Yìgān shānyào is a type of shānyào. Compared with ordinary shānyào, Yìgān shānyào is not only different in origin but also relatively higher in nutritional value. Yìgān shānyào has medicinal effects, with a wide range of functions, not only enhancing immunity but also beautifying and nourishing the face. Women can also eat Yìgān shānyào.

1. Replenishing the Middle and Benefiting the Qi

In Li Shizhen’s ‘Ben Cao Guan Yi’, there is a saying that ‘invigorates the spleen and stomach, nourishes the essence and strengthens the kidney, cures various diseases, and treats five overstrains and seven injuries’. Yìgān shānyào, due to its rich content of 18 amino acids and more than 10 trace elements, as well as other minerals, has the effects of invigorating the spleen and stomach, nourishing the lung and kidney, replenishing the middle and benefiting the Qi, invigorating the spleen and reinforcing the deficiency, strengthening the kidney and benefiting the essence, and benefiting the heart and calming the mind.

2. Enhance Immune Ability

The content of protein in Yìgān shānyào is not very high, but it contains a large number of amino acids, including 8 essential amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize among the 18 amino acids. Eating Yìgān shānyào can supplement a large number of amino acids for the body, greatly promote the synthesis of various proteins and proteases within the body, and enhance the body’s humoral immune function.

3. Beauty and Anti-aging

Yìgān shānyào contains vitamin C and mucin protein. Vitamin C has strong antioxidant properties, which can clear free radicals in the body and alleviate skin aging. Mucin protein can increase the lubricity of mucous membranes and skin, reduce the accumulation of subcutaneous fat, and has the effect of beautifying and nourishing the face.

4. Hematopoiesis and Blood Supply

The amount of blood in the human body is a variable value. Under the influence of factors such as外伤, diseases, pregnancy, and malnutrition, symptoms of anemia may occur. Yìgān shānyào is rich in minerals, with a good content of iron elements. Eating Yìgān shānyào can supplement sufficient iron elements, promote the synthesis of hemoglobin, and increase blood volume.