The general public can eat. It is especially suitable for fever patients, measles, epidemic meningitis patients.

Contraindications:

Water chestnuts are cold, cold spleen and stomach, blood stasis caution.

Effects and functions of water chestnut

1, lower blood pressure water chestnut has a certain effect on the lowering of blood pressure, but also on the prevention and treatment of cancer.

2, clearing heat and detoxification water chestnut can both clear heat and produce fluids, but also supplemental nutrients, most suitable for fever patients.

3, the regulation of human acid-base balance phosphorus is the human body growth and development, to maintain physiological functions of the necessities of the development of teeth and bones also has great benefits, can help regulate the acid-base balance, and water chestnut is rich in a large number of phosphorus.

4, the whole bowel laxative water chestnut crude protein, starch can help promote intestinal peristalsis, on the slippery bowel laxative has a very good effect, can solve the constipation trouble.

5, anti-cancer water chestnut is rich in dietary fiber, and eating a certain amount of dietary fiber every day can prevent the occurrence of colorectal cancer.

6, promote growth and development of water chestnut contains potassium and phosphorus more, and contains a small amount of protein, every 100 grams of water chestnut contains 44 mg of phosphorus, is indispensable for growth and development.

What should I pay attention to when eating water chestnut?

1, the skin of water chestnut is very easy to carry bacteria, before cooking must be washed, peeled, preferably with boiling water.

2, water chestnuts should not be eaten raw, because the outer skin and the interior may be attached with more bacteria and parasites, so it must be washed and boiled through before eating

3, water chestnuts can eliminate food, suitable for consumption after meals.

4, water chestnut can be consumed about 10 each time.

How to store water chestnuts?

Wash the water chestnut and put it into the refrigerator to save it, if bit washed water chestnut can be placed in a ventilated dry place to save it.

What is the best way to eat water chestnuts?

Jellyfish

Eat water chestnuts and jellyfish together: can clear the heat and remove the fire

To generate fluids and quench thirst

1, water chestnuts white and tender, sweet and juicy, and is rich in mucus, is the role of the fluids and quench thirst, can help to clear the chest of boredom, to relieve thirst from heat illnesses and fluid damage.

Clearing heat and resolving phlegm

2, water chestnuts are cold in nature, can clear lung heat, plus water chestnuts are rich in water and mucus, can play the effect of moistening lung and resolving phlegm, can be used for yin deficiency and lung-heat coughing, vomiting and spitting of yellow mucus phlegm, as well as heat disease with fluid injuries, liver and lungs with hot air, red eyes, dry mouth and nose heat and other diseases. Drinking fresh water chestnut juice can receive the effect of moisturizing the throat and clearing heat.

Dysentery

3, hot summer is prone to summer fever dysentery, drinking water chestnut juice, or add fresh lotus root juice, pear juice with the service, can be received to assist in the treatment of the effect.

Diuretic and detoxification

4, with water chestnut decoction to drink can be diuretic drainage, on the urine leaking, astringent pain, etc. has a certain role in relieving, can be used as a therapeutic food for patients with urinary tract infections. And water chestnut is cold and slippery, with diuretic, cool blood detoxification effect.

Laxative

5, water chestnut is rich in crude protein, starch, is able to help promote intestinal peristalsis, and has the effect of laxative, moderate consumption can help relieve constipation.

Promoting digestion

6, water chestnut is cold and sweet, into the lung, stomach, with heat, moistening the lungs and phlegm, eliminating the accumulation of food, appetite and other effects, can help promote digestion.

Promote bone development

7, water chestnut contains phosphorus is higher in root vegetables, can promote human growth and development and maintain physiological function of the needs of the development of teeth and bones is very good.

Anti-bacterial and anti-bacterial

8, water chestnut contains water chestnut Ying, for the staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, aerobic bacillus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc. It has a certain inhibitory effect, and can be used to prevent cold and flu infections. And water chestnut is a good dietary treatment for septic infections, tonsillitis, pneumonia, sepsis, urinary tract infections, etc.'.

How to eat water chestnuts

9, directly eat raw

Water chestnuts can be eaten directly raw as a fruit, choose large fresh water chestnuts, use a brush under water to brush the surface of water chestnuts to clean the stains, drained, and then use a knife to ring cut off the black skin of the water chestnuts, put in a clean pot filled with fresh water, all Peeled and cleaned can be eaten.

Water chestnuts Water chestnut pear juice

Take 100 grams of water chestnuts and 100 grams of pears, water chestnuts peeled, washed, and then cut into pieces; pear peeled, core, cut into small pieces, and then the two together into the juicer, add the right amount of water, stirred into a thin paste can be.

There are thirst quenching and detoxification, clearing heat and anti-inflammatory effect, for the dry and itchy throat, sore throat, thirst, coughing and so on have a certain preventive effect.

Boiled water chestnut

Ingredients: water chestnut 300g, water.

Method: Use a small brush to scrub the skin of water chestnuts, put them into a cooking pot (avoid using an iron pot), and pour 4-5 times as much water on them. Put the pot on the fire, boil over high heat, and then turn to low heat to cook the water chestnuts slowly until they are cooked through. When the water in the pot finally dries up, open the lid and shake the pot with your hand to slowly reduce the juice of the water chestnuts, so that the water chestnuts are especially sweet when the water dries up. When the water chestnuts are cooled down, put them into cool water to wash away the sugar stickies on the outer skin, and drain them to eat.

Supplement the trace element phosphorus, promote the body's sugar, fat, protein metabolism of the three major substances, regulating the acid-base balance.

Water chestnut food taboos

10, 1, water chestnut grows in the mud, easy to mud all kinds of fungi, parasites infection parasites, raw water chestnut can only be occasionally eaten, can not be eaten in large quantities.

2, due to the cold nature of water chestnut, should not be eaten too much, women during menstruation, cold spleen and stomach, as well as blood deficiency, blood sludge should be used with caution. It is also not suitable for children with enuresis and diabetes.