What is the difference between yam and yam?

We have always believed that Huaishan and Yam are the same thing and there is no difference between the two. In fact, this perception is wrong. In fact, there are essential differences between Huaishan and Yam. So what is the difference between yam and yam?

What is the specific difference between Huaishan and Yam?

Origin: This can be said to be the most fundamental reason for the difference between the two. Huaishan is a medicine with extremely high medicinal value. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is called authentic medicinal material, which means it is a medicinal material produced from its place of origin. In my country, the origin of yam is near Jiangsu and Anhui, and only the ones produced there can be called yam. The ones produced in other places are what we commonly call yam, and their medicinal and nutritional value cannot be compared with the real yam.

Different functions: Huaishan is a special medicinal material. In health preservation, we regard it more as a medicinal food. As for yam, we regard it more as a kind of food, and I believe many people have eaten ingredients made from yam.

Different composition: Compared with ordinary yam, Huaishan contains an additional youth factor, which is a very important substance for us to maintain vitality. It has a very obvious effect on delaying aging and resisting diseases in our body.

Different medicinal value: Huaishan has very high medicinal value. It has very good therapeutic effects on some common diseases in daily life, such as diabetes, arterial infarction, obesity, and paralysis. In contrast, the medicinal value of yam is much smaller.

Yam has many benefits

In our lives, we usually come into contact with yam, which has a long history as a health food. According to some historical surveys, yam, as a health food, may have a history of more than 2,000 years in my country. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Shennong's Herbal Classic" listed yam as a top-grade health care product. In the Tang Dynasty, "Si Shi Zong Yao" quoted "Shan Ju Yao Shu" written by Taoist Wang, which further stated that yam can dispel cold and replenish deficiency, and long-term consumption can make people's hearing and eyesight sharper, which is a relatively rare nourishing remedy. Many of the health products that we are familiar with today, such as Liuwei Dihuang Pills and Guilinggao, contain certain yam ingredients. This shows that yam has indeed been widely used as a type of health product.

Yams made with iron sticks of the same thickness are heavier and harder. Experts once studied iron stick yam and conducted experiments on mice. They found that iron stick yam has the following effects: nourishing the spleen and lungs, strengthening the kidneys and improving the essence. Indications: Spleen deficiency, diarrhea, loss of appetite, edema, lung deficiency, cough, asthma, thirst, spermatorrhea, leukorrhea, kidney deficiency, frequent urination

In fact, it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish them from the appearance, but careful people can also tell the subtle differences between them. First of all, there is a difference in density. The yam made with an iron stick of the same thickness is heavier and harder.

Iron stick yam also has two types: sandy soil and loam soil. The appearance of the loess land is irregularly twisted like a tree root and is not very long and straight. The opposite of sandy. Long and straight. And thick.

The iron stick yam grown in Luodi has special red spots. Also, the skin is extremely thin. After washing, it only takes 5 minutes to steam or boil. It tastes very sweet, with a very light sweet aftertaste, is very powdery, and has a special Chinese medicine flavor. Other yams take much longer to cook and taste crispy.