The efficacy and therapeutic effects of chestnuts

Chestnuts are rich in nutrients. Every 100 grams of chestnuts contains 62-70 grams of sugar and starch, 5.1-10.7 grams of protein, 2-7.4 grams of fat, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin PP and inorganic salts. Modern medicine believes that the unsaturated fatty acids and multiple vitamins contained in chestnuts have a good preventive and therapeutic effect on diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis. If the elderly eat chestnuts regularly, they can achieve the purpose of anti-aging and longevity.

Chestnut is also a good medicine for nourishing and curing diseases. According to traditional Chinese medicine, chestnut is sweet and warm in nature, and has the effects of nourishing the stomach, strengthening the spleen, nourishing the kidney, strengthening the waist, strengthening the tendons, promoting blood circulation, stopping bleeding and reducing swelling. It is suitable for soreness of waist and knees, weak waist and feet, frequent urination caused by kidney deficiency, chronic diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, traumatic fractures, blood stasis and swelling, skin sores and tendon and bone pain. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, "the kidney governs the bones, and the waist is the home of the kidney." Therefore, symptoms such as soreness of waist and legs are mainly caused by kidney deficiency. Chestnut is the fruit of the kidney, which can benefit the kidney, and eating it is naturally effective. The ancients used chestnuts to treat diseases and nourish in many ways. Use 30 grams of chestnuts, add water and cook, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, and take it once before going to bed every night. It is effective for physical weakness after illness, soreness and weakness of limbs; it is used to replenish kidney qi and strengthen tendons and bones. Chestnuts and rice can be used in appropriate amounts to cook porridge, add white sugar and eat once a day. Elderly people with kidney deficiency, backache and weak legs can eat 7 dried chestnuts every morning and evening, chew them into pulp and swallow them; you can also use 30 grams of fresh chestnuts, simmer them over a fire and eat them once a day in the morning and evening. To treat injuries from falls, congestion and swelling, you can peel the raw chestnuts, grind the meat into a paste, and apply it to the affected area.

Chestnuts are difficult to digest when eaten raw, and they can easily cause gas stagnation when eaten cooked, so it is not advisable to eat too much at one time; people with spleen deficiency, indigestion, or severe fever should not eat chestnuts. In addition, chestnuts must be eaten raw to treat diseases. The method introduced by Li Shizhen is: "Put raw chestnuts in a bag, hang them up to air dry, eat more than ten chestnuts every morning, and then eat pig kidney porridge to help. You will be strong in the long run." When eating, chew them carefully, without any residue, and turn them into slurry. Swallow them bit by bit to achieve the effect.

Introduction to Chestnut

[Nature and flavor and meridians entered] Warm in nature, sweet and mild in taste; enters the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians.

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