Chestnut is a treasure, can be processed and made of chestnut dry, chestnut powder, chestnut sauce, chestnut syrup, pastries, canned food, chestnut soup is suitable for young and old, nutritious candy. Chestnut tree material is hard, straight texture, anticorrosive and moisture resistance, is the manufacture of military, car, ship, furniture and other good materials; branches and leaves, bark, thorn buds are rich in tannins, can be extracted from the baked gum; flower is a very good source of honey. All parts of the chestnut can be used as medicine, chestnut can strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and heat, the husk to cure regurgitation called astringent, bark decoction to wash dengtoxin, the root of the treatment of partial kidney qi and other diseases.
But chestnuts should not eat too much, too much raw food is not easy to digest, too much cooked food is easy to stagnate, diabetic patients should eat less or do not eat, because the sugar content of chestnuts is very high.
The therapeutic effects of chestnuts
Chestnuts are sweet and cold in nature, and have the function of nourishing the stomach and spleen, tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the muscles. Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty said: "Chestnut, the fruit of the kidney, kidney disease should be eaten." The Compendium of Materia Medica states: "Chestnut treatment of kidney deficiency, lumbar and leg weakness, can pass the kidneys and benefit the gas, thick stomach and intestines also." Su Dongpo's brother, Su Ziyu once wrote a poem extolling the therapeutic benefits of chestnuts, "old age since the addition of waist and foot disease, the mountain Weng old pass formula. Guests to say the morning rose late, three swallowed Xu received white jade syrup." Eating chestnuts can benefit the blood, stomach, kidney, liver and spleen; raw food and treatment of lumbar and leg pain, the effect of relaxation. Chestnuts contain high starch can provide high calories, while potassium helps to maintain a normal heartbeat regularity, fiber can strengthen the intestinal tract, to maintain the normal functioning of the excretory system.
Chinese medicine believes that the chestnut is sweet and warm, non-toxic, has the spleen and liver, the body of the medical role of the bone. Often eaten raw can cure waist and leg weakness, the shell and bark have astringent effect; fresh leaves can be used externally to cure skin inflammation; flowers can treat scrofula and diarrhea, root hernia. Folk prescription with chestnut, daily morning and evening each raw food one to two, can cure old age kidney deficiency, urination weak frequency; raw chestnut mashed as mud, applied to the affected area, can cure bruises, swelling and pain in the tendons and bones, and pain, bleeding, absorption of pus and poisonous effect