Yam has the reputation of “cheap ginseng”. It is not only a good vegetable people like, but also a very excellent traditional nourishing food. Women who love beauty often eat yams to nourish their Qi and blood and strengthen their bodies.
“Seeking truth from the grass” believes that yams can “moisturize the skin and grow muscles”;. Yam is not only a delicacy on people’s daily dining table, but also a natural moistening, whitening and slimming food for nourishing the Qi and blood of the five internal organs of the human body.
Li Lin is not only graceful and graceful in figure, but also ruddy and glossy in skin. Although she is over 40, she looks like she is in her 20s. Many female friends who are much younger than her are impressed by her beautiful skin, so they ask Li Lin for advice on how to maintain her skin. Li Lin has kept a habit of taking yams every day for 20 years. And her good skin comes from her habit.
Yam has the reputation of “cheap ginseng”. In compendium of Materia Medica, yam’s functions are summarized into five aspects: benefiting kidney qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, relieving diarrhea, resolving phlegm and saliva, and moistening skin and hair. &”Yam can replenish qi and blood. People with insufficient Qi and blood can cook and eat about 100g yam every day for one to two months in a row, which can improve the symptoms of Qi and blood deficiency. For beauty loving women, yam itself is a kind of food with high nutrition and low calorie. It is easy to feel full after eating. Women who want to keep slim can eat it at ease. Yam also contains a large number of dietary fiber and trace elements, which can assist digestion and absorption of gastrointestinal, reduce the retention time of toxins in the body. Therefore, regular consumption of yam can not only benefit Qi and blood, but also reduce weight.
Chinese yam is not cold, hot or dry, which is a good medicine for smoothing the spleen and stomach, especially for the deficiency of Qi and blood in the five zang organs. Those who suffer from weakness of spleen and stomach, lassitude, inappetence, deficiency of Qi and blood caused by overwork, and those who have dark skin color and spots often take yam will get good results.
How to make yams delicious
Apple yam mud
Ingredients: 1 / 2 apple, 100g yam, 200ml milk, 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
The method of Apple yam mud
1. Wash and peel the apples and yams, and cut into small pieces.
2. Put the milk into the blender and beat it into juice.
3. Add some cinnamon powder.
Invigorating the spleen, removing dampness and promoting absorption
Materials: 30g job’s tears, 30g yam, 40g soybean, proper amount of water.
The method of barley yam soymilk
1. Clean the soybeans.
2. Then soak in clear water for 6-8 hours and soak until soft.
3. Cut yams into small dices after peeling. Blanch them in boiling water. Drain them out.
4. Clean job’s tears and soak in water for 2 hours.
5. Put the soaked soybeans, job’s tears and yams into the cup of the soymilk machine, and add water between the upper and lower water levels.
6. Start the machine until the soybean milk machine prompts that the barley yam soybean milk is ready.
7. Filter the soymilk of barley yam and then drink it.
Recuperate spleen and stomach, nourish weakness
Materials: 40g yam, 40g soybeans, 20g green beans, 10g glutinous rice, proper amount of water, sugar or crystal sugar.
The method of glutinous rice soybean milk with Chinese yam and green bean
1. Clean the soybeans and green beans.
2. Then soak in clear water for 6-8 hours and soak until soft.
3. Remove the skin of yam, wash it and cut into diced pieces.
4. Clean the glutinous rice and soak it in water for 2 hours.
5. Put the soaked soybeans, green beans, yams and glutinous rice into the cup body of the soymilk machine, and add water between the upper and lower water levels.
6. Start the machine until the soybean milk machine prompts that the yam green soybean milk is ready.
7. After filtering the Chinese yam green bean and glutinous rice soymilk, add some white sugar or crystal sugar to taste according to personal taste.
Invigorating spleen, invigorating qi and stomach
Materials: 25g of sago, 25g of yam, 50g of soybean, proper amount of water, sugar or crystal sugar.
The method of Western rice yam soymilk
1. Clean the soybeans
2. Then soak it in clear water for 6-8 hours, soak it until it becomes soft and ready for use
3. Wash the sago and soak in water for 2 hours
4. Cut yams into small dices after peeling. Blanch them in boiling water. Drain them out.
5. Put the soaked soybeans, sago and yam into the cup of the soymilk machine, and add water between the upper and lower water levels
6. Start the machine until the soymilk machine prompts that soymilk is ready.
7. After filtering the soymilk, add some sugar or rock sugar to taste according to personal taste.