1, water chestnut is very rich in water, it is rich in new liquid quality, eat more water chestnut has the effect of clearing heat and quenching thirst. Water chestnut moistening lung phlegm effect is also good, suffering from cough, cough out thick phlegm patients can eat more water chestnut in moderation to treat. Water chestnut contains province of crude protein, starch, crude fat, can promote intestinal peristalsis, have the effect of moist qu mai poo, on the treatment of constipation has a certain effect. The water chestnut is a heat-resistant antimicrobial ingredient - Ge and Ying, on the golden mangosteen hook coccus, Escherichia coli, gas-producing bacilli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other bacteria have an inhibitory effect.

2, water chestnut and snow pear soup. Ingredients: 30 grams of water chestnut, 100 grams of snow pear, seasoning: rock sugar. Practice: water chestnut washed and peeled and cut into pieces, Snow Pear washed and cut into pieces with skin, then put them together in a pot, add rock sugar, cover the lid, boil over high heat, cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Efficacy: water chestnuts and snow pears are juicy and moisturizing food, the two boiled into water chestnut and snow pear soup can cure cough, clear lung heat.

3, water chestnut porridge. Materials: rice, water chestnut 100 grams each. Seasoning: rock sugar in moderation. Practice: clean water chestnuts, peeled and cut into pieces, rice washed, put into the pot to cook porridge, when the porridge is almost cooked add water chestnuts and sugar, cooked can be. Or the water chestnut juice, wait until the porridge is cooked, and sugar together into the porridge, and then boil once or twice can be. Efficacy: water chestnut porridge has the effect of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, eliminating food, generating fluids and quenching thirst, coughing and phlegmatic people, lung heat and yin deficiency, thirst can take a dose a day, can be very good to alleviate the symptoms.