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Horseshoe, also known as horseshoe, originated in India. It is a perennial herb growing in rice fields, and we eat oblate underground stems.

Horseshoe, also known as horseshoe Native to India. China is rich in horseshoes. It is big, thin and tender, full of water, sweet and residue-free, crisp and delicious, and can be used for both fruits and vegetables. Guangxi horseshoe enjoys a long-standing reputation and is rich in nutrition, containing protein, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron, quality, carotene and other elements; Horseshoe has great value in clearing away heat and moistening lung, promoting fluid production and relieving depression, soothing liver and improving eyesight, and benefiting qi and transforming qi. All kinds of good fruits in Lingnan have their own tastes, but eating them raw is healthy, and the canned horseshoe tastes better after processing.

Horseshoe is a common name for horseshoe. According to the data, water chestnut has a long history of being used as medicine. Among them, "Fun Life Diet Spectrum" summarizes the health care function of water chestnut in only 26 words, namely: "Water chestnut is sweet in taste and cold in nature. Clearing away heat, promoting digestion, sobering up, treating diaphragm, killing malnutrition, melting copper, removing phlegm, relieving flatulence, treating dysentery, and regulating collapse.

Modern scientific research also found that horseshoe is rich in starch, protein, crude fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins A, B 1, B2, C and so on. It also contains water chestnut, which is an effective component for anti-cancer and lowering blood pressure.

Chinese medicine often uses horseshoe to make "Tang Xue Decoction", which can clear away heat and reduce phlegm, lower blood pressure and treat dry stool. Chinese medicine believes that drinking fresh water chestnut with reed rhizome and fresh lotus root juice is an ideal drink for clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.

Because of the cold horseshoe, the weak and children with enuresis should avoid eating it. In addition, you should pay attention to hygiene when eating raw horseshoes, wash them before eating, and it is best to scald them with boiling water. Horseshoe can also be used as medicine. Horseshoe is a kind of raw vegetable with edible and medicinal value, which was once a tribute of Ming and Qing dynasties. Horseshoe is different. Its meat is white and smooth, high in water content, sweet and slag-free, crisp and delicious. Cooked horseshoe food is more delicious when fried with chicken, duck, mushrooms and tremella.

Horseshoe has a good medical and health care function, and its seedlings, roots and fruits can be used as medicine. According to the dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine, water chestnut is sweet, slightly cold and non-toxic. Has the effects of warming middle warmer, invigorating qi, clearing away heat, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion and resolving phlegm. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that water chestnut is sweet and cold, and has the effects of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production and appetizing, improving eyesight and clearing sound, and promoting digestion and sobering up. Clinically, it can be used for fever, polydipsia, phlegm-heat cough, sore throat, dysuria, bloody stool, warts and other diseases.

Water chestnut is also called money onion in Chaoshan area, because its leaves are very similar to onions. Looking down from the top of the water chestnut, it looks like a round copper coin, so it has the word "money onion".