Chestnut is a common health care product, which not only has a good health care function, but also has certain medicinal and therapeutic effects. Chinese medicine believes that chestnut is warm, which has good effects of strengthening tendons and tonifying kidney, nourishing stomach and strengthening spleen after taking it, and can also prolong life for the elderly after taking it.
The benefits of raw chestnuts:
First, the treatment of low back and leg weakness plays a role in strengthening muscles and bones.
Chinese medicine believes that chestnut is warm and can strengthen the body and bones after taking it. If the waist and knees are sore, taking chestnut can effectively restore health.
Second, protect the spleen and stomach and relieve spleen deficiency.
Every morning and evening, the air-dried raw chestnuts are directly chewed in the mouth, and then slowly swallowed after being completely pulpy, which can maximize the efficacy of chestnuts and have a very good effect on the health care of the spleen and stomach.
In addition to eating directly raw, you can also cook chestnut and japonica rice together. The chestnut porridge made in this way can effectively treat chronic diarrhea caused by deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach in some patients, and indigestion in some elderly people can also be well alleviated.
Third: treat diabetes.
Through research, experts found that chestnut contains rich and soft dietary fiber, which can effectively help diabetic patients to alleviate their illness. However, it should be noted that raw chestnut is not easy to digest, and diabetic patients should not take too much at one time. It is best to treat chestnut as a snack at ordinary times and eat it between meals. Some people like to eat a lot of chestnuts after meals, which is very incorrect. Not only is it bad for your health, but eating too many calories will also make you obese.
Fourth, treat diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis.
Chestnut is known as the king of dried fruit, because it contains a lot of nutrients needed by human body, such as starch, protein, fat, vitamins, etc., which is very objective. So experts tell us that eating chestnut regularly can improve human immunity, and it also has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis.
Fifth: treat oral ulcers.
If children suffer from children's oral ulcers and adults' oral ulcers, then eating some chestnuts raw in moderation can alleviate the illness.
Sixth: Treat kidney deficiency.
Chestnut has a good effect on kidney deficiency, especially for some elderly people. Chestnut has a good effect of tonifying kidney and promoting blood circulation, and can also play a role in strengthening the body if eaten regularly.
Friendly reminder: Although chestnut is said to be very beneficial to the body, it must be eaten in moderation every day to avoid indigestion and bloating caused by excessive consumption. In addition, it is best not to eat moldy chestnuts, otherwise it is easy to be poisoned. Many people like to buy sugar-fried chestnuts that have just come out of the pot and have beautiful colors. At this time, you need to be careful, because some chestnuts that are sold well are likely to have some industrial paraffin wax that is harmful to your health. Taking them in large quantities will have a bad effect on your health. Therefore, it is suggested that when you buy sugar-fried chestnuts, you'd better go to a regular merchant to buy them, so as to better protect your life safety.