This substance:

1. It has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Aerobacillus aerogenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and also has a certain effect on lowering blood pressure. This substance also has a preventive and curative effect on cancer;

2. Water chestnuts are tender and rich in fluids, which can treat thirsty symptoms of fever, wounds and fluids, and has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on diabetics with excessive urination;

3. Decoction of water chestnuts can diuresis and relieve stranguria. It has a certain therapeutic effect on those with stranguria and astringent urination. It can be used as a good dietary therapy for patients with urinary tract infections;

4. In recent years, studies have found that water chestnuts contain an antiviral substance that can inhibit meningococcal meningitis and influenza viruses, and can be used to prevent the spread of meningococcal meningitis and influenza.