"tonifying spleen, lung and kidney" yam (Huai Shan) what season to eat? What is the effect and effect? What if I get itchy skin?

Chinese yam, also known as Dioscorea zingiberensis, Huai mountain, white yam, traditional Chinese medicine believes that Chinese yam has the effect of tonifying spleen, lung and kidney, replenishing qi and nourishing yin. When is the good season for yam? What is the effect and effect? What if I get itchy skin?

Chinese yam is the best nourishing food in autumn for both men and women, old and young.

1. Women: replenish qi, nourish blood and warm hands and feet.

When the hands and feet get cold, they often have a soft spot for women. According to traditional Chinese medicine, cold hands and feet are closely related to physical weakness, while Chinese yam black chicken soup and longan yam soup have good effects of tonifying middle, tonifying qi and nourishing blood, especially suitable for patients with cold hands and feet.

2. Male: prevent the recurrence of "old stomach disease".

In the "old stomach disease" patients, there are quite a few belong to ulcer disease, and autumn is the season when ulcer disease is easy to occur or relapse. Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that allantoin in Chinese yam is helpful to the repair of gastric mucosa. Can be made from fresh yam lentil cake, or millet yam cake, steamed and eaten.

3. The elderly: tonifying qi to prevent colds.

Chinese yam has the effect of invigorating the spleen and replenishing qi, so patients with qi deficiency who are sweaty and catch a cold repeatedly should appropriately increase their intake of yam in autumn. Chinese yam can be fried, steamed and shredded, and porridge can be cooked with rice, millet and jujube.

4. Children: a good helper to prevent and cure diarrhea.

Every year August-December is the frequent season of infantile diarrhea, using yam powder to treat diarrhea, it is easier to accept. The specific method is to mix yam grinding powder and rice flour in the ratio of 1 ∶ 2 to the children, and feed 2 Mel 3 times a day.

5. The whole family: lay the foundation for autumn and winter.

Taking some yam before tonifying in autumn and winter is more conducive to the absorption of supplements. Chinese yam is a medicine for tonifying the middle and tonifying qi, which has the effect of tonifying the spleen and stomach, especially for those who are weak in the spleen and stomach. Chinese yam, jujube 20 grams, rice (japonica rice, glutinous rice half) boiled into porridge, is a very good choice.

The efficacy and function of Chinese Yam

The efficacy of Chinese yam

Tonifying spleen and nourishing stomach, invigorating fluid and tonifying lung, solidifying essence and stopping belt, tonifying kidney and astringent essence. Main spleen deficiency diarrhea; less food edema; lung deficiency cough and asthma; elimination of thirst; spermatorrhea; subzone; kidney deficiency and frequent urination; external use to treat carbuncle swelling; dyspnea.

The function of Chinese yam

1. Blood pressure lowering effect

The traditional Chinese medicine Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Bawei Dihuang Pill and Guishao Dihuang Pill are famous prescriptions made up of yam, which are not only used for the treatment of kidney deficiency, but also for the treatment of hypertension, diabetes, asthma, neurasthenia and low back pain.

2. Anti-aging effect.

Modern science has proved that Chinese yam can significantly reduce the activity of enzymes that accelerate the aging of organisms. Bawei Dihuang pill containing Chinese yam is mainly used to treat postpartum deficiency sweat. Baoyuan Qingjiang decoction and Baoyuan Hanjiang decoction can treat hematemesis and nosebleed; Hanlin decoction and plaster decoction can treat gonorrhea. Chinese yam can also treat tuberculosis, typhoid and gynecological diseases, which are conducive to longevity.

3. Anti-tumor effect

Yam tubers are rich in polysaccharides, which can stimulate and regulate the human immune system. Therefore, it is often used as health care drugs to enhance immune ability. Chinese yam polysaccharide has an antagonistic effect on the cellular immunosuppression caused by cyclophosphamide and can restore part or all of the suppressed cellular immune function to normal. Chinese yam can also enhance the phagocytosis of white blood cells.

4. Treatable skin diseases

The allantoin in Chinese yam has anesthetic and analgesic effects, can promote epithelial growth, anti-inflammation and bacteriostasis, and is often used in the treatment of chapped hands and feet, ichthyosis and a variety of keratosis skin diseases.

5. Other functions

The nutrients are related to mucus and amylase, which can nourish and aid digestion. Stop diarrhea. Expectorant.

When many people are washing and dealing with yam, they suddenly feel their hands are very itchy. How is this going on?

1. The cause of skin itching after contact with yam.

This is a kind of contact dermatitis, not everyone will itch when exposed to yam, this is an allergic reaction, yam mucus contains plant alkaloids, contact with the skin will itch. The saponin in the skin of Chinese yam causes the hands to itch very much.

2. The solution of skin itching after contact with Chinese yam.

Method 1, vinegar wash: if the hands are very itchy, you can wash the hands carefully, and then put the hands covered with vinegar, even between the fingernails, after a while this itch will gradually disappear! (reason: acid-base neutralization)

Method 2, fire roast: you can also roast it on the fire and turn your palms repeatedly to heat your hands. This breaks down the saponin that seeps into the hand.

Method 3, toilet water or essential oil can be diluted in water and then washed repeatedly can also be relieved.

Method 4. Rub rice: wash and dry your hands, then prepare a large bowl of rice, rub both hands repeatedly, rub the hands after rubbing rice, the itching degree will be significantly reduced.

Method 5. Soak: prepare a basin of hot water of about 40 degrees. After washing your hands, soak your hands in hot water for 5-8 minutes, which can also relieve itching.

3. Tips for avoiding allergy to Chinese yam

Method 1: when scraping the yam skin, the sticky essence is easy to stick to the hands, making people feel itchy and uncomfortable. If the washed yam is boiled or steamed for 4-5 minutes, cool and then peeled, it will not be so sticky, but we should also pay attention to cooking not too much, so as not to spoil the yam.

Method 2: clean the yam and wear gloves when you want to peel off the skin.

Method 3: prepare a pot of boiling water, wash the outer skin, remove the soil impurities, and then throw it directly into the boiling water and cook it. After starting the pot, you can remove the skin effortlessly as long as you gently cut it from top to bottom with a kitchen knife.

The taboo of eating yam should be kept in mind

1, yam taboo crowd especially remind it is worth noting that the starch content in yam is high, chest and abdomen is full, stool is dry, constipation had better eat less.

2. Chinese yam is a kind of tonic medicine, which is sweet, flat and hot, and people who are hot and easy to get angry should be careful to eat it. Some people like to rinse hot pot with yam, if coupled with spicy ingredients, it is even more hot, it is best to eat less.

3. People with diabetes should not eat too much yam at one time, and the amount of staple food should be reduced appropriately when the consumption is large. If people with diabetes want to eat yam as food, it will have a certain effect on blood sugar.

4. Chinese yam belongs to rhizome food, the amount of starch is high, overeating can increase blood sugar. In addition, peptic ulcer and liver cirrhosis patients, should choose steaming, stewing and other cooking methods, avoid stir-frying and vinegar.

5. When people with poor gastrointestinal tract eat yam, do not take alkaline drugs such as baking soda tablets at the same time, lest baking soda will invalidate the amylase in yam.

6. Diosgenin in yam can synthesize hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen, so it is not suitable for male prostate cancer patients and female breast cancer patients.