What is the function of water chestnut?

In winter and spring, in the south of China, vendors often peel horseshoes and string them with bamboo sticks to sell as snacks. Try buying a bunch. It's really refreshing, sweet and delicious. So let's talk about water chestnut today.

Water chestnut, commonly known as "horseshoe". Raw and mellow, better than autumn pears; Cooked food can be made into all kinds of delicious dishes. Chinese medicine believes that water chestnut is a cold food, which has the effects of invigorating qi, calming the middle warmer, clearing away heat and quenching thirst, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion, relieving sore throat and improving eyesight, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm. Eating water chestnut can not only clear away heat and promote fluid production, but also supplement nutrition. People with fever can eat more. Wu Jutong, a famous febrile disease scientist in Qing Dynasty, is a famous prescription for treating fever and thirst, which is made from water chestnut, pear, lotus root, reed rhizome and Ophiopogon japonicus. Call in