Water chestnut (Pinyin: bí qi, English: water chestnut, scientific name: Eleocharis dulcis), also known as water chestnut, water chestnut, peony, peony, black taro, Bodhisattva, ground pear, is a genus of water chestnut in the Cyperaceae family. A sort of. Water chestnuts from the Cyperaceae family are shallow-water perennial herbs whose bulbs are used as vegetables. It was called Fucuo in ancient times, commonly known as horseshoe, and also known as ground chestnut. It got its name because it is shaped like a horseshoe and resembles a chestnut. Calling it horseshoe only refers to its appearance; saying it resembles a chestnut means not only its shape, but also its nature, flavor, ingredients, and functions. Also, because it bears fruit in mud, it is also called ground chestnut.
Water chestnuts have a sweet and crisp taste and are rich in nutrients. They contain protein, fat, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, iron, calcium, phosphorus and carbohydrates. It can be eaten raw, used for cooking, made into starch, and used as traditional Chinese medicine.
Water chestnuts also have the function of preventing acute infectious diseases. In spring, when measles and meningococcal meningitis are more likely to occur, water chestnuts are a good disease prevention food. Water chestnuts are cold food and have the good effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. It can not only clear away heat and promote fluid production, but also supplement nutrition. It is most suitable for patients with fever. It has the effects of cooling blood and detoxifying, diuresis, laxative and expectorant, eliminating food and swelling, regulating hemorrhoids or dysentery, bloody stools, metrorrhagia in women, yin deficiency and lung dryness, cough due to phlegm and heat, bad throat, lump accumulation, red eyes and nebula. It is best not to eat water chestnuts raw often. If you often eat raw water chestnuts, the ginger worms in them will enter the human body and attach to the intestinal mucosa, causing intestinal ulcers, diarrhea or facial swelling. In addition, water chestnuts are raw and cold foods, which are not suitable for people with spleen and kidney deficiency and blood stasis.
The phosphorus contained in water chestnuts is the highest among root vegetables. It can promote human growth and development and maintain physiological functions. It is of great benefit to the development of teeth and bones. It can also promote the production of sugar, The metabolism of fat and protein regulates the acid-base balance, so water chestnuts are suitable for children to eat.
The British discovered a kind of "water chestnut" in the study of water chestnuts. This substance has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, aerogenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Blood pressure also plays a role. This substance also has a preventive and therapeutic effect on cancer.
Water chestnuts are tender and rich in fluids, which can treat fever, fluid thirst, wounds, and has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on diabetic patients with excessive urination.
The decoction of water chestnuts can diuretic and relieve stranguria. It has a certain therapeutic effect on those with stranguria and astringent urination. It can be used as a good dietary therapy for patients with urinary tract infections. In recent years, studies have found that water chestnuts contain an antiviral substance that can inhibit meningococcal meningitis and influenza viruses, and can be used to prevent the spread of meningococcal meningitis and influenza. It can be consumed by the general population.
It is most suitable for children and patients with fever. Patients with cough and phlegm, dry throat and sore throat, indigestion, difficulty in defecation and defecation, and cancer patients can also eat more; for those with high blood pressure, constipation, diabetes and excessive urination, It has certain effects on people with stranguria and urinary tract infections, and it can also prevent the spread of meningococcal meningitis and influenza.