Yam is one of the common ingredients in our daily life. It often appears on our dining table. Yam can be used as both food and medicine and has good nutritional value. Let's take a closer look at the medicinal value of yam.
1. Loss of appetite
Mix 50g of yam, 50g of white atractylodes, and 1.5g of ginseng. Grind them into fine powder and cook them into small dumplings the size of small beans. Take 30 dumplings each time, swallow them with warm rice drink before meals. (Sheng Ji Zong Lu, Yam Pill)
2. Spleen deficiency and diarrhea
Take half a catty of yam, 120g of lotus seeds, and 120g of fox nuts, grind them into fine powder. Take 2-3 tablespoons each time, add an appropriate amount of white sugar, steam and eat them as snacks. Take 1-2 times a day continuously for effective results.
3. Cough with phlegm and wheezing
Mash fresh yam and mix it with half a cup of sugarcane juice. Stew it and drink it hot, twice a day.
4. Kidney deficiency and nocturnal emission
Take 30-60g of yam rhizome (the pearl-like substance that grows on the yam vine), cook it and remove the skin, add a little white sugar, take it before going to bed. It works better than yam.
5. Nocturnal emission
Take 15g of yam skin, 15g of fox nuts, 15g of dwarf lilyturf tuber, 10g of ginseng, and 3g of schisandra chinensis. Boil them in water and take the juice. Take one dose daily, divided into two servings. It nourishes the qi, nourishes the heart, strengthens the spleen, and consolidates the essence. It is suitable for nocturnal emission.
6. Fever caused by lung disease
Take 60-120g of yam, boil it into juice and drink it, or cook and eat it in moderation every day.
7. Diabetes
Take 15g of yam and 6g of coptis chinensis, boil them in water and take the juice. Or take equal amounts of yam and honeysuckle powder, 30g per day, boil them in water and take them in divided doses.
8. Lump behind the neck
Take a piece of yam (peeled) and 2-3 castor seeds (without shells), mash them together and apply them to the affected area, change them twice a day.
