Introduction of water chestnut knowledge:
Eleocharis sand grass family plant chufa bulbs, perennial herb, native to India, in China are mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang and Guangdong marshy land areas. Water chestnut in winter and spring of mining market. Chufa is its underground stolon end expansion of bulbs. Corms Oblate spherical, smooth surface, after the aging Dark chestnut shell Palladium or Bordeaux, link 3~5, and a short beak-shaped apical buds and lateral buds, the meat is white, crisp texture, juicy and sweet. Water chestnut refers only to its appearance, saying it like chestnuts, is not only the shape, even the chestnuts-like properties, composition, functions, and because it is the result in the mud, so called chestnut. Eleocharis tuberosa Peel color purple black, fleshy white, sweet, juicy, sweet and delicious, since ancient times "Sydney underground" reputation, northerners regarded this as "Southern ginseng". Water chestnut can be used either as a fruit, and can be counted as vegetables are popular seasonal products. Water quality requirements: to a large, clean and fresh, the skin is thin, fine, taste sweet, shuangcui, residue-free meat, good quality.
Nutritional analysis of water chestnut:
Containing phosphorus in the water chestnut is higher in the root vegetables, can promote growth and development and the need to maintain the physiological function of human body, on the development of teeth and bones have great benefits, while promoting the body's sugar, fat and protein metabolism of three substances, regulate acid-base balance, so water chestnut for children to eat. United Kingdom water chestnut's study found a "puchiin", this substance, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus gold aerobacter aerogenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a certain degree of inhibition, also has a certain effect to lower blood pressure. This material also have a preventive effect on cancer. Chestnut germplasm is tender and Tianjin, treatment of fever and Tianjin injury with thirsty, urine of diabetic, have some secondary effects. Water chestnut diuretic row of spraying water soup, dribbling of urine astringent passes who have a certain effect, available as a dietary therapy of urinary tract infection in patients with high quality goods. In recent years, research has found water chestnut with an antiviral substance can suppress epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, influenza virus, can be used for preventing the spread of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and influenza.
Water chestnut for the crowd:
The general population are edible. 1. children and patients with fever most suitable food, coughing sputum, pharyngeal and throat pain, dyspepsia, urinary and fecal discharge adversely, cancer patients can eat; for high blood pressure, constipation, diabetes, dribbling of urine astringent pass urine, urinary tract infection in patients with a certain efficacy, but also to preventing the spread of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and influenza. 2. not suitable for children with weak digestion, deficient cold of spleen and stomach, with blood and deposition.
Chufa diet effects:
Water chestnut flavor sweet and cold; With clearing lung heat, also rich in lymphatic temperament, health, Tianjin and moistening lung and resolving phlegm and Lee sausage, tonglin diuretics, resolving Carbuncle and detoxifying, cooling blood and moisture, promoting digestion in addition to expansion of effectiveness; Attending fever thirst, jaundice, red eyes, and throat swelling, and redness deficient, passing of exogenous wind-heat, mass in the abdomen and other disorders.
Water chestnut practice guidance:
1. water should not be eaten raw, because the growth of water chestnut in the mud, jacketing and interior are potentially more bacteria and parasites, so be sure to wash before the food. 2. cooked food ingredients used for do, can also be used for fried, roasted or filling with heart. Such as "fried shrimp with water chestnut", "chufa fried chicken". 3. water chestnuts have good effect of qingre xiehuo; applies to lung-heat cough, phlegm thick hard cough: 1 cup of water chestnut juice, bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae 1.5 g (trituration), mix suits, 2~3 times a day. Both heat Shengjin and supplementary nutrition, most suitable for fever patients.