Hoai Son

* Effects of the Chinese Yam (Hoai Son):

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese yam has a neutral nature, a sweet taste, and acts on the spleen, stomach, lungs, and kidneys. Thanks to these properties, Chinese yam is considered a medicine that nourishes the stomach, generates fluids, strengthens the spleen, strengthens the kidneys, benefits the lungs, and quenches thirst.

Chinese yam is considered one of the tonic herbs used to treat indigestion, chronic diarrhea, nocturnal emissions, urinary incontinence, lung deficiency, cough, diabetes, leucorrhea, and spleen and stomach weakness.

Functions and Indications: Chinese yam is used to nourish the stomach, stop diarrhea, strengthen the lungs, astringe semen, and strengthen the kidneys. Main indications: Thanks to the above properties, Chinese yam is used to treat lung deficiency, cough, asthma, nocturnal emissions, lung deficiency, thirst, and leucorrhea.

In traditional Eastern medicine, yam (Dioscorea opposita) is considered a tonic with astringent properties, used in chronic enteritis, nocturia, seminal emission, night sweats, diabetes, and indigestion.

According to modern medicine:

Nutritional properties:

Yosmosis contains mucin, a water-soluble substance that, under conditions of temperature and dilute acid, breaks down into proteins and carbohydrates. These substances are beneficial to the body.

Sugar hydrolysis:

The enzymes found in yam have a very high ability to break down sugar. At temperatures of 45-55°C and dilute acid, they can break down and digest five times the weight of sugar in 3 hours.