Water chestnuts are a juicy and nutritious food. If eaten regularly, they can be diuretic, reduce swelling, clear away heat and detoxify. Water chestnuts can be used to cook porridge, soup, and boil water for drinking. Let’s take a look at these methods of boiling water with water chestnuts. Different food combinations have different nutritional values. Let’s take a look at the introduction of these little common sense.

Honey water chestnut water

Ingredients: 500 grams of water chestnuts, 50 grams of honey.

Method: Wash and mash the water chestnuts, mince the juice and mix with honey, add water to make soup. This method of consumption can improve children's whooping cough or cough and expectoration. Take it twice a day, 30 to 50 ml each time.

Carrot and water chestnut water

Ingredients: 100 grams of water chestnuts, 50 grams of carrots.

Method: Wash the carrots and water chestnuts and cut them into pieces; add 8 bowls of water to the pot and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 1 hour. It can clear away heat, detoxify, promote fluid and moisturize dryness, and can also relieve gastrointestinal discomfort, and can improve the symptoms of chickenpox and prickly heat. Take 1 bowl warm in the morning and evening.

Fresh lemon and water chestnut water

Ingredients: 1 fresh lemon, 10 water chestnuts.

Method: 1. Wash the fresh lemons and slice them; wash the water chestnuts, peel them and slice them.

2. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, add lemon slices and water chestnut slices, and cook for 5-10 minutes. It can appetize and eliminate food, has a diuretic and swelling effect for edema, and can also have a detoxification effect.

Water chestnuts are tender and juicy and have the effect of clearing away heat and promoting dampness. Drinking water chestnut water has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on thirst caused by fever, diabetes, and senile xerostomia. There are also many people who are suitable for it. If you drink it regularly, it is good for detoxification, lowering fat, and improving metabolism.

Some benefits of water chestnuts boiled in water have been introduced above. The preparation methods of these water chestnuts have different tastes and nutrients. The value is also different. Everyone needs a reasonable combination to keep the body in a healthy state. Water chestnuts are a juicy food. Eating them regularly can diuretic, reduce swelling, promote body fluids and moisturize dryness.