Can you eat yam cold?

Patients with cold can generally eat appropriate amount of yam, but it is not recommended to eat a large amount.

yam is flat in nature, sweet in taste, enters the kidney meridian, lung meridian, spleen meridian and other meridians, has the effect of tonifying spleen and lung, invigorating spleen and nourishing stomach, etc. After moderate consumption, it can improve cough, poor breathing, expectoration, dyspnea, chest discomfort and other clinical symptoms caused by cold. However, yam contains more starch, a large amount of food will generate more gas in the gastrointestinal tract, easy to induce flatulence, prolong gastrointestinal emptying speed, patients will also appear acid reflux, belching, low appetite, abdominal pain and other abnormal symptoms.