Nutritional and medicinal value of water chestnut

The water hyacinth is the fruit of the Sterculia styracifolia plant of the family Sterculiaceae. It is evergreen all year round and can be divided into four or five sub-fruits. The surface is dark red and the inside is dark. It can be eaten and used as medicine. In the past, this type of water hyacinth was only produced in India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Later, it was introduced into China and is more common in southern China. The nutritional value of water hyacinth is particularly high and people have many benefits after eating it. If you want to know more about it, you can go and have a look with the editor.

Nutritional Value

1. High vitamin content

The water chestnut contains a variety of vitamins that are beneficial to the human body, especially vitamin E, vitamin C and vitamin A. After these substances are absorbed by the human body, they can not only improve the body's immunity, but also eliminate inflammation. In particular, after vitamin A is absorbed by the human body, it can protect the eyes and prevent vision loss. After vitamin C is absorbed by the human body, it can protect the gastric mucosa and respiratory mucosa, and can reduce the occurrence of gastritis and respiratory inflammation.

2. Warming the stomach and killing insects

The water hyacinth fruit not only contains a variety of vitamins and some trace elements beneficial to the human body, it also contains a large number of medicinal ingredients that can eliminate inflammation in the human stomach, expel stomach cold, and reduce the occurrence of common stomach diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcers. In addition, it also has obvious anthelmintic effects. When people usually have parasitic diseases, they can eat more water hyacinth fruits, which can eliminate the parasites in the body and expel them from the body. The abdominal pain caused by sperm can also be quickly relieved.

Medicinal value

The phoenix eye fruit not only has excellent nutritional value, but also has a very high medicinal value. It can be used as medicine to reduce inflammation and relieve pain. It can also be used directly to treat people who have bruises, swelling, fractures, or bleeding from trauma. During treatment, fresh phoenix eye fruit needs to be salted into a paste and then applied directly to the affected area. In addition, when people have hemorrhoids, arthritis, and otitis media, phoenix eye fruit can also be used to treat them. During treatment, an appropriate amount of phoenix eye fruit can be boiled in water and then taken.