What are the benefits and effects of Chinese yam beans? Find out clearly in one article
Chinese yam beans and Chinese yam grow from the same plant, have relatively high nutritional value, and are a purely green food. They have the same medicinal effects as wild Chinese yam, are of good quality, have a smooth and starchy texture, and a rich aroma. They are excellent as a side dish in stewed fish, stewed meat, or stir-fried with chicken after being cooked, and are even better when made into balls. Now let us take a look together at the benefits and effects of Chinese yam beans!
The benefits and effects of Chinese yam beans
1. Strengthens the spleen and benefits the stomach: Chinese yam is a mild tonic for both the spleen and stomach and can be used as both medicine and food. It contains substances such as amylase and polyphenol oxidase, which are beneficial to the digestive and absorptive functions of the spleen and stomach. It can be eaten whether there is deficiency of spleen yang or deficiency of stomach yin. Clinically, it is often used to treat conditions such as weakness of the spleen and stomach, poor appetite and fatigue, and diarrhea.
2. Nourishes the kidneys and benefits essence: Chinese yam contains a variety of nutrients and has the effect of strengthening the body, nourishing the kidneys, and benefiting essence. It can be taken for conditions such as kidney deficiency with seminal emission, excessive vaginal discharge in women, and frequent urination.
3. Benefits the lungs and relieves cough: Chinese yam contains saponins and mucilage and has a lubricating and moistening effect, so it can benefit lung qi, nourish lung yin, and treat conditions of lung deficiency with phlegm cough and chronic cough.
4. Lowers blood sugar: Chinese yam contains mucoprotein and has the effect of lowering blood sugar. It can be used to treat diabetes and is an excellent food therapy for diabetic patients.
5. Prolongs life: Chinese yam contains a large amount of mucoprotein, vitamins, and trace elements. It can effectively prevent the deposition of blood lipids on blood vessel walls, prevent cardiovascular diseases, and achieve the effects of benefiting the mind, calming the spirit, and prolonging life.
6. Resists hepatic coma: In recent years, research has found that Chinese yam has a sedative effect and can be used against hepatic coma.
Dietary contraindications for Chinese yam beans
1. Chinese yam beans should not be eaten with carp or kansui, as they are incompatible, nor should they be taken with alkaline drugs.
2. Chinese yam beans are rich in vitamin C, while pork liver contains metal trace elements such as copper, iron, and zinc. When vitamin C encounters metal ions, it accelerates oxidation and is destroyed, reducing nutritional value. Therefore, after eating pork liver, it is not suitable to eat Chinese yam beans.
3. Cucumber, pumpkin, carrot, and winter squash all contain vitamin C decomposing enzymes. If eaten with Chinese yam beans, vitamin C will be decomposed and destroyed.
4. Generally, seafood, in addition to containing minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, and iodine, is also rich in protein, while fruits such as hawthorn and pomegranate contain tannic acid. If mixed and eaten, they will combine into tannin protein. This substance has an astringent effect, can cause constipation, increases the absorption of toxins in the intestines, and causes symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.
5. The diosgenin component contained in Chinese yam beans can synthesize hormones in the human body, such as testosterone and estrogen. Therefore, it is not suitable for male patients with prostate cancer or female patients with breast cancer to eat.
6. Chinese yam beans contain rich starch. For those suffering from chest and abdominal distension, dry stools, or constipation, it is best to eat less, and Chinese yam can be eaten again after these symptoms ease. In addition, patients with peptic ulcers and cirrhosis should choose cooking methods such as steaming and stewing, and avoid quick stir-frying and sweet-and-sour stir-frying.
How to eat Chinese yam beans
1. Chinese yam medicinal soup
[Ingredients] 5 grams of Chinese yam, 10 grams of Polygonatum odoratum, 10 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, 5 grams of goji berries, 1 pigeon.
[Method] First pan-fry blanched pigeon meat in a pot, then add stock or boiling water. After the water boils, remove the meat to a soup jar, then put the washed medicinal ingredients into the pot. After cooking, pour the soup into the jar and simmer over low heat for 9 minutes. Before removing from the heat, add seasonings such as salt, monosodium glutamate, and chicken essence.
2. Fried Chinese yam beans
[Ingredients] Some Chinese yam beans, 2 eggs, appropriate amounts of white sugar and starch.
[Method] Wash the Chinese yam beans clean, put them into a large bowl, add white sugar, starch, and egg white to the bowl, mix well, then add flour, shake the Chinese yam beans so they are coated with flour and become ball-shaped, heat the pot with cold oil, then fry the Chinese yam beans over low heat until cooked.
3. Chinese yam bean sugar snowballs
[Ingredients] Some Chinese yam beans, appropriate amounts of white sugar and white sesame seeds.
[Method] First wash the Chinese yam beans clean and cook them for later use. Boil white sugar with water into syrup, add the Chinese yam beans, stir-fry them so their surface is covered with sugar, sprinkle some white sesame seeds on top, remove from the heat, place on a plate, and let cool before eating.
4. Rock sugar Chinese yam beans
[Ingredients] Chinese yam beans, rock sugar, oil.
[Method] Wash the Chinese yam beans clean and thread them onto bamboo skewers. Put a little oil in the pot, then add rock sugar, stir constantly over low heat, add a little water midway, and continue cooking until it becomes a thick syrup. Dip the skewered Chinese yam beans into the syrup. When dipping, it must be quick, or you can use a small spoon to scoop some syrup onto the Chinese yam beans, then insert them into a soft foam board or something else and let them cool.