Cool potato, also known as: kudzu, sweet potato, cold melon, radish, kudzu, jicama, is a leguminous cold potato Pachyrrhizus erosu (Lurban, with roots, seeds into medicine. Chilled potatoes are stout, tangled, slightly hairy, and sometimes slightly woody at the base. racemes 15-30 cm long, with 3-5 flowers per node; bracts bristry, early falling; calyx 9-11 mm long, with long bristles clinging; corolla light purple or reddish, flag petals nearly rounded; Seeds 8-10 per pod, nearly square; The root is lumpy, spindle-shaped or oblate-spherical, generally about 20-30 cm in diameter, fleshy. Its underground roots are taken for raw food or vegetable food, and the habitat is divided into provinces south of the Yangtze River. Cold potatoes are rich in sugar and protein, and are also rich in vitamin CCan be eaten raw, too.
The effect of cold potatoes [sexual taste] Roots: sweet, slightly cool.
Function] Root: quench thirst, detoxify alcohol. Chronic alcoholism:
Usage and dosage] 4 8 taels of fresh roots, boil the seeds with vinegar in an appropriate amount, and take the juice outside.
Excerpt] "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine".
Preparation of cold potatoes Cool potatoes are actually the tubers of a legume plant, and it has many aliases, such as kudzu, jicama, etc. Modern nutrition research has found that cold potatoes contain many nutrients that are beneficial to the human body, which is very suitable for people to eat. 1.Stir-fried cold potatoes Ingredients: 400 grams of cold potatoes, 80 grams of carrots, salt, garlic, and appropriate amount of blended oil Method: (1) Peel and wash the cold potatoes and carrots, and cut them into thin strips; (2) Heat the oil in a pan, stir-fry the garlic, pour in the shredded carrots and stir-fry; (3) Pour in shredded cold potatoes and stir-fry evenly, add an appropriate amount of water to avoid sticking to the pot; (4) When the cold potatoes turn transparent, add salt to taste, and sprinkle chopped green onions before cooking.
Contraindications of cold potatoes
Taboo. Jicama is cold in nature, and it is not suitable for people with cold constitution, cold diarrhea, spleen and stomach deficiency, loose stools and diabetic patients; Cold dysmenorrhea and women's menstrual periods should not be eaten; Avoid eating raw and cold jicama and its seeds and leaves. Note that the seeds of cold potatoes are highly toxic.