Blindly Chinese medicine can be used for cooking, invigorating the spleen and stomach, moisturizing the lungs, strengthening the kidney essence, and tonifying Yin and Yang. It is suitable for both men and women.
Health preservation is not only to prolong life, but also to improve the quality of life. In the process of health preservation, many friends are in a dilemma to choose suitable health preservation recipes. It is precisely because of the saying that medicine is three-fold poison since ancient times. Is there a way? A traditional Chinese medicine that can regulate the body can not only benefit many internal organs, but also does not harm the body?
The answer is yes, there is such a blind Chinese medicine. It is both a traditional Chinese medicine and an ingredient. It can be made into delicious dishes and nourish the body. It can nourish the spleen, nourish the stomach, moisten the lungs, and strengthen the kidney essence. It is especially suitable for health preservation. The important thing is that it is neither cold nor hot, it can balance yin and yang, it will not hurt the body due to excessive tonic, and it is suitable for men, women and children.
Yam is the rhizome of the plant Dioscorea
Yam is listed as the top grade by "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", it is the rhizome of Dioscorea diosciaceae, and the folks often call the plant Dioscorea as yam. Generally speaking, it is better to choose yam with firm texture, larger powder and white color.
Chinese yam believes that the four qi of yam are flat, and the five flavors are sweet. They belong to the spleen meridian, lung meridian and kidney meridian.
The choice of yam should be firm in texture and white in color.
Chinese medicine believes that the power of yam is not as good as that of astragalus, and the power of spleen and stomach is not as good as Codonopsis. However, yam can not only invigorate the lung and spleen qi, but also nourish the kidney essence, and is characterized by its gentle medicinal properties, which is suitable for health preservation, and can also strengthen the kidney essence. It can be seen that the positioning of Chinese yam is more inclined to health preservation, and the specific understanding is divided into three aspects.
- Chinese yam nourishes the spleen and nourishes the stomach, suitable for weak spleen and stomach.
Yam can not only nourish the spleen, but also nourish the stomach yin, and it is neither cold nor hot, so whether the spleen is weak or the stomach yin is insufficient, it can be used to nourish the qi and yin. The important thing is that the yam is nourishing and not greasy.
Plant Dioscorea, also known as Chinese yam
- Chinese yam nourishes the lungs and nourishes the lungs.
Chinese yam is moisturizing, can nourish lung qi and nourish lung yin, so it can moisten the lung and regulate lung deficiency cough and asthma. However, because of its gentle power of tonifying lung qi, it is sufficient for health preservation, but it is not as good as Codonopsis pilosula for diseases.
- Chinese yam strengthens kidney essence and nourishes kidney qi.
Yam can nourish the kidneys and consolidate the essence and qi, and nourish the yin and yang, so it is often used for the deficiency of the kidney qi and the insufficiency of the essence and qi. Chinese yam enters the kidney meridian and can benefit kidney yin. It is suitable for weak waist and knees due to insufficient kidney yin. If it is used as medicine, it can be used together with Rehmannia glutinosa; Huang Bai, etc.; if the kidney qi is deficient and the essence qi is not solid, it is often used in the same way as gorgon;
In addition, yam is called "good medicine to stop the belt", but it is used for female friends to maintain health, so yam is suitable for both men and women as a healthy food.
Chinese medicine yam is a good product for health
Yam is a nourishing and nourishing product, suitable for small amount and frequent consumption, but yam nourishing yin can help the disadvantages of moisture, so it is not suitable for people with excessive moisture in the body. In addition, people with food accumulation should not use it.
Yam is one of the commonly used medicinal and dietary ingredients in health preservation, and it is also one of the traditional Chinese medicines commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. However, the state of the body is constantly changing. Therefore, the way of nourishing and health needs to be adjusted according to the changes in physical constitution. It is not possible to use yam alone for a long time. Also need to listen to the advice of Chinese medicine.