs of the elderly. Eating it often is beneficial and harmless. Eat about 100 grams of yam every day for 1 to 2 months.

2. Moisturizes the skin and removes dryness. Yam can produce body fluid and moisten dryness, and has the function of nourishing the skin and hair, so it has a beauty effect. The skin is very prone to dryness in autumn, which can make the hair dry and the face lose its luster. Therefore, eating more yam can moisturize the skin and hair. You can cook porridge with 500 grams of yam and drink it often in the morning and evening.

3. Nourish the lungs and moisten dryness. Chronic cough caused by long-term illness can be relieved by eating yam. Yam is a natural lung tonic and moisturizer. Clinically, 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.

4. Regulate the spleen and stomach. Some people with weak spleen and stomach often have symptoms such as poor appetite, abdominal distension, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, 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, remove impurities and wash), add appropriate amount of salt, wine, ginger, onion and other seasonings to cook soup. Suitable for abdominal distension and diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency.

5. Astringe semen and stop urination. Spermatorrhea and frequent urination are both caused by kidney deficiency. Yam can nourish the spleen as well as the kidney. Eating some yam in advance can prevent problems before they occur. The method of consumption is simple, and you can take it regularly without restriction on dosage.

2. How to make yam nutritious?

1. Yam and millet porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of millet, 80 grams of yam, 3 grams of wolfberry, and appropriate amount of oatmeal.

Method: Wash the millet first, peel the yam and cut into sections. Pour the yam and millet into the boiling water and cook for twenty minutes. Soak the wolfberries, crush them, put them in a pot, add some oatmeal, boil them and they are ready to eat.

Efficacy: Supplements the protein and amino acids needed by the human body, nourishes the kidneys and blood, and strengthens the spleen and stomach.

2. Chinese Yam with Vinegar

Ingredients: half a yam, three to five fermented rice wine chili peppers, and appropriate amounts of garlic, chopped green onions, and aged vinegar.

Method: Cut yam into strips, and dice garlic and chili. First heat up a pan with oil, add garlic and chili to stir-fry, then add yam and stir-fry, then add light soy sauce, aged vinegar and cooking wine. Add salt and MSG before removing from the pan, and sprinkle with chopped green onions after serving.

3. Red Dates and Yam Soup

Ingredients: Yam, red dates, longan, lotus seeds

Method: Peel the yam and cut into pieces. First boil the lotus seeds and red dates. After the lotus seeds are crispy, add the longan and yam and simmer for 15 minutes.

Efficacy: beautify the skin, strengthen the spleen and stomach, aid digestion, and lower blood lipids.

4. White radish and yam porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of yam, 100 grams of white radish, 100 grams of rice, and appropriate amounts of chopped coriander, salt, chicken essence, and sesame oil.

Method: Bring water to a boil, then add rice and simmer until 80% cooked. Dice the yam and white radish and put them into the pot to cook. Finally, add salt and chicken essence to season, sprinkle with chopped coriander and drizzle with sesame oil.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, treats spleen and stomach weakness, loss of appetite, long-term diarrhea, etc. Dietary knowledge

5. Candied Yam

Ingredients: 200 grams of yam, 5 grams of sesame seeds, 75 grams of white sugar.

Method: Cut the yam into pieces, put it into a warm oil pan and fry it until it turns light yellow, then take it out and pour out the oil. Fry the white sugar over low heat until it turns into rock sugar color, then add the yam and stir-fry evenly, and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Dip the yam in cold boiled water before eating.

6. Yam and sweet potato soup

Ingredients: one yam, one sweet potato, one spoonful of red beans, a small piece of rock sugar, and a little osmanthus.

Method: First cut the yam and sweet potato into pieces, then put the cooked red beans into the pot together with the yam and sweet potato, add half of the water and bring to a boil, then turn to low heat, add rock sugar and cook for another thirty to forty minutes, and finally sprinkle with osmanthus.

Efficacy: Nourish the body and replenish qi, clear away heat and detoxify, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, strengthen yin and nourish the kidney.

3. Pharmacological effects of yam

1. Yam can stimulate small intestinal motility and promote intestinal emptying. It can inhibit gastric emptying and intestinal propulsion, antagonize the direct contraction of the isolated ileum, and enhance the absorption function of the small intestine.

2. Yam has the effect of lowering blood sugar.

3. Yam can increase the spleen weight of mice and enhance the body's immune function.

4. Yam has a very significant ability to tolerate hypoxia under normal pressure.

5. Yam has a good anti-aging effect.