Single Herb Granules Chinese Yam

Yam, as a common Chinese herb and ingredient, is loved by people for its wide and far-reaching characteristics and effects. Yam, known as Dioscorea opposita in ancient recipes, is sweet and flat in nature, and is mainly classified into the spleen, lung and kidney meridians, making it a medicinal food. The flesh of yam is tender and rich in nutrients, including protein, carbohydrates, many vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, especially amylase, choline, mucus juice enzyme, diosgenin and mucin, which have many benefits for human health.

Yam can tonify the kidney and fill up the essence, fixing and storing the essence in the body, and has a good therapeutic effect on symptoms such as spermatorrhea of kidney deficiency, short and frequent urination. Yam also has a hypoglycemic effect. The mucin in yam can effectively lower blood sugar. Compared with the general staple food type of carbohydrates, yam is low in carbohydrates, making it an ideal dietary supplement for diabetics.

Yam can also improve blood circulation and prevent cardiovascular diseases. The mucin in yams can improve blood circulation, lower blood pressure and improve cardiovascular health. Also, the antioxidants and vitamin C in yams help boost immunity. However, body heat, easy to fire people, as well as peptic ulcer, cirrhosis and other patients should be careful to eat yam. In addition, yam should not be taken at the same time with alkaline drugs.