1, heat-clearing and phlegm-resolving water chestnut cold, can clear lung heat, and water chestnut is rich in water and mucus, which has the effect of moistening lung and phlegm-resolving, and can be used for dietotherapy for cough due to lung heat due to yin deficiency, expectoration with yellow pus and phlegm, and body fluid injury due to fever.

2, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, white and tender, rich in juice, is conducive to promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, clearing boredom in the chest, and relieving fever, body fluid injury and thirst.

3, diuretic detoxification water chestnut decoction drinking can diuretic and discharge stranguria, which has a certain relief effect on urine leakage and astringent pain, and is a good diet for patients with urinary tract infection. Because water chestnut is cold and slippery, it also has the functions of diuresis, cooling blood and detoxification.

4, the whole bowel laxative water chestnut is rich in crude protein and starch, which can promote large intestine peristalsis, and has the effect of relaxing bowels, and can be used to treat constipation and other symptoms.

5, digestion and stagnation are cold and sweet, and enter the lungs and stomach meridians, which has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, eliminating food stagnation and appetizing.

6, antibacterial and bacteriostatic water chestnut contains water chestnut, which has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, aerogenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and can be used to prevent cold infection; At the same time, water chestnut has a good therapeutic effect on suppurative infection, tonsillitis, pneumonia, septicemia and urinary tract infection.

2 How to eat water chestnut juice for relieving cough and resolving phlegm 8 water chestnut juice are squeezed into juice and taken daily after a little heating.

Efficacy: It has the functions of nourishing yin and clearing heat, preventing and treating cancer, and has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on common malignant tumors such as esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, lung cancer and gastric cancer.

Angelica water chestnut and coix seed porridge: 0/5g of Angelica sinensis/kloc-,30g of water chestnut, 30g of fresh lily and 0/00g of coix seed.

Efficacy: It has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis. It is suitable for tumor patients with sore throat, phlegm-heat cough, upset and thirsty, and dry stool.

Phragmites communis water Take 5 grams of Phragmites communis, 5 grams of water chestnut, and 6 grams of Radix Scrophulariae or Radix Pseudostellariae and boil them together.

Efficacy: It is especially effective for sore throat and can be eaten by children.

Precautions: 1, pregnant women can't eat raw water chestnut.

2, the anti-cancer ingredient of water chestnut is not heat-resistant, and it can't be fried for a long time when it is used for anti-cancer and swelling. It is best to squeeze it into juice and take it after a little heating.