We often see yam and Huaishan in the supermarket. What's the difference between the two? In terms of nutritional value, what are the differences between the two?
What are the differences between Huaishan and yam?
Difference 1: origin
Huaishan is a kind of medicine with high medicinal value. It is called genuine medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, that is, it is a medicine produced from the origin. In China, the origin of Huaishan is near Jiangsu and Anhui. Only what is produced there can be called Huaishan, while what is produced in other places is what we commonly call yam.
Difference 2: composition
Compared with ordinary yams, Huaishan has a more youthful factor. This material is a very important material for us to maintain our vitality. It has a very obvious effect on delaying aging and resisting diseases.
Difference 3: function
Huaishan is a kind of special medicine. In health preservation, we take it as a medicinal diet. And yam, we regard it more as a kind of food. I believe many people have also eaten the ingredients made of yam.
Difference 4: medicinal value
Huaishan mountain has very high medicinal value. Some diseases that can be often seen in daily life, such as diabetes and arterial infarction, obesity and paralysis, have very good therapeutic effects. The medicinal value of yam is much smaller.
How can we distinguish yam from Huaishan?
A look: the iron stick yam is average in thickness, with a general diameter of 1-2.5cm (like an adult's thumb). The skin color is slightly dark, and the rhizome has iron red spots.
Second: the single component of tiebang yam is generally no more than 200g; It's not authentic if it's too heavy.
Three fold: when the iron stick yam is broken, it can feel that its meat is hard, powdery enough, its section is fine, white or slightly yellow, and there is less mucus; The common yam is not only the meat is not so strong, but also the powder is not enough.