Raw chestnuts can be eaten. Raw chestnuts can tonify the kidney, but they are not easy to digest. You can't eat more than three chestnuts raw a day. Eating too much will cause flatulence.

The nutritional value of chestnut is higher than that of grain. The content of vitamin B 1 and B2 in chestnut is very rich, and chestnut has high medicinal value. Chestnut has the functions of strengthening spleen and stomach, benefiting qi, tonifying kidney and strengthening heart. It can also treat nausea, hematemesis, bloody stool and other symptoms, and is suitable for all ages. It is best to treat chestnuts as snacks between meals, and don't eat them in large quantities after meals, because chestnuts contain more starch and are easy to consume too many calories after meals.

Efficacy and function

1, nourishing stomach and spleen, tonifying kidney and strengthening tendons, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding.

2. Indications: weakness of spleen and stomach, nausea, diarrhea, weakness of waist and legs, vomiting blood, epistaxis, hematochezia, bedsore, swelling and pain of fracture and swollen lymph nodes.

Nutritional value (benefit)

1. Chestnut is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, which can prevent and treat diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis and osteoporosis. It is a nourishing good product for resisting aging and prolonging life;

2. Chestnuts contain riboflavin, and eating chestnuts often is beneficial to children's oral ulcers and adult oral ulcers that are difficult to heal for a long time;

3. Chestnut is a kind of dried fruit with high carbohydrate content, which can provide more heat energy for human body, help fat metabolism, and has the functions of invigorating qi, strengthening spleen and nourishing stomach and intestines;

4. Chestnut is rich in vitamin C, which can maintain the normal functions of teeth, bones and vascular muscles, prevent and treat osteoporosis, waist and leg pain, bone and muscle pain and fatigue, and delay human aging. It is an ideal health fruit for the elderly.

Braised duck with fresh chestnut

raw material

400 grams of fresh chestnut meat, duck meat 1000 grams, 3 green garlic, 6 slices of ginger, soy sauce 1000 grams, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, sugar, refined salt, salad oil, half a bowl of Shaoxing wine and a small amount of starch.

working methods

1. blanch chestnut meat with boiling water, and then peel off the shell;

2. Wash the duck, cut into pieces, add seasoning, and cut the green garlic into sections;

3. Add salad oil to the duck pieces, cook for 3 minutes on high fire, add green garlic, ginger and light soy sauce, stir-fry the duck pieces together, add Shaoxing wine and soup to taste, add chestnut meat, cook together, and thicken with starch after cooking.

Taboo crowd

People with diabetes, rheumatism and weak spleen and stomach should not eat chestnut. Infants and people with weak spleen and stomach should avoid eating more chestnuts.

The right crowd

Most people are suitable for eating chestnut. Children with a small diet and thin body are suitable for steaming and grinding chestnut kernels to make cakes. Patients with chronic diarrhea caused by deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach can cook porridge with chestnut and japonica rice. It is especially suitable for the elderly with kidney deficiency, backache, leg weakness and frequent urination. It is also suitable for patients with bronchitis, cough and asthma and diarrhea due to internal cold.