Chinese yam is also known as Dried Dioscorea.
As a highly nutritious food, yam contains large amounts of starch and protein, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, glucose, crude protein amino acids, choline, allantoin, and so on. The important nutrient Dioscorea opposita is a pioneer substance for synthesizing female hormones and has the effect of enhancing metabolism; while the mucilage and digestive enzymes of polysaccharide protein components contained in fresh tubers can prevent cardiovascular fat deposition and help digestion and absorption of the stomach and intestines.