Everyone should have eaten water chestnut. It looks strange. It looks like a corner. You can eat it raw or cooked. It can be used as fruits and vegetables. It contains more nutrients. Proper consumption is good for health.
Efficacy and function of water chestnut
Although water chestnut is troublesome to eat, its medicinal value is still very high. First of all, water chestnut can cure a variety of cancers, inhibit the growth and reproduction of cancer cells and phagocytize cells. It has therapeutic effect on esophageal cancer, uterine cancer, breast cancer and other cancers, especially digestive system cancer.
Water chestnut has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, invigorating qi and spleen, promoting diuresis and promoting lactation, quenching thirst and relieving alcohol toxicity, treating sores and warts and protecting health. The fiber contained in it is an auxiliary food for losing weight.
In addition, water chestnut is a kind of cool food, which has a good effect of clearing away heat and relieving annoyance, and can relieve skin diseases and treat skin abscess. If the skin is dry because of bad weather or the toxins in the body can't discharge abscesses and acne, you can eat water chestnut.
Water chestnut edible method
Water chestnut can be directly washed and cooked before eating, or it can be ground into powder, and water chestnut powder can be added when cooking millet porridge. Secondly, it can also be cooked with ribs, lean meat, eggplant, coix seed, lotus root and other foods.
Taboo of water chestnut
Water chestnut must be cooked and eaten, so as not to cause discomfort. When eating water chestnut, it is best not to eat pork, so as not to cause gastrointestinal discomfort such as abdominal pain. Eating water chestnut should not be eaten with honey, so as not to cause indigestion and water chestnut is cold. Excessive use is not recommended to avoid bloating and indigestion.