Delicious Orange Juice Huaishan

1

First peel and wash the yam, soak in water for half an hour. Change the water two or three times from time to time during half an hour for backup.

2

Pour the orange juice into the yams.

3

Add appropriate mineral water and submerge the yam. And add the right amount of sugar.

1. Sliced Chinese yam should be immediately soaked in saltwater to prevent oxidation and turning black. 2. The alkaloid components in the mucus of fresh Chinese yam can easily irritate the hands when cut; if accidentally stuck to the hands, they can be washed first with clean water mixed with a little vinegar. 3. Chinese yam has a fine texture and a sweet taste; however, the skin easily causes skin allergies, so it is best to peel it. Do not touch things indiscriminately with your hands after peeling; wash them thoroughly several times immediately, otherwise, wherever you scratch will itch. Applying cooking oil to the hands can provide relief. 4. High-quality Chinese yam has unblemished skin, is covered in mucus, and has a snow-white cross-section with abundant mucus and little moisture. The skin can be stir-fried fresh, or dried for soups and porridge. It should be eaten peeled to avoid abnormal textures such as numbness or prickling. 5. Fresh Chinese yam is mostly used for consumptive coughs and wasting-thirst (diabetes); eating it cooked treats deficiencies in the spleen, stomach, and kidney qi. Chinese yam tastes sweet, has a neutral nature, enters the lung, spleen, and kidney meridians, and is neither drying nor greasy. It has the efficacy of strengthening the spleen and tonifying the lung, benefiting the stomach and kidney, consolidating the kidney to preserve essence, improving hearing and vision, aiding the five viscera, strengthening muscles and bones, improving mental clarity and calming the spirit, and prolonging life. It treats symptoms such as spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue and lack of strength, loss of appetite, chronic diarrhea and dysentery, deficiency and dryness of lung qi, phlegmatic asthma and cough, depletion of kidney qi, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, weakness of the lower limbs, frequent urination due to wasting-thirst, spermatorrhea and premature ejaculation, vaginal discharge, redness and swelling of the skin, and obesity.