Is there any difference between Huaishan and yam? What are the authentic places of origin? What about itchy hands?

Huaishan generally refers to yam, roughly equal to yam, greater than yam. Is it different from yam? What are the authentic origins? What about itchy hands? It is understood that Wen County, Wuzhi and Boai in Xinxiang District of Henan Province are mostly concentrated in Huaishan Mountain in Qinyang County (formerly Huaiqing Prefecture) of Henan Province, with large output, excellent quality, supply and marketing nationwide and exported in large quantities.

Is there a difference between yam and yam?

1. Appearance

Common yam is generally thicker, and the head is thicker, that is, the head is thicker, and the lower part is thinner. The skin of common yam is smooth, while the skin of Huai yam has many pits. There is no general yam skin like rust spots, while the surface of yam is covered with rust-like spots, and is not washed off.

2. Quality

Common yam contains a lot of water because it is artificially planted. And yam texture is more delicate and hard, so it is not easy to break. The density of yam is relatively large, so it feels a bit like taking a stone.

3. Origin

This can be said to be the most fundamental reason for the difference between the two. Huaishan is a kind of medicine with high medicinal value. It is called genuine medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, that is to say, it is a medicine produced in its place of origin. In our country, the origin of Huaishan Mountain is near Anhui Province, Jiangsu Province, and only what is produced there can be called Huaishan Mountain, while what is produced in other places is commonly known as yam, whose medicinal and nutritional value cannot be compared with that of real Huaishan Mountain.

4. Incision

Ordinary yam section as long as cut for a while will turn yellow, while yam will not, cut milky white can maintain a longer time. Yam as long as a simple scrub after the skin will become slippery, and yam on the need for more forceful cleaning.

5. Cooking time

General yam can only be eaten after cooking for a long time, and can not achieve the effect of melting in the mouth, while yam only needs six or seven minutes of cooking time to achieve that feeling. So when you buy home yams do not ripen for a long time, that kind of yam is very general.

6. Role

Huaishan is a kind of special medicinal material, in health we are more as a medicated diet. And yam, we regard it more as a kind of food, I believe many people have also eaten ingredients made of yam.

Huaishan itching hand how to do?

1. Soak in hot water (the temperature you can withstand, it is best not to warm water, no effect) for a few minutes, which can effectively relieve itching.

2. Rub it with edible salt and soak it in hot water. The effect will be better. It must be soaked instead of washed. The washing has no effect.

3. The effect of washing in rice water is very good.

4, put vinegar on the hands, remember not to wash immediately, wash immediately no effect will continue to itch. If time permits, it is recommended that the later the better, can completely relieve itching.

To avoid itching, it is best to take precautions in advance:

1. Before peeling, wear gloves or a fresh-keeping bag to avoid touching mucus.

2. Put on gloves and put yam into hot water after washing the soil. After decomposing the mucus of yam, you can easily peel the skin with a knife.

3. Before peeling, rub some vinegar on your hands and peel them again, so it won't itch.