Many people say that eating water chestnut in Mid-Autumn Festival will make our brains smarter. Water chestnut is also a kind of food listed around the Mid-Autumn Festival, which not only tastes good, but also has a good health-preserving effect on our bodies.

Water chestnut is an uncommon aquatic plant. It is rich in protein and glucose, which can replenish our energy in time.

Eleocharis tuberosa has a peculiar shape and is rich in starch, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, carotene and other trace elements, such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc., which can also supplement our nutrition.

Many people think that eating water chestnut in Mid-Autumn Festival can supplement the five internal organs, and it also has the function of losing weight and bodybuilding, because water chestnut does not contain fat that can make people fat. In addition, water chestnut can tonify the spleen and stomach, strengthen tendons and replenish qi, and relieve summer heat.

Eleocharis tuberosa also has a certain anti-cancer effect, which can prevent and treat diseases such as esophageal cancer, gastric cancer and uterine cancer. Children eat water chestnut, which can prevent and treat dermatoses, and can be used for adjuvant treatment of children's head sores, head and face yellow sores, etc.

In Compendium of Materia Medica, it is recorded that water chestnut has the effects of calming the middle energizer and nourishing the five internal organs, and it is also recorded that it has the effects of invigorating spleen and stomach, strengthening tendons and benefiting qi, with good results. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, we can eat some water chestnut.

Moreover, water chestnut is cool and sweet, has the function of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can effectively relieve skin diseases and treat skin abscesses. Especially in autumn, our skin will get angry and the weather will be dry, resulting in slow water metabolism in the body.

In this way, toxins will accumulate on our skin, leading to abscesses, acne and dry skin. Water chestnut is produced in autumn, and the price is also very cheap, which has a good effect of clearing away heat, reducing fire and detoxifying.

2. Pierce

Mid-Autumn Festival just belongs to autumn, and it is easy to get angry when it is dry in autumn. The lack of water caused by it often makes people's throats particularly uncomfortable. Eating more pears at this time is very good for protecting our throats.

Pears are soft and juicy, sweet and cold, and have the effects of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, especially in autumn, which can obviously relieve symptoms such as dry throat and dry stool.

Moreover, pears are good for patients with hypertension, heart and lung diseases, hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. Eating pears for hepatitis patients can protect the liver, help digestion and stimulate appetite.

Pear is rich in dietary fiber and is the best gastrointestinal cleanser. Eating pears after meals can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, so that a large number of harmful substances accumulated in the body are discharged and constipation is avoided.

Pear has the effect of moistening dryness and expelling wind. When the climate is dry, people often feel itchy skin, dry mouth and nose, and sometimes dry cough and less phlegm. Eating one or two pears a day can relieve dryness.

3. Lotus root

Lotus root in autumn is the most tonic, and the weather becomes dry in autumn. Attention should be paid to nourishing yin and clearing away heat, moistening dryness and quenching thirst, and clearing heart and calming nerves, so lotus root is a very good tonic.

After beginning of autumn, fresh lotus root has become a common dish on people's table. Fresh lotus root is rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins, and the iron content of lotus root is extremely high, which is quite suitable for patients with iron deficiency anemia.

Eating lotus root in autumn can clear away heat and moisten the lungs, regulate appetite, nourish blood and produce marrow, soothe the nerves, strengthen the brain and prolong life. In addition, lotus root also has the effect of clearing away lung heat and stopping bleeding, and it is also very good for tuberculosis patients to eat.

pomegranate

Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when pomegranate ripens. Pomegranate is often used as a festive fruit because of its bright colors and full seeds, which symbolizes many children, many blessings, a full house of children and grandchildren and auspicious reunion.

Eating more pomegranate in autumn is good for your health. Pomegranate contains a variety of amino acids and trace elements, which can help digestion, resist gastric ulcer, soften blood vessels and reduce blood lipid, blood sugar and cholesterol.

Pomegranate is rich in vitamins, organic acids, sugars, protein, fats and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and potassium, among which the content of vitamin C is twice as high as that of apples and phytochemicals is about five times higher.

Summary: Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a reunion festival, but also a festival with fragrant fruits and delicious food. On the Mid-Autumn Festival table, besides eating moon cakes, there are many delicious foods, such as pomegranate, pear, water chestnut and lotus root. There are crabs, snails, taro and other foods, which are not only delicious, but also nourishing the body and have a good effect.