Chinese yam - shan yao

Chinese yam
[shanyao]
Chinese herbal medicine
Alias: Huai yam, stir-fried yam, stir-fried yam
Main effects: nourishing qi and yin, nourishing spleen, lungs and kidneys, astringing semen and stopping leukorrhea.
Chinese yam is a tonic food that can be used as both food and medicine. Its main function is to strengthen the spleen, stomach and lung functions. It can improve problems such as loss of appetite and indigestion, while improving the body's resistance and relieving fatigue. It is suitable for people with weak bodies, easy fatigue, poor appetite and long-term diarrhea as a daily conditioning. Chinese yam is grown in Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other places. Among them, the iron stick yam produced in Jiaozuo, Henan (called Huaiqing Prefecture in ancient times) is particularly popular because of its firm meat and rich nutrition. Fresh yam can be used to cook porridge and dishes, and dried yam slices are mostly used in Chinese medicine formulas
Effects
Chinese yam can help improve problems such as loss of appetite and long-term diarrhea caused by weak spleen and stomach. It can relieve long-term cough and asthma symptoms for abnormal increase in vaginal discharge in women and frequent spermatorrhea in men, and improve frequent urination caused by kidney deficiency. At the same time, it can also assist and regulate other conditions. It can enhance lung function and help relieve the common symptoms of thirst and polyuria in diabetes.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of yam?
Regulate spleen and stomach problems: improve poor appetite, loose stools, excessive secretions in women, etc. Yam can enhance spleen and stomach function, help stop diarrhea and regulate secretions. It is suitable for people with weak constitution, easy fatigue, and indigestion, and is often used with medicinal materials such as ginseng and Atractylodes macrocephala. For example, Shenling Baizhu powder can improve poor appetite and loose stools. Yam itself is nutritious and easy to digest, suitable for people with weak constitution who need long-term conditioning. Improve respiratory system problems: relieve long-term cough or asthma, and are often used with medicinal materials such as Pseudostellaria baicalensis and Adenophora australis. Regulate the urinary and reproductive system: improve kidney deficiency symptoms such as soreness of waist and knees, frequent nocturia, premature ejaculation and spermatorrhea, and thin secretions. It is also suitable for kidney yin deficiency conditions such as thin body, hot flashes and night sweats. Classic prescriptions such as Shenqi Pills and Liuwei Dihuang Pills contain yam. Assists in controlling diabetes: By regulating the functions of the spleen, lungs, and kidneys, it improves symptoms such as thirst, polydipsia, and polyuria. It is often used in combination with medicinal materials such as astragalus and radix trichosanthis.