What are the contraindications of Chinese yam?

Smilax glabra is a very common medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine. The nutrients it contains play a very good role in maintaining people's health, especially in treating edema. The production of wild yam is not large, so it is used as a medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. Wild yam plays a good role in the treatment of skin diseases. So, how to use Smilax glabra? What are the contraindications of using Smilax glabra?

Side effects of Smilax glabra

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Chinese yam has a mild nature and no obvious side effects. However, this product is sweet, mild and has a diuretic effect, so it may need to be used with caution in patients with severe yin deficiency and loss of body fluid.

Here are a few ways to eat Smilax glabra:

Crucian carp stewed with Chinese yam, red bean, black bean

Smilax glabra is a traditional Chinese medicine for clearing heat, which can remove dampness, detoxify, and open up the joints; red bean can be used as both food and medicine, which can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, promote diuresis and eliminate pus. Both are mild in nature, sweet and light in taste. Mung bean is a tonic bean used by the Guangdong people to remove dampness and eliminate athlete's foot. It is mellow and delicious. When stewed with crucian carp, it is refreshing and delicious. It can remove dampness, relieve sleepiness, promote diuresis and is nourishing and peaceful. It is a useful soup drink nowadays and is suitable for men, women, young and old.

Ingredients: 50 grams of fresh Chinese yam, 40 grams each of red beans and black-eyed peas, 1 crucian carp, 50 grams of lean pork, and 3 slices of ginger.

Preparation: Cut fresh yam into pieces; soak two beans; kill and clean the crucian carp, fry until slightly yellow, and splash in a little water. Put everything in a clay pot, add 2500 ml of water (about 10 bowls), boil over high heat, then simmer for 1 hour over low heat, then add salt. For 3~4 people.

Sophora japonica flower and Chinese yam stewed with crucian carp

Guangdong is often hit by typhoons and rainstorms during the hot summer and autumn, so people are more likely to suffer from skin eczema. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that eczema can be caused by improper diet, alcoholism, or excessive consumption of spicy, irritating, and fishy foods, which damage the spleen and stomach, causing the spleen to fail to function properly, leading to internal accumulation of dampness and heat, and external invasion of dampness and heat. The two evils, internal and external, fight against each other, filling the pores and soaking the skin, causing it to develop. The Chinese medicine Sophora japonica flower and wild yam stewed with crucian carp is both a medicinal food for this disease and a soup for prevention and treatment. Sophora japonica flowers can cool blood and stop bleeding, clear the liver and reduce fire; Chinese yam can remove dampness, detoxify, and open up the joints; crucian carp is both diuretic and tonic. Combined into a soup, it has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, promoting dampness and relieving itching.

Ingredients: 15 grams of Sophora japonica flowers, 30 grams of Chinese yam, 1 crucian carp, and 3 slices of ginger.

Preparation: Soak the medicinal materials for a while and then wash them; kill and clean the crucian carp, fry it until it turns slightly yellow, splash in a little water, put it all in a clay pot, add 2000 ml (about 8 bowls) of water, boil it over high heat, then simmer it over low heat for about 1 hour, and add salt. The crucian carp can be scooped out and mixed with soy sauce as a side dish, which is enough for 3 to 4 people.

The above is an introduction to the contraindications of Wild Smilax glabra. In fact, there are very few contraindications in the use of Wild Smilax glabra. It should only be used with caution for those with severe yin deficiency and body fluid damage. Therefore, when choosing this kind of medicinal material, you must decide based on your own physical condition. If it cannot be used, use other medicinal materials instead. It is best to choose the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.