The benefits of water chestnut porridge

What are the effects of water chestnut porridge? I believe many friends will ask this question, let me tell you below.

Water chestnuts have been used as medicine since ancient times. Chinese medicine believes that water chestnuts are sweet and cold in nature, and have the effects of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, appetizing and digesting food, promoting body fluid and moistening dryness, improving eyesight and sobering up. They are clinically suitable for the treatment of yin deficiency and lung dryness, cough with phlegm, thirst and constipation, drunkenness and drowsiness. In the season of respiratory infectious diseases, eating water chestnuts is beneficial for the prevention and treatment of meningitis, measles, whooping cough and acute pharyngitis. In clinical Chinese medicine, water chestnuts are often used to make "Xue Geng Tang" to clear heat and remove phlegm, lower blood pressure and treat dry and hard stools.

Antihypertensive effect: Water chestnut juice added to fresh lotus root juice, pear juice, fresh reed root juice and Ophiopogon japonicus juice is called "Five Juice Drink", which is used to promote salivation, eliminate heat and lower blood pressure.

To treat esophageal cancer: Steam 10 water chestnuts with the skin on and eat daily.

To treat sore throat: squeeze water chestnut juice and drink it cold, 125 grams each time.

To prevent influenza: 250 grams of fresh water chestnuts, 1 piece of sugarcane, cut into sections, put into a pot and boil, eat when cooked. It has the effect of clearing away heat and inflammation, promoting fluid and quenching thirst. It is suitable for treating irritability and thirst in the later stage of fever and persistent low fever, and can also prevent influenza.

Lifting bowels and facilitating bowel movements: Boil 500 grams of water chestnuts, mash them, add salt, ginger, and bean powder, squeeze them into balls, fry them, and then remove them. Thicken the sauce with cornstarch and pour it on the balls. It tastes delicious and smooth, can help digestion, stimulate appetite, and promote bowel movements.

Treatment of hemorrhoids: It is also very beneficial for patients with hemorrhoids to eat water chestnuts regularly.

Auxiliary treatment of cancer: Water chestnut also contains effective ingredients for preventing and treating cancer. It is mostly used in clinical treatment of lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and breast cancer. It is a very good auxiliary treatment food.

Reduce fever: Water chestnuts are cold foods, and have good effects of clearing away heat and purging fire. They can clear away heat and promote the production of body fluids, and can also supplement nutrition, making them most suitable for patients with fever. They also have the effects of cooling blood and detoxifying, promoting diuresis and relieving constipation, removing dampness and expectoration, and helping digestion and relieving bloating.