Nutritional value of water chestnuts. How to eat water chestnuts nutritiously?

　　You may not know much about the nutritional value of water chestnuts. Water chestnuts are a relatively common snack. You can learn more about the nutritional value and efficacy of water chestnuts from the following content.

　　Water chestnut is sweet, astringent and cool in nature； Anti-cancer, the alcohol-soaked water of Lingshi has an inhibitory effect on the degeneration of cancer cells and tissue proliferation. Reinforcing the spleen, replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen, strengthening the thighs and knees, replenishing strength and relieving qi skin disease , assisting in the treatment of various skin diseases such as head sores, yellow sores on the head and face, and skin warts in children. For weight loss, water chestnut is a diuretic, breast-stimulating, and anti-alcoholic food. It is an auxiliary food for weight loss. Dry red water chestnuts and grind them into powder. Take 10 grams on an empty stomach. Use old wine for red diarrhea and rice soup for white diarrhea to treat dysentery. Take the fresh water chestnut base (water chestnut handle) and rub it on the affected area several times a day to treat warts (juvenile flat warts and multiple common warts).

　　Below are some related benefits of water chestnut plants. 120 grams of fresh water chestnut stems (removed leaves and fibrous roots), decoction in water, can treat head sores in children, and can also relieve hangover. The old water chestnut has coal properties, grind it into fine powder, and apply it to the affected area with sesame oil to treat yellow sores on the head and face. 10-50 grams of water chestnut powder, appropriate amount of sugar, boil into a paste before consumption. It has the functions of clearing heat and relieving heat, relieving irritability and quenching thirst, replenishing qi and strengthening the spleen, and detoxifying alcohol. It is suitable for symptoms such as bitter mouth, polydipsia, and sore throat caused by alcohol abuse. 10 grams each of water chestnut, myrobalan, barley, and wisteria tuber, decoction in water, twice a day to treat esophageal cancer, stomach cancer。

　　As for how to eat raw water chestnuts, you can learn from the following content. Boil raw water chestnut meat into brown soup. Use 20-30 water chestnuts every day. The decoction can be taken 2-3 times dividedly to cure the disease Uterus Cancer, stomach cancer. According to reports from Japan, long-term use of this prescription has often yielded results. Water chestnut porridge: 100 grams of rice, cook porridge until half cooked, add 30-60 grams of water chestnut powder, cook the same, season with appropriate amount of brown sugar and eat. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and preventing cancer. Suitable for chronic diarrhea, malnutrition, the elderly and infirm. It also has the effect of preventing and treating gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, and uterine cancer.