Water chestnut usually grows in lakes. It has two horizontally extending shoulder angles, which are shaped like a curved angle, and the shell is crisp and thick. It is usually eaten after cooking. Eleocharis tuberosa generally began to grow and spread in March, and its leaves were broadly rhombic. It blooms in May and June and bears fruit in July and September.
Characteristics of water chestnut
Eleocharis tuberosa can be eaten raw as fruit when it is tender, cooked fruit can be cooked or processed into Eleocharis tuberosa powder, air-dried Eleocharis tuberosa can be stored to extend the supply, and Eleocharis tuberosa leaves can be used as green feed or green manure. Helps strengthen the stomach, stop dysentery and fight cancer. Helps to treat gastric ulcer, dysentery, esophageal cancer, breast cancer and cervical cancer. External use of rhombic handle to treat multiple warts of skin; The burnt ash of rhombic shell is used for external treatment of pustulosis and hemorrhoids.
The pulp of water chestnut is edible, the tender stem can be used as a vegetable, and the fruit has sharp corners, commonly known as water chestnut. The water chestnut vine has green leaves, and the shape of the leaves is rhombic, so the fruit is called water chestnut, and some people call it "peanuts in water".
Eleocharis tuberosa is sweet, astringent and cool, and has the functions of resisting cancer, invigorating spleen and qi, strengthening legs and knees, strengthening qi and blood, relieving dermatosis and losing weight.
Although water chestnut has great medicinal value, you should be careful not to overdo it or cook it with pork, which may cause abdominal pain.