It is suitable for fever, body fluid injury, polydipsia, sore throat, cough due to lung heat, oral inflammatory ulcer, constipation and hemorrhoid bleeding. In the spring when acute infectious diseases are high, eating water chestnut in moderation can also prevent infectious diseases.
Water chestnut contains high content of phosphorus, which can promote the growth and development of human body and maintain the needs of physiological function. It is beneficial to the development of teeth and bones, and is suitable for children.
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Water chestnut, because of its shape like horseshoe, is commonly known as horseshoe. It is also called chestnut because it is in the mud and shaped like chestnut.
Nutritionally speaking, water chestnut contains protein, fat, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, iron and calcium. Can be used for cooking and can be made into starch.
Water chestnut is suitable for raw food, because boiled water chestnut is easy to cause the loss of nutrients, but you must remove all the buds and skins when eating raw water chestnut, or you will be careful to get infected with ginger worms. Water chestnut is cold, which is raw and cold food, and is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and thin stool.
People's Health Network-Horseshoe is more nutritious when eaten raw.