Chestnuts are distributed in China in Liaoning, Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Henan and other places, the shell bucket is large, spherical, external thorns, nuts 2-3, born in the shell bucket. The famous varieties are Liangxiang chestnut, produced in Beijing suburban Fangshan Liangxiang, fruit small, about 5 grams, sweet taste, ripe in mid-October; Qiansi Ming chestnut, also known as "red skin", "red hair", produced in Hebei Qiansi, Xinglong, the fruit of the large, 7 ~ 9.5 grams, red-brown skin, bright, sweet taste, ripe in mid-September; the fruit of the large, 7 ~ 9.5 grams, red-brown skin, bright, bright. Taste sweet, ripe in mid-September; Laiyang red chestnut, produced in Shandong Laiyang Zhuangtou area, the fruit in the large, dark brown skin, shiny, good quality, sweet taste, ripe in early September; another cone chestnut, also known as the Pearl Chestnut, distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and all over the Jiangnan, the head of the shell hid an ovoid nut, taste the same as the chestnut. Another singer of the same name in this entry also elaborated.

The therapeutic effect

1. Benefit from the gas to replenish the spleen, stomach and thick intestines Chestnut is a high carbohydrate content of dried fruit varieties, can supply the human body with more calories, pictures of chestnuts (20) and can help fat metabolism. To ensure the supply of basic nutrients to the body, there is a "hardcore crop", "woody food" said, with the benefit of the spleen, thick complementary role of the stomach and intestines.

2. Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease chestnut is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, a variety of vitamins and minerals, can effectively prevent and treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases, beneficial to human health.

3. strong bones, delay aging Chestnuts are rich in vitamin C, can maintain the teeth, bones, blood vessels, the normal function of the muscle, can prevent and treat osteoporosis, lumbar and leg pain, pain in the sinews, weakness, etc., to delay the aging of the human body, is the old man's ideal health care fruit.

4. Chestnuts eaten raw, 5 to 8 per day, suitable for vomiting blood, blood in the stool.

5. morning and evening raw chestnuts 2, on the elderly kidney loss, frequent urination is beneficial. With 10 chestnuts and pig kidneys, Job's tears, rice boiled into a porridge, can be treated by the general kidney deficiency caused by the waist and leg weakness.　

6. Chestnuts also contain riboflavin, often eat some chestnuts for the treatment of difficult to heal pediatric mouth sores and adult mouth ulcers have a great help.

7. Chestnuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids and vitamins, minerals, can prevent and treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis and other diseases, is anti-aging, prolonging the life of the nourishment

8. Chestnuts is a carbohydrate content of the higher varieties of dried fruits, can supply the human body with more calories and can help the metabolism of fat, with the benefit of the qi, spleen, thick complementary gastrointestinal role

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9. Chestnuts are rich in vitamin C, which can maintain the normal function of teeth, bones, blood vessels and muscles, and can prevent and treat osteoporosis, lumbar and leg soreness, pain in the tendons and bones, weakness, etc., and slow down the aging of the human body, which is the ideal health care fruit for the elderly.