Effects:Nourishing the brain and blood, tonifying the kidney, strengthening the spleen, lowering the rebellious Qi, quenching thirst.

Fat content: 46.5%, Protein: 21.2%, Sugar: 22.3%.

Certain vitamins and trace elements in the cashew component has a good role in softening blood vessels, the protection of blood vessels, the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease is very beneficial.

It is rich in oil, can laxative, emollient beauty, delay aging.

Frequent consumption of cashews can improve the body's ability to resist disease, enhance libido, so that weight gain.

Cashew nuts taste sweet, crisp and delicious, and nutritious. Rich in a lot of protein, starch, sugar, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron and vitamin a, b1, b2, b6. more importantly, contains a lot of linoleic acid and unsaturated fatty acids. These two good fatty acids are the most likely lack of beneficial fats in the elderly who do not like to eat meat. Appropriate intake of these two beneficial fats can help the elderly to prevent atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, stroke and heart disease, due to the richness of beneficial fats, and therefore can also promote the elderly every day smooth bowel movement.

So, the elderly who are prone to vitamin deficiencies and low meat intake are encouraged to eat more cashews. You can eat 3 to 5 capsules every morning or afternoon. Usually when cooking, also often add some. For example, to do a common cashew nut shrimp, mixed celery, bamboo with a little cashew nuts, in addition, drinking porridge to eat breakfast, you can add some cashew nuts to the porridge crushed, supplement the day's energy and unsaturated fatty acids.

The cashew tree is a fruit tree with high economic value. The fruit stalks are sweet and sour, and can be eaten or used to make wine. The nut is very high in nutritional value, rich in protein, fat and carbohydrates, sweet and savory flavor, fried, salted, candied sugar can be. If you want to save time, put on the fire frying is also OK, after frying the nuts crispy and delicious. "Fake fruit" is also rich in fruit juice and vitamin C, can be eaten raw as fruit, can also be used to make jam. Cashews are rich in fruit juice, can be drunk directly, is a cool and smooth drink; also to be used as fermentation or wine, in medicine is widely used in diabetic blood cleanser. The oil content of the kernel is up to 40%, which is a kind of high-grade edible oil. From the husk can be extracted an aromatic oil, used in pharmaceuticals, refining high-grade lubricants or synthetic rubber, the oil extracted from the husk, can also be used to make insulating paints, waterproof paper, thick cardboard and other adhesives. The milky sap overflowing from the bark can be made into paint, which can be applied to wood or ships to provide preservation and protection against white ants. The wood of the cashew tree is a good material for making furniture. The leaves and roots of the cashew tree can be used to make medicinal tea. It can be said that the cashew tree's whole body is a treasure.

Nutrient-rich kernels, mostly used in the production of cashew chocolate, snacks and fried salted food. In addition, cashew nuts can be pressed oil, cashew kernel oil is the best cooking oil, oil cake is excellent feed. By-products are shell liquid, fruit pear and so on. Shell liquid is a kind of dry oil, can be made of high-grade paint, color film colored agent, synthetic rubber and so on. Fruit pear is soft and juicy, can be used as fruit to eat, but also brewing, making juice, jelly, jam, preserves, pickles and so on.

Cashew nuts are valuable dried fruit and senior dishes, containing protein up to 21%, oil content of 40%, a variety of vitamin content is also high. In international trade, each ton of cashew nuts worth more than 5000 U.S. dollars, worthy of the world's "four nuts" (walnuts, walnuts and hazelnuts) one. Cashew nutshell oil rate of 11%, cashew oil can be polymerized to produce synthetic rubber. With cashew nut oil paint furniture can be resistant to high temperatures, according to reports, the U.S. space shuttle, is to use scientifically processed cashew nut oil as the fuselage protective layer of paint.

Toxicity

The species is a poisonous plant included in the Chinese Plant Atlas database, and its toxicity is that the rind and seed coat are poisonous, and its aqueous extract stings, redness, and blistering occur on contact with the skin. Accidental ingestion caused tingling of the tongue and abdominal pain. Both aqueous and alcoholic extracts of the rind given to anesthesia depict intravenous injection can lower blood pressure, and is more toxic to small fish.

Life Knowledge

1. Select the appearance of complete crescent rows, white color, full, smell fragrant, rich in oil, no moth, spots is good; and there are sticky hands or moisture phenomenon, indicating that the freshness is not enough.

2. It is best to soak the washed cashews for 5 hours before use.

3. Store in an airtight jar in the refrigerator or in a cool, ventilated place away from direct sunlight.

Applicable amount

10-15 capsules each time. Deep fry, stir fry or eat raw. Also used as a dish.

Do not store for a long time. Cashews with an "oily" flavor should not be eaten.

Not suitable for people with severe liver dysfunction as it is rich in oil.

Cashew nuts contain high oil content, phlegmatic people should not eat more.

Cashew nuts have a high calorie content and are easy to eat.

Some people are allergic to cashews, especially spoiled cashews, so be careful.

Medicine

Lotus barley cashew soup

Raw materials cashews, lotus seeds, Poria, Job's tears, Gorgon fruit, lotus root powder 50 grams each, 100 grams of glutinous rice, sugar.

Making

1. cashews, lotus seeds cooked in water, fished out and drained.

2. Poria, Job's Tears, Gorgon fruit, glutinous rice with water to boil soft, put into the juicer into a paste.

3. Add cashew nuts, lotus seeds to the rice soup, add sugar and mix well.

4. Add the lotus root powder with warm water and mix well, add the rice soup and mix well.

Use morning and evening consumption.

Effects tonic moisturize the five organs, tranquilize the spirit, applicable to neurasthenia and insomnia.

Shrimp cashew nuts

Raw materials cashew nuts 50 grams, 200 grams of prawns, 1000 ml of vegetable oil (about 70 ml), 25 ml of cooking wine, 15 ml of vinegar, 2 grams of salt, 7 grams of monosodium glutamate (MSG), 30 grams of eggs, 25 grams of starch, 2 grams of green onion, garlic, ginger, 10 milliliters of sesame oil, a little soup.

Making

1. Wash the prawns, peel out the shrimp, pick off the shrimp line.

2. Eggs into a bowl, add salt, cooking wine, cornstarch and mix, shrimp into, scratch well.

3. Add oil to the pan, fry the cashews first, fish out, set aside and cool.

4. Put the shrimp in the pan again, cut open, stop for a moment and pour out, drain the oil.

5. original pot put a small amount of oil, add onion, garlic, ginger, cooking wine, vinegar, salt, monosodium glutamate, soup, pour shrimp, cashews, upside down, drizzle with sesame oil that is ready.

Use with meals.

Effects Appetizing and tonifying the kidney.

Cashew Nut Ballad

Cashew nuts are ripe,

The luxuriant cashew forest sings a joyful song,

Please try it! Dear traveler,

This nectar-like juice,

will sweeten your parched heart.

--Ballad of Mozambique, Africa