Can I eat more yam

Although yam is a food with good nourishing effects, no matter what kind of food it is, it should not be consumed too much. If consumed in excess, it will definitely lead to counterproductive effects and eventually cause some harm to your body. Only a moderate intake can bring out the effects and functions of yam, such as strengthening the spleen and stomach, stopping diarrhea and nourishing hair, and avoiding the occurrence of hair loss.

Yam is medicine among mountains and medicine among foods. It can not only be made into health food, but also has medicinal value for treating diseases. The Compendium of Materia Medica points out that yam can cure all kinds of deficiency and damage, treat five kinds of fatigue and seven kinds of injuries, remove wind from the head and face, stop waist pain, eliminate irritability and heat, replenish insufficient heart qi, open the heart holes, improve memory, benefit kidney qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, stop diarrhea, moisturize fur and skin, and can be applied to swelling and hard poisons when raw.

The Yuye Decoction and Zipei Decoction in "Medical Records of Chinese and Western Medicine" use yam and astragalus to treat thirst, asthenia and wheezing. Regularly combining them with Chinese medicinal herbs such as wolfberry and mulberry, which can be used as tea, can nourish the kidneys and strengthen the body, enhance resistance, and have a good health-care effect.

Yam has the following effects:

1. The Chinese medicines for lowering blood pressure, such as Liuwei Dihuang Pills, Bawei Dihuang Pills, Guishao Dihuang Pills, etc., are all famous prescriptions made with yam. They are not only used to treat kidney deficiency, but also to treat hypertension, diabetes, asthma, neurasthenia, low back pain and other diseases.

2. Delaying aging: Modern science has proven that yam can significantly reduce the activity of enzymes that accelerate the aging of organisms. Bawei Dihuang Pills containing yam is mainly used to treat postpartum sweating. Baoyuan Qingjiang Decoction and Baoyuan Hanjiang Decoction can treat vomiting blood and nosebleeds; Hanlin Decoction and Gaolin Decoction can treat gonorrhea. Yam can also treat tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and women's diseases, which are beneficial to prolonging life.

3. Anti-tumor effect Yam tubers are rich in polysaccharides, which can stimulate and regulate the human immune system. Therefore, it is often used as a health care product to enhance immunity. Yam polysaccharides have an antagonistic effect on the cellular immunosuppression caused by cyclophosphamide, and can partially or completely restore the suppressed cellular immune function to normal.

4. Yam can also enhance the phagocytic function of white blood cells. For example, Liuwei Dihuang Pills can treat chronic nephritis, hypertension, diabetes, neurasthenia and other diseases. Zhibai Dihuang Wan can treat ankylosing spondylitis and gynecological symptoms of yin deficiency and excess of fire, such as fetal bleeding, vaginal itching, and amenorrhea. Guishao Dihuang Pills can treat ear pain, tinnitus, spontaneous sweating due to yin deficiency, etc.