Konjac AnorphophalluskonjacK.Koch, the spherical tubers medicine. Summer excavation, removal of ground stems and leaves and fibrous roots, wash, dry shade. Tropism of taste: Sim, cold. Toxic. 

Konjac is a good alkaline food, acidic food on the consumption of animal too many people, with eating konjac, can reach the food acid, alkali balance, beneficial to human health. Variety of konjac food, will have broad prospects. Araceae Amorphophallus konjac is generally referred to the genus, also known as grinding lines, ghost lines, Kito, Hualien bar, snakes and other six-valley, mainly in the Old World tropics, subtropics, one of China as the country of origin, Sichuan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan Province are distributed in mountain areas. Konjac many types, according to statistics there are more than 260 varieties of the world, China has recorded 19 species, of which 8 were unique to China. At present, China and Japan is the world's two main producing countries of konjac, in addition to several countries in Southeast Asia, a small amount of cultivation. Although the Japanese konjac is from the Chinese to go, but since the 60's since the 20th century, the Japanese government on scientific and technological research konjac and industrial development has given strong support, so now is the international study, the Japanese konjac countries with the highest level, And Konjac has become a sunrise industry. In recent years, China has to develop southern provinces konjac plant, annual production of konjac flour (mainly polysaccharides containing konjac) about 700 tons, the output of Sichuan Province, more than 50%. Konjac 5 1000-1 jin per mu, from 1984 to 1999 this 15-year term, priced at between 0.3 to 1.2 yuan fluctuate. Per mu for the lowest prices at the minimum, there are a thousand per mu yield 5 hundred Yuan. History Back in 2000, thousands of years ago, China began to konjac cultivation, and consumption is quite a long history in China, Western Jin Zuo Si of the Luoyangzhigui great writer's novel "Shu Du Fu" in there "to lye boil Serve cold, with bitter flooded food, Shu Zhen to. "what happened. According to legend, long ago, Emeishan the priests, with the snow Amorphophallus konjac tuber starch production tofu, brown color, its shape resembles a porous sponge, delicious, interesting flavor, a treasure for the Mt. Later, konjac from China to Japan, loved by the Japanese, almost each household will eat the meal, until now still the most popular Japanese folk elegance of the food, and Japanese Ministry of Health is also defined in the primary and secondary school meals must konjac food. At present, Japan is the world's largest consumer of konjac food, while the United Nations WHO konjac was identified as one of the top ten health foods. Also known as Amorphophallus konjac, is a growth at an altitude of 250-2500 meters in the mountains perennial herb. Comparison of the growth environment of konjac special requirements, mainly in Southeast Asia and Africa, the Americas and Europe, there is no record of planting. Production and scale from the point of view, konjac mainly distributed in China, Japan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia and other countries. Japan has 1,500 years of cultivation and consumption of history, 100 years of powder processing history, although the Chinese people planted more than 2,000 years of history, but the real powder processing is started the mid-eighties. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica" records, our ancestors 2,000 years ago to treatment with konjac. Konjac contains sixteen amino acids, ten kinds of trace elements in minerals and rich in dietary fiber, on the prevention of colon cancer, breast cancer effects; konjac low heat, low fat, low sugar, on the prevention and treatment of obesity, hypertension, diabetes groups can be said to be a fine of not only a real treat, and cure diseases fitness food, you can also control a variety of gastrointestinal variety of common chronic diseases of digestive system, shows that konjac is a "divine medicine", food there is nothing like it. Edible konjac planting and processing of Chinese folk 200 years of history, but was only sporadic in the Southwest for human consumption, nearly 20 years, with economic development, people's living standards improve diets, nutrition and feed from the past turned Now health-type food, konjac food industry has made significant development. Fifteen provinces of China is now the scale of planting and processing edible konjac start. There are many countries in the world consumption of konjac food. Among them, Japan's height, average daily consumption of 0.6Kg konjac food. In the mid-90s, people generally believe that China konjac cultivation, processing and research level than the Japanese to lag behind at least 15 years. But in recent years, government has increased the research efforts of konjac, konjac processing technology continues to improve, continue to improve and perfect a variety of professional equipment, product quality has improved remarkably, the application level is changing. Konjac greatest value lies in its use of grape mannan (KGM) components, is the only large quantities of konjac glucomannan main cash crops. Legend Ancient biography, Huangdi made clothes, the emperor Shen Nong tasted a hundred herbs, Emperors Yan species food. Emperors Yan's wife was a goddess reborn Mapo, husband and wife singing, licks the foam phase, traveled across China, searching out a variety of food to people eat. One day the couple riding on a crane, the tiger came Baihe Dong Pass mountains, fell in disorder over the mountain I saw a lot of people, especially women and children sick old man fell to the ground, it is countless, Mapo Goddess thin look, they are foaming at the mouth, having seizures, so the local land God called one asked a few days before know that this is the devil from the western sky to cast a black tongue of these Shema fruit fruit garden, which unlike the potato, not such as taro, where for three years because of famine, people are hungry, eat the fruit of these results, due to toxic attack down. The land lord said: I inquired, this is the devil planted these black ram ram, also known as a ghost called konjac line, eat must be added to a drug, gun governance eat cooked before. Konjac good cooked with a full stomach, beauty, bowel, cancer prevention, detoxification of the effect, but this recipe in the hands of the devil, and he refused to take it out immediately in the Tiger Pass Mapo, and pile up seven stoves, cut to grain wood, facing the western sky boiled Western Paradise devil burning, cooking the seventy-seven forty-nine days, finally burning stove devil ash, boiled alkaline, hot stove ashes into lye, used to cook konjac, Ma no MSG, no nozzle Ma tongue. The taste, the flavor is incomparable. Emperors Yan Mapo wife selflessly to this mill with the alkaline cooking Amorphophallus konjac secret devotion to the world, then konjac this green food, raising the land of China from generation to generation, for people to commemorate this post Ma gossips birth achievements, known for Ma gossips birth for the Kitchen God - cooks. Chef lady, to her here, specializing in the a "cooks Temple", and propped up in front of the temple number three giant Dan Dengzai Baizhang meet the cooks Goddess returns to the land such meetings. Later, someone said to stand forty-eight wooden ladder, the top of the board to take a child on the stump fungus grass, eventually barely registered a second child early, far behind the. Later, poet wrote: "Good Tea Food cooks hand, exorcism save the world the world safe." Morphology Underground tubers of konjac flat circle, like the big guys and water chestnuts, up to 25 cm in diameter or more, is very rich in nutrients, containing 35% starch, protein 3%, and a variety of vitamins and potassium, phosphorus, selenium and other minerals, also contains the human polysaccharide konjac needed, that grape mannan 45%, and low calorie, low fat and high fiber characteristics. Amorphophallus konjac underground tubers can be processed into flour for human consumption, and tofu made from konjac, konjac noodles, konjac bread, meat konjac, konjac wire fruit juice and other food. Konjac foods not only taste delicious, pleasant taste, but also weight loss fitness, healing cancer and other effects, so popular around the world in recent years, and was hailed as "magic food", "magic food", "health food" and so on. However, whole plant konjac toxic to tubers as the most, after poisoning the tongue, throat burning, itching, swelling, civil ginger with a little vinegar, internal or rinse can be saved. Therefore, must be approved before consumption of konjac flour, cooking, washing and other detoxification processes. Nutritional Analysis Some species of the genus Amorphophallus konjac tubers are rich in polysaccharides, particularly white konjac, Konjac species content as high as 50-65%. Polysaccharide, also known as Konjac Konjac Mannan grapes, is a large number of mannose and glucose to β-1, 4 - glycosidic linked linear polymer health in their sugar side chains of some molecules, the connection There are a number of acetyl groups, the molecules of glucose and mannose ratio of 1:1.5-1.7, up to 106 Dalton molecular weight, ultra-high viscosity, soluble in water, large swelling in water, with a specific biological activity . These characteristics determine the konjac polysaccharide with a variety of purposes. In addition to medicine, the konjac polysaccharides in the textile, printing, cosmetics, ceramics, fire protection, environmental protection, military, oil exploration and other aspects of a wide range of uses. In addition, the processing of konjac flour, 30% -40% of the flying powder production, powder due to fly a certain amount of grapes also contain mannan, therefore, fly powder as the main polyol is a natural polymer, so the same as starch, can be made into xanthate, used in precipitation of soluble heavy metal ions in wastewater. Main ingredient konjac glucomannan dietary fiber rich in sugars, amino acids and trace elements, many of the benefits of regular consumption of the human body: (1) Clean the stomach, helping digestion, prevent digestive diseases. (2) lower cholesterol, control high blood pressure. (3) prevention and treatment of obesity and longevity. (4) have good effects on the prevention of diabetes. Konjac knowledge 1, Amorphophallus konjac abnormal tissue is shortened stems, bulbs in the konjac glucomannan is the economic component. Small corms and rhizomes are varieties of Amorphophallus konjac, taro protection for the eggs should be the same as the protection in order to ensure that taro no injuries, reduce the incidence. 2, konjac root for the string-like adventitious roots and fibrous roots and root hairs in the above occurred. Small number of konjac root, with tender, crisp characteristics, are particularly vulnerable to injury. Therefore, disease control and yield protection of roots plays an important role. 3, konjac kind of taro plants grow buds, about 5 months late, unearthed earlier scales. Then compound unearthed gradually grow and expand. Konjac unearthed and strong and leaf leaf nitrogen is required. Amorphophallus species of taro leaf usually a year long only to protect this piece of leaf damage on the guaranteed yield is not very important. 4, Arum inflorescence flame for the Buddha, by the scape, inflorescence and spathe composition. Arum colors are white, green, red or purple, shape and color variation of a large, bright eye-catching. 5, the low-elevation mountain as strong light, high temperature, generally should intercropping with tall crops, the most common mode of intercropping maize konjac dragonfly. Medicinal effect Konjac has high medical value, China's ancient medical books, "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Three life extension", "Kai Bao Materia Medica" Dengjun be recorded: Konjac toxic, acrid, cold, with detoxification, swelling, line to, phlegm, loose plot and many other features that can cure malaria, amenorrhea, boils, erysipelas, burns, breast abscess, hernia, carbuncle swollen boils poison, snake bites and other illnesses. Modern medicine will have more updates on the understanding of konjac: First of all, konjac mannan content of the largest grape with a strong expansion force, more than any of the toughness of plant glue stick, you can fill the gastrointestinal, hunger sense, almost because of micro-calories The micro, it can control the weight, to achieve the purpose of diet fitness; Second, there are lipid-lowering effect. Some nutritionists have done abroad, such a test, the mice were divided into two groups, fed the same amount of high-fat foods, a group without konjac, konjac flour plus a small amount of another group, the results were fed konjac a group of small rat cholesterol levels were lower than the other 100 mg or more. Scientists believe that konjac contains a number of chemical substances, can lower serum cholesterol and triglycerides, can effectively reduce high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease; Third, the konjac contains a gel-like chemicals with anti-cancer magic magic. As long as the maturity of konjac after a simple extraction, made of konjac flour, then flour and water heating, can produce konjac gel. The gel was eating into the body, can form a semi-transparent film coat, the intestine, obstruction of various harmful substances, in particular, the absorption of carcinogens, so the Konjac is also known as "anti the cancer clothing" ; Fourth, konjac can increase the secretion of intestinal enzymes to speed up clean the intestinal wall sediments, to be excreted as quickly as possible. Therefore, both Kaiwei of konjac food, but also to remove intestinal waste; Fifth, Konjac is also beneficial to the human body contains pectin, alkaloids, 17 amino acids and trace elements, for modern rich man's disease also has a significant effect. In addition, konjac also contains a natural antibiotic to konjac flour as the main raw material, coupled with other raw materials of food, the konjac can be formed on the surface bacterial film in the food, can prevent bacterial invasion, extension of storage time, play a fresh anti- The role of bacteria. Therapeutic effect Konjac and warm, acrid, poisonous; to blood circulation, detoxification, swelling, wide intestinal catharsis, Huatanruanjianpian; attending M. scrofulaceum sputum nuclear, injury bruising, constipation, abdominal pain, sore throat, gums, throat, etc. In addition, konjac also has calcium, balanced salt, cleaning the stomach, intestines, toxins and so on. Amorphophallus konjac, also known as its main component is glucomannan, a substance is soluble polysaccharides, the effect from the nutrition perspective, is an ideal soluble dietary fiber, low heat. Dietary fiber in disease prevention has five effects: First, dietary fiber absorbs water in the stomach swelling, the volume increase and enhance satiety, soluble fiber, forming a gel state, delaying the absorption of glucose and fat. Glucose and lipid levels gradually decreased. Which can effectively control high blood sugar, high blood lipid class of diseases. Second, to shorten the time food stays in the stomach, in general, ordinary food need 28 hours to empty from the intestine, and dietary fiber-rich foods only 14-16 hours, which greatly reduce the need for harmful substances absorption. Third, adsorption of dietary fiber is also carcinogenic and toxic and diluted to make out of the body, which to some extent, with anti-cancer function. Fourth, the fiber in the intestines glycolysis, leading to intestinal PH value decreased, the metabolic activity of anaerobic bacteria group as sources of anti-tumor factors. Fifth, the dietary fiber to promote cholesterol into bile acids can reduce the recycling of bile acids by the liver to lower cholesterol, which can restrain the increase in cholesterol. Related people: General population can eat, especially diabetes and obesity are the ideal food. Production guide Konjac production methods: the konjac root ball after ground into powder by adding water, made of plastic, such as colloidal texture shape, then add lime and other alkaline substances, it can be solidified. 1. Health konjac toxic, must be boiling over 3 hours before consumption, and should not eat too much every time; 2. Do not eat the dregs, to avoid poisoning; 3. Amorphophallus konjac underground tubers can be processed into flour for human consumption, and tofu made from konjac, konjac noodles, konjac bread, meat konjac, konjac wire fruit juice and other food. Eight of the human body functions Konjac The main active ingredient konjac food is glucomannan, is not in the stomach after eating to digest, so the effective absorption of cholesterol and bile acid, and can inhibit the intestinal absorption of cholesterol and bile acid. At the same time, because it can not be absorbed people's saliva and pancreatic amylase hydrolysis and digestion and absorption, with lipid-lowering, blood pressure, cleaning the stomach, constipation, prevention of cancer and other functions. So the digestive tract, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, hemorrhoids, weight loss, beauty and others have a significant effect. Detoxification of its abundant plant cellulose, active bowel function to help speed up the excretion of the body of harmful toxins, prevent and reduce the incidence of intestinal diseases lesions. Very low calorie diet, a diet full of pleasure to meet people without fertilization, without deliberately dieting, which can achieve the ideal weight loss diet. (China and Hong Kong sports community is very respected all walks of life to this point.) Laxative contained in the rich grape mannan, effectively stimulate the intestinal wall, maintain intestinal fresh, control hemorrhoids immediate effect, (in Japan, "intestinal scavenger or iron rake sweep" reputation.) Large amount of soluble plant fiber cleaning the stomach to promote gastric motility, can reduce the harmful substances in the stomach, gall-hsiang of the retention time to effectively protect the gastric mucosa, cleaning the stomach. Disease prevention and control of natural mannan inhibited by the medical profession fully demonstrated cholesterol, blood fat, lowering blood sugar, dilation of blood vessels and prevent arteriosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases, rather longevity effect. Anti-diabetic konjac plant fibers are medically proven to have increased insulin in the blood, lowering blood glucose, the control, prevention and treatment of diabetes has an excellent secondary effect. Konjac can regulate salt balance or balance the effect of the body salt. (Proof of nutrition, the human daily intake of salt should be maintained at 10g or less). Calcium 100 g konjac natural food about 43 milligrams of calcium, more importantly, it contains elements of highly soluble calcium absorbed by the body, this also comes as calcium-rich calcium preferred share.