What is yacon?

[Introduction] Yacon is native to the Andes in South America. It looks like a rhizome plant of sweet potato and yam. Although it is very inconspicuous, peeling off its skin makes the fruit sticky, juicy and crystal clear, and delicious. Don't lose to Sydney in the north! Yacon is a pure natural green health food, which not only has the health functions of cooling and annealing, clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating stomach and moistening intestines, and softening blood vessels, but also is rich in protein, seaweed keratin and amino acids, and has the functions of eliminating phlegm, resisting bacteria, promoting blood circulation and lowering blood pressure, and is also a delicious food in hotels. What kind of yacon is it? It is also called "Argonne", which means "sacred fruit". It belongs to Compositae and Sunflower, so it is also called Jerusalem artichoke. It originated in the Andes in South America and is a traditional root vegetable of local Indians. It has a history of 500 years. The flesh is sweet and crisp, and the juice is crystal clear, but it tastes like a pear. It is a low-calorie food, but its carbohydrates are not absorbed by the human body. The fructooligosaccharide content of yacon is the highest among all plants, so it is the first choice for diabetics and dieters.

The fructooligosaccharides content of yacon is the highest among all plants. It also contains 20 kinds of essential amino acids, rich minerals and extremely high trace elements such as calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, potassium and selenium. Saussurea involucrata is native to the Andes in South America. Although it looks unremarkable, its skin is peeled off, juicy, crystal clear and delicious, but it is not lost to Sydney in the north! There are treasures everywhere, and underground stem blocks are the most popular health-care fruits at present, which can be eaten raw, fried as vegetables or made into soup. Stem buds are cultivated seeds; Flowers and leaves can be used as health tea, which has good hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic and hypotensive effects; The woody fiber of its stem is delicate and soft, which is a high-quality feed for breeding and a high-quality raw material for papermaking.

The efficacy of Saussurea involucrata is so popular with everyone, you must know that its efficacy must be extraordinary. Let's take a look at its efficacy.

Efficacy of Saussurea involucrata

1, Saussurea involucrata has a variety of medicinal values, with the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, dredging meridians, strengthening yang and enriching blood. Modern scientific research has proved that Saussurea involucrata contains many components beneficial to human body function and can play an excellent role in conditioning and health care.

2. It contains natural Saussurea involucrata, and the sun protection coefficient is as high as 22DSE. Therefore, it can effectively protect skin from ultraviolet rays, improve skin pigmentation, delay human aging and keep people young.

3. Rich in protein and amino acids, it can adjust the pH value of human body, enhance human immunity and resist fatigue.

4, Saussurea involucrata has a cardiotonic effect, has a strong selective excitation effect on the uterus, and has a good curative effect on waist and knee pain, sexual dysfunction, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and metrorrhagia caused by rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis and kidney deficiency.

5. Saussurea involucrata contains umbelliferone, which has obvious antibacterial, antihypertensive, sedative and spasmolytic effects.

Yacon fruit is suitable for people to eat Saussurea involucrata, which has two main functions. People with the following symptoms are suitable for eating.

1. Rheumatic joint pain syndrome. It is bitter in taste, dry and warm in nature, sweet in taste, and can tonify, not only dispel wind and dampness, but also tonify liver and kidney and strengthen bones and muscles. It is especially suitable for rheumatism with arthralgia syndrome, excessive cold and dampness, chronic rheumatism, liver and kidney loss and soreness of waist and knees. Can be used alone or in combination with Cortex Acanthopanacis, Herba Taxilli and Rhizoma Cibotii.

2. Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia and leucorrhea. This product can tonify kidney yang, regulate chong and ren, and stop bleeding. Used for menoxenia, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia and leukorrhagia caused by deficiency and cold in the lower Yuan Dynasty. It can be steamed alone or stewed with chicken such as Dangshen.

Yacon is low in calories. Yacon is rich in sweet fructooligosaccharides. There is no enzyme in human body to hydrolyze this carbohydrate, so it is difficult to be absorbed by people, and diabetics can also use it. So it tastes like pears. It is a low-calorie food, but its carbohydrates are not absorbed by the human body, so it is the first choice for diabetics and dieters. The weight loss effect is better.

How to eat yacon can be washed, peeled and eaten raw, or stewed chicken or ribs in soup.

2. After picking the yacon out of the soil, you can eat it directly as a fruit as long as you wash the epidermis and peel it off. If it can be left for two or three days after picking, it will increase the sweetness; If you use yacon stewed chicken or ribs as soup, it will become a winter nourishing dish for aborigines; It is also a good cooking method to make various dishes according to the eating habits of different places. Fried shredded pork. The fried yacon is more pure in sweetness, even the shredded pork seems a little sweet. It's appetizing with a bowl of white rice. Stewed yacon is also a good cooking method, especially for winter tonic. Put a few slices of yacon in the sparerib soup and stew it together. The soup will be more fragrant and delicious, and it can also play the role of appetizing and strengthening the spleen.

The simplest way is to eat it raw. After the yacon is picked out of the soil, it can be eaten directly as fruit as long as the topsoil is washed and peeled off. If it can be stored for two or three days after picking, it can increase the sweetness and highlight its juicy, crisp and sweet characteristics.

4. If you use yacon to stew or cook soup, it will become a winter nourishing dish for aborigines. Drinking soup will be more fragrant and delicious, and it can also play an appetizing and spleen-strengthening role.

Yacon has a low calorie. Yacon is rich in sweet fructooligosaccharides. There is no enzyme in the human body to hydrolyze this carbohydrate, so it is difficult to be absorbed by people, and diabetics can also use it. So it tastes like pears. It is a low-calorie food, but its carbohydrates are not absorbed by the human body, so it is the first choice for diabetics and dieters. The weight loss effect is better.

Effects of yacon:

1, yacon can help digestion, regulate and improve the bad condition of digestive system;

2. Yacon can regulate blood, reduce blood sugar, blood lipid and cholesterol, prevent and treat hypertension and diabetes, and also has certain curative effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and obesity;

3. Yacon has the effects of clearing away liver-heat, detoxicating, reducing fire and lowering blood pressure;

4. Yacon has antioxidant and free radical scavenging effects, which can reduce or avoid the occurrence of lithiasis.