Huangling refers to water chestnut, a kind of water chestnut family, which is the fruit of an annual herbal aquatic plant water chestnut. The skin of water chestnut is crisp and delicious. After cooking, it can be peeled off and eaten in porridge. Water chestnut is rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and trace elements. Has the effects of promoting diuresis, promoting lactation, quenching thirst and relieving alcoholism.

Mature fruits can be cooked or processed into water chestnut powder, air-dried water chestnut can be stored to extend the supply, and water chestnut leaves can be used as green feed or green manure. Helps strengthen the stomach, stop dysentery and fight cancer.

Water chestnut is rich in starch, protein, glucose, unsaturated fatty acids and various vitamins, such as vitamin B 1, B2, C, carotene and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. The ancients believed that eating more water chestnuts can replenish the five internal organs, eliminate all diseases, and have the effect of losing weight and bodybuilding because water chestnuts do not contain fat that makes people fat.

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Edible efficacy of water chestnut

1. Strengthen spleen and qi, strengthen legs and knees, and strengthen vitality.

2. Anti-cancer, the alcohol soaking solution of water chestnut can inhibit the degeneration and tissue proliferation of cancer cells.

3. Weight loss, water chestnut diuresis, lactation and detoxification are auxiliary foods for weight loss.

4. Alleviate dermatoses and assist in the treatment of various dermatoses, such as children's head sores, head and face yellow sores and skin warts.

Water chestnut is good for the elderly. Modern pharmacological experiments show that water chestnut has certain anti-cancer effect. Can be used for preventing and treating esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, and uterine cancer.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-water chestnut