Tangjuanguo

    Tang juanguo is a famous one among Beijing snacks, and it enjoys wide popularity among Chinese and Tangjuanguo is mainly made of Chinese yam and date, with greengage, husked walnut and melon seed as dressings. The fresh Chinese yam is nutritious, containing protein, fine fiber as well as vitamin, and it is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine holds that Chinese yam is warm-natured, sweet and free from toxin. It has effect upon spleen, lung and kidney channel, tonifying middle-Jiao and Qi, spleen and stomach, and growing muscles. It is antidiarrheal and invigorates the spleen, controls nocturnal emission and benefits the lung. The Chinese date is often used by traditional Chinese medicine and folks as tonic. Every 100 grams dried Chinese dates contain 63-76.3 grams sugar, and it also contains protein, fat and various kinds of vitamins, as well as minerals, among which vitamin C contents tops all other fresh fruits. The vitamin C content in every 100 grams fresh date flesh reaches 300-600 milligrams, and the average usage ratio by human body is 86.3%. The traditional Chinese medical science holds that date flesh is warm-natured and sweet, benefiting spleen and stomach, maintaining vital energy and promoting the secretion of saliva. It can cure weakness of the spleen and the stomach, insufficiency of the vital energy and blood, disharmony between ying and wei, anemia, heart palpitation, dysphoria and dreaminess. The main materials of Juanguo are Chinese yam and date, and it is really a kind of medicated food.