Yam Congee with Clarified Butter and Honey
Ingredients
- Fresh yam 60g
- Japonica rice 60g
- Clarified butter (suyou) and white honey to taste
Principle
Yam is neutral and sweet—tonifies spleen and lung, stabilizes kidney and benefits essence; japonica rice tonifies middle qi. Cooked into congee, it moistens the lung, strengthens spleen, supplements qi, and stabilizes kidney—suited to daily care in diabetes with dual qi-yin deficiency or yin-yang deficiency.
Effects & uses
Suitable for diabetes with qi-yin or yin-yang deficiency—thirst, fatigue, sore weak lower back and knees, loose stools; also as a staple substitute when spleen-kidney qi is weak (syndrome differentiation required).
Method
- Cook japonica rice congee as usual.
- Peel yam into paste; stir-fry with clarified butter and white honey until set; crush with a spoon.
- Stir yam paste into the congee.
How to use
- May be taken as a morning meal.
Caution
Yam contains starch—count toward staple intake; do not eat extra on top of planned carbs. Consult a physician if blood glucose is unstable. Daily dietary food care is not a substitute for hypoglycemic drugs.
Source
Guangdong Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, from Chinese Characteristic Diabetes Prevention and Treatment. To be manually verified.