(1) horseshoes contain phosphorus, which can promote human growth and development and maintain physiological functions, and has great benefits for the development of teeth and bones,

(2) it can promote the metabolism of three major substances in the body: sugar, fat and protein, and regulate the acid-base balance.

(3) Horseshoes contain water chestnut Ying, which is also effective in lowering blood pressure. It has a preventive effect on the cancer of lung and esophagus.

(4) Horseshoes also have the function of preventing acute infectious diseases.

(5) It can clear away heat and produce fluids, as well as replenish nutrition, and is suitable for patients with fever. It has the effect of cooling blood and detoxification, resolving dampness and expelling phlegm, and eliminating food and bloating.

2, the bad side:

(1) If the water source where the horseshoe grows is seriously contaminated, it is likely that acute gastrointestinal infectious diseases, such as bacillary dysentery, hepatitis, acute gastroenteritis and so on.

(2) It is also possible to get infected with ginger bugs by eating horseshoes, lotus roots and red herrings raw.