Flower yam puree

Flower yam puree

Overview

Five major benefits of eating yam in autumn: 1: Replenishing qi and nourishing blood. Yams replenish qi, strengthen the spleen, and nourish the stomach. When used in conjunction with blood-tonifying foods and medicines, the blood-tonifying effect can be enhanced. Two: Tonic and anti-aging. Yam is sweet in taste, cool and moist in nature, and enters the lung, spleen, and kidney meridians. "Depei Materia Medica" says that it has the function of tonifying deficiency and benefiting the body. Chen Xiuyuan, a doctor in the Qing Dynasty, once explained the function of yam, saying that its qi is flat and enters the lungs, and its taste is sweet and enters the spleen. The spleen governs blood and controls the limbs. If the spleen blood is sufficient, there will be no hunger and the limbs will be light and agile; the lungs govern qi, and if the lung qi is sufficient, the body will be lightened and the qi will be doubled; because of its thick and sticky texture, it can nourish the kidneys and essence, and if the essence is sufficient, it will strengthen the yin and prolong life. Modern pharmacological research suggests that yam contains saponins, glycoproteins, tannins, inhibitors, yamine, choline, starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc., which have the effect of inducing interferon and have a certain anti-aging material basis. It can be seen that yam can indeed replenish deficiency, heal damage, and prolong life. Three: Strength and beauty. Yams contain a mixture of mucus proteins that can supply a large amount of various glycoproteins to the human body. They can increase the lubrication of mucous membranes and skin and reduce the accumulation of subcutaneous fat. They are a good beauty food and can be taken alone or used in compound recipes. Yam porridge, yam wine, Liuwei Rehmannia Drink, Zishen Shenggan Drink, etc., all have the effect of strengthening muscles and bones, nourishing the skin and keeping fit. Four: Nourish yin and nourish yang. Yams can nourish yin and clear away heat deficiency. Huang Guanxiu said in "Materia Medica Seeking Truth" that yam is a food, and the ancients used it in decoctions, saying that it tonifies the spleen, replenishes qi and removes heat. Its color is white and enters the lungs, and its taste is sweet and enters the spleen. Although the qi is warm but flat, it nourishes the yin of the spleen and lungs, so it can moisturize the fur and grow muscles. It is astringent in nature and can cure spermatorrhea. It tastes sweet and salty. It can also benefit the kidneys and strengthen yin. It can be pounded raw and applied to carbuncles to reduce swelling and hardness. It is also meant to nourish yin and reduce fever. Analyzing the formula of yam used by humans in the past, drinking yam with dioscorea alone can treat fatigue fever, asthma, cough, or spontaneous sweating; Zisheng decoction mainly uses yam, with Scrophulariaceae, Atractylodes, burdock, and Gallus gallus gallus, to treat yin deficiency and labor fever; Huangqi ointment uses yam as an adjuvant to supplement astragalus and gypsum to treat lung diseases. Liquan Yin combines yam with raw rehmannia glutinosa, asparagus, and scrophulariaceae to treat the symptoms of thirst and yin deficiency; Yuzhu yam decoction uses Polygonatum odoratum, trichosanthes, polygonum multiflorum, etc., combined with yam to nourish yin and promote fluid production. From all of this, it can be seen that yam has a certain effect of nourishing yin and clearing away heat. Five: Strengthen the body and eliminate evil. Yam has a mild nature and flavor, and functions to moisten the lungs, strengthen the spleen, and nourish the kidneys. It can not only nourish yang to strengthen the functions of the organs, but also nourish yin to nourish the material base. What is even more gratifying is that it can strengthen the body without being obsessed with evil, and can also be used when diseases and evils exist. Therefore, doctors in the past dynasties often used it to form prescriptions based on the treatment principles of strengthening the body and dispelling evil, and its application range is very wide. As the finale of a family dinner, this dish gives people a visual beauty and adds extra points to a full table. When I was sorting through the photos of the dishes I cooked these past two days, I found that there were a lot of missing steps. I took photos of every step while cooking them, but I couldn’t find them, even after spending half a day using photo recovery software. Fortunately, the preparation of the dish is very simple, just describe it in words.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Wash the yam

    Flower yam puree step 1

  2. Put it in a pot and steam it

    Flower yam puree step 2

  3. Peel the steamed yam paste, put it in a plastic bag and grind it finely with a rolling pin. Add rock sugar powder and mix well. Add a small amount of yam puree to matcha powder and mix well. Flower shapes are carved out of white yam paste with a heart-shaped grinding tool, and flower paths and leaves are made from yam paste mixed with matcha powder. Squeeze in condensed milk and serve

    Flower yam puree step 3