Chestnut also has high medicinal value, mainly used for nausea, vomiting blood, bloody stool and other diseases, suitable for all ages. Chestnut contains soft dietary fiber and its glycemic index is lower than that of rice. As long as sugar is not added in processing and cooking, diabetics can also supplement it appropriately.
Chestnut is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and vitamins, which can prevent and treat diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis. There are also extremely high sugar, fat, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium and other minerals, as well as vitamins C, B 1, B2 and so on. It is very useful for keeping fit.
Health care value:
① Its main functions are nourishing stomach and strengthening spleen, tonifying kidney and strengthening tendons, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding. It can treat nausea, hematemesis, weakness of waist and feet, bloody stool, etc., and can be compared with ginseng, astragalus and angelica.
② It has good curative effect on kidney deficiency. In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao thought that chestnut was "the fruit of kidney, and kidney disease should be eaten."
③ Unsaturated fatty acids and multivitamins contained in it have the effects of resisting hypertension, coronary heart disease, osteoporosis and arteriosclerosis, and are nourishing products for resisting aging and prolonging life.
(4) It contains vitamin B2, and eating chestnut often is beneficial to children's oral ulcers and adults' oral ulcers.