I believe that often shopping pro will find that the streets are full of water chestnuts are sold, I remember eating often as a child, grew up as if not much to eat, but its taste is still remembered to this day, sweet and juicy flavor, crisp and delicious, it can also be used as a vegetable, but also many kinds of practices, the following and I will go with me to see it.

Practice:

1. Peel and rinse the water chestnuts and dice, onions, cucumbers and peppers and ham hocks were diced, ginger patted flat and shredded.

2. Pan heat, oil, oil heat to medium heat under the ginger burst incense, then under the onion quickly stir fry.

3. And then under the water chestnut diced cucumber diced ham sausage diced fast stir fry.

4. Then put down the diced green pepper, season with a little salt, chicken broth and oyster sauce, point a little hot water, start the pot.

Materials: 5 water chestnuts onion half cucumber half ham sausage 1 ginger little green pepper 1

1. Peel water chestnuts and rinse clean and cut into cubes, onions cucumbers and green peppers and ham sausage were cut into cubes, ginger flattened and cut into julienne strips.

2. pan hot, under the oil, oil heat to medium heat under the ginger burst incense, then under the onion quickly stir fry.

3. Then under the water chestnut diced cucumber diced ham hock intestine diced fast stir fry.

4. Then put down the green pepper dices, season with a little salt, chicken essence and oyster sauce, point a little hot water, start the pot.

Warm reminder:

1. This dish should be medium heat throughout the whole process, the fire is easy to burn the ingredients

2. The ingredients should be added in accordance with the difficult to cook first easy to cook after the order of the next, stir-frying action should be fast, the finished product will be refreshing and beautiful.

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Effects and functions of water chestnuts

Effects

The phosphorus contained in water chestnuts is higher in root vegetables, which promotes the growth and development of the human body and the maintenance of physiological functions required for the development of teeth and bones, and at the same time promotes the body's sugar, fat, At the same time, it can promote the metabolism of the three major substances of sugar, fat and protein in the body and regulate the acid-base balance, so water chestnut is suitable for children to eat.

British research on water chestnut found a "water chestnut Ying", this substance on the gold color staphylococcus, Escherichia coli, gas-producing bacilli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa have a certain inhibitory effect on the lowering of blood pressure also has a certain effect. This substance also has a preventive effect on cancer.

The texture of water chestnut is tender and juicy, and it can treat feverish diseases and thirst, as well as diabetic urination, which has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect.

Water chestnut decoction soup can diuretic drainage, for urinary leakage astringent passers have a certain therapeutic effect, can be used as urinary tract infection patients dietary therapy. In recent years, it has been found that water chestnut contains an antiviral substance that can inhibit the brain flu and influenza viruses, which can be used to prevent the spread of brain flu and influenza.

? Role

Water chestnut into medicine, a long history, since ancient times into medicine. Chinese medicine believes that water chestnut is sweet and cold in nature, has the effect of clearing away heat and removing phlegm, appetizing and eliminating food, generating fluids and moisturizing dryness, and clearing the eyes and waking up the effect of alcohol, and is clinically applicable to the treatment of deficiency of Yin and dryness of the lungs, coughing and phlegm, thirst and constipation, and drunkenness and lethargy. In the season of respiratory infectious diseases, eating water chestnut is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of brain flu, measles, whooping cough and acute pharyngolaryngitis. Chinese medicine clinically commonly used water chestnut with "snow soup soup" to clear heat and phlegm, lower blood pressure and treatment of dry and hard stools.

Blood pressure: water chestnut juice with fresh lotus root juice, pear juice, fresh rutabaga juice, maitake juice together, known as the "five juice drink", used to generate heat, reduce blood pressure.

Treatment of esophageal cancer: 10 water chestnuts, steamed with the skin, daily.

Treatment of pharyngeal swelling: water chestnut juice cold, 125 grams each time.

Prevention of influenza: 250 grams of fresh water chestnuts, sugar cane 1 root, cut into sections, into the pot frying, cooked and eaten, there is a clear anti-inflammatory fever, the effect of thirst, suitable for the late stage of fever of the heartburn and thirst and low fever, but also to prevent influenza.

The bowel movement: 500 grams of water chestnuts, boiled and mashed, add salt, ginger, soybean flour, squeezed into pills, deep-fried. Powder thickening into a brine, poured on the pill, taste fresh and smooth mouth, can eliminate food appetizer, bowel movement.

Treatment of hemorrhoids: hemorrhoid patients often eat water chestnut is also very beneficial.

Assistant treatment of cancer: water chestnut also contains effective components of cancer prevention and treatment, clinically used for lung cancer, esophageal cancer, breast cancer, is a very good auxiliary treatment of food.

Reducing fever: water chestnut is a cold food, has a good effect of clearing heat and diarrhea. It can not only clear heat and produce fluids, but also supplement nutrition, and is most suitable for fever patients. It also has the efficacy of cooling blood and detoxifying, diuretic and laxative, dampening and expectorant, eliminating food and removing flatulence.

Measles impermeable: water chestnut or rutabaga boiled water instead of tea, can help measles early, early back. And can prevent complications.