Yam carbohydrate content refers to the content of carbohydrates, generally 100 grams of yam has 12.4 grams of carbohydrates.
Yam is more common in life a kind of medicine and food ingredients, every 100 grams of yam contains 57 calories, of which 12.4 grams of carbohydrates, 1.9 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 0.8 grams of dietary fiber, potassium 213 milligrams, calcium 16 milligrams.
As a food, yam is still rich in nutrients and can provide the body with the nutrients it needs to maintain normal body functions.
If it is as a medicinal herb, it also has to have a spleen and stomach, the birth of the lungs, kidney astringent effect, used for spleen deficiency, less food, diarrhea more than a long time, lung deficiency, asthma and coughing, kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea, with the next, urinary frequency, deficiency heat and thirst and other diseases of the treatment, has a good value and efficacy of the medicinal use.
Yam can be used as an ingredient, can also be used as a medicinal herb to eat, as a medicinal herb, need to be used under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, not unauthorized use of medication.