Amazing healing benefits of taro

Taro is a very familiar food, processed into many delicious dishes that are loved by many people.

Taro is a very familiar food, processed into many delicious dishes that are loved by many people. They contain a lot of starch, lipid, sugar, fiber, vitamins and minerals (Fe, Ca, P) and many amino acids. The fiber in potatoes helps increase intestinal absorption and has a laxative effect against constipation; unsaturated fatty acids linoleic and linolenic have the effect of lowering blood pressure, dilating blood vessels, and reducing blood cholesterol.

According to Oriental medicine, taro leaves are spicy, neutral, and poisonous; the tubers are sweet, spicy, and neutral; enter the spleen and kidneys. They have the effect of nourishing qi and kidney, breaking up blood stasis, dispelling wind, relieving pain, eliminating phlegm and reducing swelling.

Some medicinal dishes from taro

Crab and taro soup: 200g field crab, 60g taro, 1 bunch of water spinach. Remove the shell and carapace of the field crab, wash and crush, filter the water, add fish sauce and salt to taste; peel the taro, wash and cut into bite-sized pieces, take the leaves and young stems of the water spinach, remove the roots and cut into pieces, wash. Put the potatoes in the crab water, cook until the potatoes are soft, add the water spinach, cook until done. Eat during the day; use for 2-3 consecutive days. This dish is good for people who are restless, have poor appetite and sleep.

Pork bone stewed with taro: 60g taro, 100g pig leg bone or spine. Peel and wash the taro, cut the pork bone into short pieces, add salt, seasoning water, simmer for 2 hours, feed twice a day, has the effect of dispelling wind and dampness. This dish is used for people with allergic rashes and pain in the arms and legs.

In addition, taro is also used to treat diseases:

Clear throat and anti-toxic: 15 - 20g taro, 50g wolfberry root. Boil for 2 hours, filter the clear water and drink once a day. Drink continuously for 60 days. Used for patients with tumors in the throat area.

Treat diarrhea and dysentery: 30g taro leaves, 30g carrot, a few cloves of garlic. Boil and drink.

Cure boils and carbuncles: fresh potato and vinegar, equal doses. Boil and mash, apply to painful area.

Treating closed, swollen wounds: 120g taro, 3 raw onions. Crush, add a little alcohol, mix well, apply with a thin gauze on the bruised, swollen, closed wound. Effect: promotes blood circulation and reduces inflammation.

Treatment of snake bites and bee stings: crush fresh taro leaves and apply to the painful area.

Cure hives: 60g taro leaf sheath, 30g mouse ear root, 30g red dates, 30g brown sugar. Boil and drink.

Note: Taro must be cooked thoroughly to avoid itching.

According to Health and Life