Shan Yao, English name Common yam rhizome, Chinese yam. It is not only a Chinese herbal medicine, but also an edible food. Next, Tianjang Pharmaceutical will introduce Shan Yao (Chinese yam rhizome) in detail.
【Harvesting and processing】
Chinese yam is divided into two types: hairy yam and light yam:
The reed head is harvested in the year of planting, and the bulbils are harvested in the second year of propagation, and they are excavated when the leaves turn yellow after frost. Wash the soil, scrape off the outer skin with a bamboo knife or a bowl, and dry it in the sun or dry it, which is Mao Shan Yao (Mao yam). Choose thick and straight hairy yams, soak them in clean water, heat them slightly, and cover them with quilts to keep them moist and stuffy. Then put it on a wooden board and knead it into a cylindrical shape, cut the two ends evenly, dry it in the sun and polish it, which is Guang Shan Yao.
【Properties of medicinal materials】
Mao Shan Yao: Slightly cylindrical, curved and slightly flattened, 15-30 cm long and 1.5-6 cm in diameter. The surface is yellowish-white or light yellow, with longitudinal grooves, longitudinal wrinkles and fibrous root scars, and occasionally light brown skin remains. Weight, solid quality, not easy to break, the section is white and powdery. Odorless, light taste, slightly sour, sticky when chewed.
Guang Shan Yao: Cylindrical, with both ends flush, 9-18 cm long and 1.5-3 cm in diameter. The surface is smooth, white or yellowish white.
【Ecosystem】
Chinese yam is born in the sunny place in the mountains.
【Nature, Taste and Return Meridian】
Sexual flat, sweet in the mouth. Return spleen channel, lung channel, kidney channel.
【Efficacy and function】
Invigorate the spleen and stomach, promote body fluid and benefit the lung, invigorate the kidney and astringent essence. It belongs to the Qi invigorating medicine under the classification of tonic medicine.
Chinese yam is rich in cellulose and mucin, which has the effect of invigorating the spleen and stomach, enhancing the function of the spleen and stomach, and promoting intestinal peristalsis.
Chinese yam also has the effect of tonifying the kidney and astringent essence, and can relieve the symptoms of kidney deficiency, seminal emission, frequent urination, and fatigue.
In addition, Chinese yam enters the lungs, which can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and relieve the symptoms of lung deficiency and cough.
【People suitble】
People with spleen deficiency, less food, kidney deficiency and nocturnal emission, lung deficiency and cough
【Common Compatibility】
Chinese yam + wolfberry: nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing spleen and lung
Chinese yam+pumpkin: lower blood pressure
Chinese yam+red beans: invigorate the spleen and qi, diuretic and reduce swelling
Chinese yam+tangerine peel: relieve cough and asthma, replenish qi and invigorate the spleen
【Precautions】
1. People who are allergic to Chinese yam should not eat yam. Yam may also become an allergen. If you are allergic to yam, eating yam may cause redness and swelling of the skin, frequent diarrhea, indigestion, headache, and sore throat.
2. Chinese yam has the effect of reducing astringency, so the stool is dry, and those with constipation should not eat it. In addition, those with excess evil should not eat yam.
3. Those who are easy to get angry eat less
4. It should not be eaten with cucumbers and carrots. Chinese yam is rich in vitamin C, so it should not be eaten with cucumbers and carrots. Because cucumbers and carrots contain certain vitamin C decomposing enzymes, they will destroy vitamin C and reduce the nutritional value of yams.
5. The use of Chinese medicinal materials must be treated based on syndrome differentiation, and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners, and should not be used at will.
Shan Yao Extract Granules Supplier and Manufacturer – Tianjiang
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