In summer, you can eat more yams at the dining table because the efficacy of yams is very helpful for summer health. If you are not familiar with how to eat yams, do not miss the following introduction about the efficacy and eating methods of yams.
1. Used for spleen and stomach weakness, poor appetite, fatigue, long-term diarrhea, pediatric malnutrition, and spleen and stomach weakness. Yams both tonify qi and nourish yin, supplement without stagnation, nourish without greasiness, and are commonly used for spleen and stomach supplementation. It can be taken in large amounts individually, but is often included in compound formulas.
2. Rich in germanium, used in cancer treatment. Yams are rich in many beneficial trace elements for the human body, especially germanium, which has anti-cancer effects. Yams have the characteristics of gentle tonification, mild fragrance, and not drying, making them suitable for cancer patients’ diet therapy.
3. Enhances the body’s digestive and absorptive functions, treats poor appetite and indigestion. Yams can invigorate the spleen and reinforce the stomach, improve the function of the spleen and stomach, enhance the body’s digestion and absorption functions, increase appetite, strengthen the physique, and have a good effect on poor appetite, pediatric anorexia, and indigestion.
4. Tonifies the middle burner and invigorates qi, making people sharp-sighted. Yams tonify the middle burner and invigorate qi, promote muscle growth, enhance yin, and eating yams regularly can make people sharp-sighted, light and not hungry, and prolong life.
5. For women with increased leukorrhea that is colorless and tasteless, eating yams regularly can treat it. Yams have good functions of invigorating the spleen, resolving dampness, and astringing to stop leukorrhea, whether it’s due to spleen deficiency or kidney deficiency, eating yams regularly will surely be effective.
6. Yams can generate fluids, moisten dryness, and nourish the skin and hair, thus having a beautifying effect. In autumn, the skin is prone to dryness, causing hair to become dry and dull, and complexion to lose luster. Therefore, eating more yams can moisturize the skin and hair. You can cook 500 grams of yams into porridge and drink it regularly in the morning and evening.
Ingredients: Suitable amount of rock sugar, 250 grams of yams
Method: Clean the yams, peel and cut them into small pieces, put them in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water to make a soup, but what we want is not the soup, filter out the soup, season with rock sugar, and drink it as a tea. If it’s too thick, you can add water.
Ingredients: 4 taels of yams, 1 egg, 300 grams of diced mixed vegetables, 6 slices of ham, 3 tablespoons of salad dressing
Method: Wash and cut the yams into small dice and blanch them together with the diced vegetables, remove them when cooked, boil the egg and cut it into small dice; roll all the ingredients with ham slices, secure with toothpicks, drizzle with salad dressing and serve.
Ingredients: Prepare 10 grams of white fungus, mashed peeled yams, 20 red dates, suitable amount of rock sugar, a can of mixed fruit dices
Method: Soak the red dates and white fungus in water to expand, then place the white fungus in a juicer with 500cc of water to crush and set aside, put the white fungus slurry, red dates, and rock sugar in a pot with 1 liter of water, bring to a boil, add the yam puree while stirring, and finally add the fruit dices before serving.
