Yam, also known as yam or mountain sweet potato, is the underground rhizome of the vine plant Dioscorea in the Dioscoreaceae family. In addition to daily consumption, yam is recorded as a traditional Chinese medicine in the 2020 edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and has dual medicinal and edible value. Yam contains abundant nutrients such as starch, amino acids, proteins, vitamins, and mineral elements. It also contains active ingredients such as polysaccharides, polyphenolic compounds, allantoin, and dioscin, which have functions such as regulating sugar and lipid, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, protecting the gastrointestinal tract, and regulating immunity....