Chestnut is suitable for people: the general population can eat it.
1. Suitable for the elderly with kidney deficiency, especially the middle-aged and elderly people with backache, weak legs and frequent urination; It is suitable for elderly patients with bronchitis, cough and asthma, and diarrhea due to internal cold.
2. Diabetic people should not eat; Infants, people with weak spleen and stomach, people with dyspepsia and rheumatism should not eat more.
Can the skin of chestnuts be eaten?
You can eat.
The endothelium of chestnut is edible, and a small amount of it has no effect, but eating too much can easily lead to dry throat and itching, so it is generally not recommended. According to the relevant records in China traditional medical classics, the hairy endothelium of chestnut can cure scrofula (similar to sore, infectious) after mashing, and the fishbone stuck in the throat can be cured after burning to ashes, which still has certain medicinal value.