There is a kind of fruit that is really watery and grows in water, and it has several horns, but few people clearly understand its efficacy. It is called water chestnut. Water chestnut, which children love to eat, is good for their health?

Although the appearance of water chestnut is not satisfactory, its nutritional value is comparable to that of chestnut. Every 100 grams of fresh water chestnut meat contains 3.6 grams of protein, 0.5 grams of fat, 24 grams of sugar, and contains nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and various amino acids, and is known as the "fruit of health preservation".

According to the records of famous doctors, water chestnut, also known as water chestnut, water chestnut and sand horn. Sweet in taste and cool in nature, entering the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of invigorating the spleen and stomach, quenching thirst and detoxifying. It is what modern people call beauty and health care.

Water chestnut is sweet in taste, invigorating the spleen and harmonizing the middle energizer, and is used for the adjuvant treatment of spleen deficiency, anorexia, upset stomach and fatigue. For example, as recorded in Common Anti-cancer Chinese Herbal Medicines, 60 grams of water chestnut and 30 grams of coix seed were decocted in water as tea for the adjuvant treatment of peptic ulcer and early gastric cancer. This product is sweet and cool, produces fluid to quench thirst, and is suitable for cooking.

Water chestnut has the function of clearing away heat and toxic materials. Eating water chestnut in summer also has the effects of "running water, removing summer heat and detoxifying". In addition, the elderly often eat water chestnut, which is very beneficial to their health.

Baby eating water chestnut also has the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating spleen and benefiting qi. Fresh water chestnut has crispy skin and delicious meat. If the baby eats it directly, it has a fragrant taste. It can be used as raw fruit, which can clear away heat and produce fluid, relieve summer heat and quench thirst. In addition, water chestnut cooked food can also play a role in invigorating qi and spleen, eliminating diseases and strengthening the body.

Although water chestnut is of great medicinal value, it should be taken care not to overdo it, and people with deficiency of spleen and stomach and stagnation of qi in middle energizer should eat it carefully. It is not suitable for cooking with pork, which may cause abdominal pain. Do not eat honey together, which may lead to indigestion.