Chestnut fruit nutritious, rich in nutrients needed by the human body. Chestnut fruit in the protein content and flour similar, more than sweet potato 1 times; amino acid content than corn, flour, rice 1.5 times higher; fat content than rice, flour 2 times higher; vitamin C content is apple, pear, peach 5 a 10 times; chestnut fruit heat and rice, flour similar, is a very good food substitute, so some people say it is a hardcore crop. Chestnut fruit also has a high medical value, the herb has many detailed records. (The Compendium of Materia Medica) that chestnut fruit has "tonifying the kidneys and qi, treating the waist, foot weakness; internal cold and abdominal leakage; blood and siltation" and other functions, is the treatment of disease and strengthening the rare good. Chestnut tree is a treasure, its timber texture is excellent, is a good building, manufacturing materials; bark, rind, leaves are rich in tannins, can produce high-quality tanning material; chestnut flower is not only a good source of honey, but also widely used in the production of mosquito incense and mosquito repellent insecticides. Chestnut nutrient-rich, chestnut meat aromatic and rich, glutinous and delicious, is a popular senior nutritional supplements.

Chestnut shelling can be processed food: 1, chestnut preserved (shelling, peeling, dipping sugar, dry impregnation); 2, chestnut fruit (shelling, peeling, wrapped in sugar, chocolate, etc.); 3, chestnut cake (shelling, peeling, chestnut meat made of cakes, cakes, pastries, etc.); 4, nutritious chestnut sauce; 5, nutritious chestnut health care wine; 6, the vacuum preservation of fresh chestnuts; 7, freezing preservation of fresh chestnuts; 8, chestnut powder. Chestnut health care formulas: ① chestnut meat, Chinese yam porridge: 30 grams of chestnut meat, Chinese yam 15 - 30 grams, 10 grams of fried lentils, 5 jujubes, 100 grams of rice washed, put in a casserole dish, add the right amount of water, porridge, add the right amount of sugar, rice cooked and eaten. Can treat diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach qi deficiency. ② corn chicken: 250 grams of corn forest, 1 chicken. Chicken cut into pieces, put into the pot lightly fried, add the right amount of salt, seasoning, add a little sugar, add water to cook, put the chestnut meat, simmer until the chestnut cooked powder, can be eaten. Can treat the spleen and stomach insufficiency, kidney qi weakness. ③ chestnut pork soup: 200 grams of chestnut meat, pork 250 grams of lean meat. Chestnut meat cleaned, pork cut into pieces, first sautéed pork, add water, add salt and seasonings, plus chestnut meat stew. Chronic cough with spleen, lung and kidney deficiency is effective. ④ chestnut powder jujube porridge: dry chestnut meat 2, 3 jujube, 50 grams of rice, chestnut meat crushed into fine powder, jujube and rice cleaned and cooked weak, porridge cooked add chestnut meat powder, mix well, warm service. Can tonify the kidney and spleen, treatment of pediatric waist and leg weakness, urination. ⑤ chestnut porridge: source "Compendium of Materia Medica" raw materials chestnut powder 30 grams of round-grained or glutinous rice 100 grams of production of chestnut powder with round-grained rice (or glutinous rice) porridge. Usage It can be used in all seasons for morning and evening meals. Efficacy: tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the tendons, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach. Suitable for the elderly kidney deficiency lumbago, leg and foot weakness, spleen deficiency and diarrhea. Chestnut is warm and sweet. Each 100 grams of cooked chestnut contains 4.8 grams of protein, 1.5 grams of fat, 44.8 grams of sugar, 15 milligrams of calcium, 91 milligrams of phosphorus, 1.7 milligrams of iron, 0.24 milligrams of carotene, vitamin B1, B2, PP, vitamin C 25 milligrams. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and vital energy, tonifying the kidney and strengthening the tendons, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding. It is suitable for lumbar and knee soreness and weakness in old age with kidney deficiency, children with weak feet and weakness, delayed walking, diarrhea with spleen deficiency, and bruises, blood stasis and swelling pain. Eating more difficult to digest, especially raw food.

Example prescription: 1. bronchitis: 250 grams of chestnuts, 500 grams of lean pork, cooking. 2 days to eat. Eat within 2 days. 2. anti-aging: 500 grams of chestnuts, pig crow 1000 grams (washed, peeled and claw angle shells, with a knife cut mouth), *** placed in a casserole, add the right amount of water, stewed to seven ripe when added to the amount of wine, soy sauce, sugar, ginger, to rotten that is eaten, finished in about 3 days. One dose per week. 3. diarrhea: chestnut appropriate amount, fried or cooked food. Each 50 - 100 grams, 2 times a day. 4. Frequent urination, foot and leg weakness: 4 chestnuts, morning and evening each day, eat 1 raw.