Latin name: Eleocharis dulcis

Alias: horseshoe, water chestnut, peony, eider grass, Wu yao, Bodhi chestnut

Diomorphism: Eleocharis dulcis

Boundary: Botanical kingdom

Portal: Angiosperms Magnoliophyta

Order: Monocotyledon Liliopsida

Order: Liliopsida

Order: Liliopsida

Organism: Monocotyledon Liliopsida

Organism: Gramineae Poales

Family: Cyperaceae

Genus: Eleocharis

Species: Water chestnut E. dulcis

Region of Distribution: Native to India, mainly in China. Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan and other regions

Effects:

Water chestnut contains phosphorus is the highest among root vegetables, can promote human growth and development and maintain physiological functions, the development of teeth and bones have great benefits, while promoting the metabolism of the body's three major substances of sugar, fat, protein, and regulate the balance of acid-base. Therefore, water chestnut is suitable for children to eat. In the research of water chestnut in Britain, a heat-resistant antibacterial ingredient, water chestnut Ying, was found. This substance has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and also has a certain effect on lowering blood pressure. This substance is also effective against cancer of the lungs, esophagus and mammary glands. Water chestnut also has the function of preventing acute infectious diseases. In the spring when measles and epidemic meningitis are more likely to occur, water chestnut is a very good disease prevention food. Water chestnut is a cold food with good effect of clearing heat and diarrhea. It can not only clear heat and generate fluids, but also replenish nutrients, and it is most suitable for patients with fever. It has the efficacy of cooling the blood and detoxifying the toxin, diuretic and laxative, resolving dampness and expelling phlegm, eliminating food and removing flatulence.

For people:

It is a popular food. It is most suitable for children and fever patients.

Appropriate dosage:

About 10- pieces each time. Eat raw or cooked. Water chestnut is a cold food, which is not suitable for people with spleen and kidney deficiency and with blood stagnation.