Spleen and stomach, kidney and blood.

Water chestnut is nutritious, rich in starch, protein, glucose, unsaturated fatty acids and vitamins, and easy to digest and absorb.

2. Eating water chestnut can replenish the spleen and stomach, strengthen the thigh and knee, and strengthen the strength and benefit the qi.

Water chestnut porridge is beneficial to the gastrointestinal tract, which can relieve internal heat, dispel diseases and strengthen the body. It is beneficial for the elderly to eat it often. Boiled beef with water chestnut has a good therapeutic effect on relieving neuralgia, headache, joint pain, lumbago and leg pain.

3. Eating water chestnut has the effect of beauty and health care.

The ancients thought that eating more water chestnut could replenish the five internal organs, eliminate all diseases and make people fit. The so-called intellectual man fit has the function of losing weight and bodybuilding, because eating water chestnut can increase the feeling of fullness in the abdomen and is not easy to accumulate fat, so it is suitable for simple obese people to eat during weight loss.

In addition: try not to eat water chestnut raw, and don't chew the skin with your teeth. When eating raw, be sure to wash it thoroughly, soak it in boiling water for a few minutes or bask in the sun for a day before eating. Wash your hands when you come into contact with aquatic plants or sewage to prevent metacercariae pollution.

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Precautions for eating water chestnut:

1, water chestnut belongs to the fruit of aquatic plants, and it is in the water during the growth process, so it is very likely to contain parasites. Therefore, although water chestnut can be eaten raw, it should not be eaten more to avoid infection with parasites.

2, water chestnut is a high starch food, should not eat more, so as not to cause obesity.

3. Water chestnut contains some foreign proteins, which are allergic substances. Therefore, people with allergies are not suitable for eating more, so as not to cause allergies.

Water chestnut's food:

1, water chestnut+honey: easy to cause indigestion, abdominal distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

2, water chestnut+pork: liver pain.

3, water chestnut+pork: liver pain.

4, water chestnut+honey: indigestion.

People's Health Network-Water chestnut can strengthen the spleen, nourish the stomach and replenish blood.

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