The benefits of water chestnuts and how to eat water chestnuts

　　Water chestnuts are shallow-water perennial herbs whose bulbs are used as vegetables. It was called Fucui in ancient times, commonly known as horseshoe, and also known as ground chestnut. It got its name because it is shaped like a horseshoe and resembles a chestnut. Calling it horseshoe only refers to its appearance; saying it resembles a chestnut means not only its shape, but also its nature, flavor, ingredients, and functions. It is also called ground chestnut because it bears fruit in mud. Water chestnuts have purple-black skin, white meat, sweet and juicy taste, crisp and delicious. They have been known as underground snow pears since ancient times, and northerners regard them as Jiangnan ginseng. Water chestnuts can be both a fruit and a vegetable, and are a popular seasonal product.

　　Introduction to the genera: Phylum Angiospermum, class Monocotyledon, order Gramineae, Cyperaceae, genus Iris.

　　Genus: Phylum Angiospermum, class Monocotyledon, order Gramineae, Cyperaceae, genus Iris.

　　Water chestnut belongs to the family Cyperaceae, and its bulbs and above-ground parts are used as medicine. Cut the above-ground parts in late autumn and dry them in the sun. The bulbs can be used fresh.

　　Distribution: Originally from India, China is mainly distributed in low-lying areas such as Guangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi. It is also distributed in some areas of Hebei.

　　Efficacy: Water chestnuts have a sweet and crisp taste and are rich in nutrients. They contain protein, fat, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, iron, calcium, phosphorus and carbohydrates. It can be eaten raw, used for cooking, made into starch, and used as traditional Chinese medicine.

　　Water chestnuts contain the highest phosphorus among root vegetables, which can promote human growth and development and maintain physiological functions. It is of great benefit to the development of teeth and bones. It can also promote the metabolism of sugar, fat, and protein in the body and regulate acid-base balance. Therefore, water chestnuts are suitable for children to eat. In the study of water chestnuts, the British discovered a heat-labile antibacterial ingredient-water chestnuts. This substance has a golden color Grape Cocci, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa all have certain inhibitory effects, and they also have certain effects on lowering blood pressure. This substance also has a preventive and therapeutic effect on cancers of the lungs, esophagus and breast. Water chestnuts also have the function of preventing acute infectious diseases. In spring, when measles and meningococcal meningitis are more likely to occur, water chestnuts are a good disease prevention food. Water chestnuts are cold food and have the good effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. It can not only clear away heat and promote fluid production, but also supplement nutrition. It is most suitable for fever patient. It has the functions of cooling blood and detoxifying, diuresis, laxative and expectorant, eliminating food and swelling, and regulating hemorrhoids or dysentery, bloody stools, metrorrhagia in women, yin deficiency, lung dryness, and phlegm-heat. cough , sore throat, lump accumulation, red eyes and other effects. It is best not to eat water chestnuts raw often. If you often eat raw water chestnuts, the ginger worms in them will enter the human body and attach to the intestinal mucosa, causing intestinal ulcers, diarrhea Or facial swelling. In addition, water chestnuts are raw and cold foods, which are harmful to the spleen. Kidney deficiency It is not suitable for people with cold and blood stasis.

　　The phosphorus contained in water chestnuts is the highest among root vegetables. It can promote human growth and development and maintain physiological functions. It is of great benefit to the development of teeth and bones. It can also promote the metabolism of sugar, fat, and protein in the body and regulate acid-base balance. Therefore, water chestnuts are suitable for children to eat.

　　In the study of water chestnuts in the UK, a kind of "water chestnut" was discovered. This substance has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, aerogenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and also has a certain effect on lowering blood pressure. This substance also has a preventive and therapeutic effect on cancer.

　　Water chestnuts are tender and rich in fluid, which can treat fever, thirst, wounds, and diarrhea. It has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on diabetic patients with excessive urination.

　　Decoction of water chestnuts can diuretic and relieve stranguria. It has a certain therapeutic effect on those with stranguria and astringent urination. It can be used as a good dietary therapy for patients with urinary tract infections. In recent years, studies have found that water chestnuts contain an antiviral substance that can inhibit meningococcal meningitis and influenza viruses, and can be used to prevent the spread of meningococcal meningitis and influenza. It can be consumed by the general population.

　　It is most suitable for children and patients with fever, cough and phlegm, dry throat and sore throat, indigestion, difficulty in defecation and defecation, cancer Patients can also eat more; for patients with high blood pressure, constipate It has a certain effect on people with diabetes, people with excessive urination, people with stranguria and loose urine, and patients with urinary tract infections. It can also prevent the spread of meningococcal meningitis and influenza.