Water chestnut is known as "underground snow pear" and "Jiangnan ginseng", and is a great fruit for moistening dryness. In early spring, the weather is still relatively dry, so it's a good idea to eat some water chestnuts.
Benefits of eating water chestnuts
1. Promotes Growth and Development
It can promote human growth and development and meet the needs of physiological functions. It is very beneficial for the development of teeth and bones. At the same time, it can promote the metabolism of the three major substances in the body: sugar, fat, and protein, and regulate the acid-base balance. Therefore, water chestnuts are suitable for children.
2. Lowers Blood Pressure
It has a certain effect on lowering blood pressure and also has a preventive and therapeutic effect on tumors.
3. Regulates Intestines and Relieves Constipation
It has the effect of moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm, and promoting fluid production. The starch and crude protein it contains can promote intestinal peristalsis, and the crude fat it contains enhances the effect of lubricating the intestines and relieving constipation.
4. Clears Heat and Detoxifies
Water chestnut is a cold-natured food and has a good effect of clearing heat and purging fire. It can both clear heat and promote fluid production, and supplement nutrition, making it most suitable for patients with fever. It has the effects of cooling blood and detoxifying, promoting urination and bowel movements, resolving dampness and phlegm, and eliminating food stagnation and bloating.
5. Lowers Blood Pressure and Prevents Diseases
British research on water chestnuts has discovered a heat-labile antibacterial component—puchiin. This substance has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and also has a certain effect on lowering blood pressure. This substance also has a preventive and therapeutic effect on tumors of the lungs, esophagus, and breast. Water chestnut also has the function of preventing acute infectious diseases. In spring, when measles and epidemic meningitis are more likely to occur, water chestnut is a good food for preventing diseases.
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3. Regulates Intestines and Relieves Constipation
It has the effect of moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm, and promoting fluid production. The starch and crude protein it contains can promote intestinal peristalsis, and the crude fat it contains enhances the effect of lubricating the intestines and relieving constipation.
4. Clears Heat and Detoxifies
Water chestnut is a cold-natured food and has a good effect of clearing heat and purging fire. It can both clear heat and promote fluid production, and supplement nutrition, making it most suitable for patients with fever. It has the effects of cooling blood and detoxifying, promoting urination and bowel movements, resolving dampness and phlegm, and eliminating food stagnation and bloating.
5. Lowers Blood Pressure and Prevents Diseases
British research on water chestnuts has discovered a heat-labile antibacterial component—puchiin. This substance has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and also has a certain effect on lowering blood pressure. This substance also has a preventive and therapeutic effect on tumors of the lungs, esophagus, and breast. Water chestnut also has the function of preventing acute infectious diseases. In spring, when measles and epidemic meningitis are more likely to occur, water chestnut is a good food for preventing diseases.
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