Chestnuts are sweet, delicious and nutritious, and are called "the king of thousands of fruits".
Chestnut, also known as big chestnut, chestnut and hairy chestnut, is a specialty of our country. Chestnuts can be eaten raw or made into cakes, vegetables and porridge. The most popular among consumers are sweet and refreshing sugar fried chestnuts and chestnut roast chicken or chestnut roast meat. Chestnuts are called wooden swallows in ancient times. The physical remains of chestnuts were found from the Neolithic site in Anbanpo, Xi 'an, which has a breeding history of more than 6,000 years. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, planting chestnuts was very popular.
Treasures in dried chestnut fruit
Sweet chestnuts, as precious fruits since ancient times, are the best among dried fruits. Chestnut belongs to nuts, but it is not as rich in oil and starch as nuts such as walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds. The carbohydrate content of dried chestnut reaches 77%, which is equivalent to 75% of grain. There are 40% fresh chestnuts, 2.4 times that of potatoes. The protein content of fresh chestnut is 4% ~ 5%, which is not as high as that of peanuts and walnuts, but slightly higher than that of cooked rice. At the same time, it also has good medicinal value. Chinese medicine is mainly based on chestnut, which has the effects of tonifying kidney and spleen, strengthening body and bones, benefiting stomach and calming liver. Therefore, chestnuts have the reputation of "the fruit of kidney".
Chestnuts are rich in nutrition.
Chestnuts produce higher energy, but because fresh chestnuts contain more water, various nutrients are relatively less than dry chestnuts and cooked chestnuts. Because the sugar content of chestnuts is not low, it is necessary to avoid eating too much when eating chestnuts for tonic, especially for diabetics, so as not to affect the stability of blood sugar.
Chestnuts not only contain a lot of starch, but also are rich in nutrients such as protein, fat and B vitamins, and their calories are also high. Chestnuts are rich in vitamin B 1 and B2, the content of vitamin B2 is at least four times that of rice, and every gram of 100 also contains 24 mg of vitamin C, which is incomparable to cereals.
I'm afraid it's hard to imagine that fresh chestnuts contain more vitamin C than tomatoes, which is ten times that of apples! Chestnuts also contain comprehensive minerals, such as potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc and manganese. Although the content is not as high as hazelnut and melon seeds, it is still much higher than that of ordinary fruits such as apples and pears, especially the potassium content is outstanding, which is four times higher than that of apples said to be rich in potassium.
Autumn chestnut tonifies the kidney and strengthens the spleen-chestnut, commonly known as chestnut, is a special product in China, known as the "king of dried fruits" and also known as "ginseng fruit" abroad.
Medicinal value of chestnuts
Chinese medicine believes that chestnuts are sweet and warm, non-toxic, and have the functions of "invigorating qi and strengthening spleen, thickening stomach and intestines, tonifying kidney and strengthening tendons, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding".
Raw chestnuts or cooked chestnuts can be used to treat soreness of waist and legs, frequent micturition, nausea, bloody stool, chronic lymphadenitis, chronic diarrhea caused by deficiency of cervical lymph nodes and spleen and stomach, and long-term infertility caused by kidney deficiency. Burning air-dried chestnut shells into charcoal, grinding into powder, adding honey and washing with water can cure internal hemorrhoid bleeding.
Some Chinese medicine practitioners also use chestnut shells, Prunella vulgaris and Salvia miltiorrhiza to treat acute cervical lymphadenitis and goiter. Its nourishing effect on human body is comparable to that of ginseng, astragalus and angelica. Chestnuts are sweet in nature and enter the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians, and have the effects of nourishing stomach, strengthening spleen, tonifying kidney, strengthening waist and tendons, promoting blood circulation, stopping bleeding and reducing swelling. It is suitable for chronic diarrhea, traumatic fracture, blood stasis, swelling and pain, skin sores, and muscle and bone pain caused by kidney deficiency, lumbocrural paralysis, dysuria, and spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
Unsaturated fatty acids and multivitamins contained in chestnuts have the function of resisting hypertension, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis and other diseases.
Medicinal use of chestnut-From the medicinal point of view, chestnut fruit is a good product for tonifying kidney, which has the functions of invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, clearing away heat and toxic materials, stopping diarrhea and relieving cough.
Eat well, too Don't eat too much after dinner.
Although chestnuts have high nutritional and health value, they also need to be eaten properly. It is better to eat chestnuts as snacks between meals or during meals, rather than eating them in large quantities after meals. This is because chestnuts contain more starch, and it is easy to consume too many calories after meals, which is not conducive to maintaining weight.
When buying chestnuts, don't blindly pursue the white or golden color of the pulp. Golden flesh may be chemically treated chestnuts. On the contrary, if the pulp is brown in the middle after frying or cooking, it is caused by the "browning reaction" of the enzymes contained in chestnuts. As long as the taste has not changed, it is harmless to human body. (Sohu Health Forum) ... >>
What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating more chestnuts?
Chestnut has high nutritional value, sweet and fragrant taste, and contains starch 5 1 ~ 60%, protein 5.7- 10.7%, fat 2-7.4%, sugar, starch, crude fiber, carotene, vitamins A, B, B: C and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and potassium. Calculated by ten grains, the calorie is 204 calories, and the fat content is less than 1 g, which is the lowest in the fruit with shell. Widely used in food processing, cooking banquets and non-staple food. Chestnuts are suitable for raw and fried. Chestnuts fried with sugar and roast chicken are delicious. They can be ground into powder or made into various dishes, cakes, canned food and so on. Chestnut is easy to store and keep fresh, which can prolong the market supply time. Chestnut is mostly produced on hillside, which is called "healthy food" abroad, and belongs to the first-class fruit of invigorating stomach and kidney and prolonging life.
Chestnut is a treasure, which can be processed into dried chestnut, chestnut powder, chestnut sauce, chestnut pulp, cakes, canned food and so on. Chestnut soup is a kind of nutritious candy suitable for all ages. Chestnut tree is hard, straight, corrosion-resistant and moisture-resistant, and it is a good material for manufacturing military industry, vehicles, boats and furniture. Branches and leaves, bark and thorns are rich in tannin, and baking gum can be extracted; Flowers are a good source of honey. All parts of chestnuts can be used as medicine. Chestnut can invigorate the spleen and qi, and eliminate damp-heat. The shell is called astringent to cure nausea, the bark decoction washes erysipelas, and the root can cure kidney qi and other diseases.
However, chestnuts should not be eaten more. Raw food is not easy to digest, and cooked food is easy to stagnate. People with diabetes should eat less or not, because chestnut has a high sugar content.
Therapeutic effect of chestnuts
Chestnut is sweet and cold, and has the functions of nourishing the stomach, strengthening the spleen, tonifying the kidney and strengthening the tendons. Sun Simiao in the Tang Dynasty said: "Chestnuts are the fruit of kidney, and kidney disease should be eaten." Compendium of Materia Medica points out: "Chestnuts can cure kidney deficiency, weakness of waist and legs, tonify kidney and strengthen stomach." Su Dongpo's younger brother Su Zi once wrote a poem praising the therapeutic effect of chestnuts. "Old age has increased my back and feet, and Shan Weng passed it on to me. The guest said that the morning is prosperous and the evening is prosperous, and the white jade slurry is used three times. " Eating chestnut can tonify qi and blood, nourish stomach and kidney, strengthen liver and strengthen spleen; Raw food also has the effect of treating waist and leg pain, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. Chestnuts contain high starch, which can provide high calories, while potassium helps to maintain the normal heartbeat law, and cellulose can strengthen the intestine and keep the excretory system working normally.
Chinese medicine believes that chestnut is sweet and warm, non-toxic, and has the medical functions of strengthening the spleen and liver, strengthening the body and strengthening the bones. Regular consumption of raw food can cure waist and leg weakness, and shell and bark have astringent effect; Fresh leaves can be used externally to treat skin inflammation; Flowers can cure carbuncle, diarrhea and hernia. Chestnuts are often used in folk remedies. Eating one or two chestnuts raw every morning and evening can cure kidney deficiency and dysuria in the elderly. Raw chestnuts are pounded into mud and applied to the affected area, which can treat traumatic injury, swelling and pain of bones and muscles, and have the effects of relieving pain, stopping bleeding and absorbing sepsis.
What are the different benefits of raw chestnuts and cooked chestnuts?
Hello! Chestnut is sweet in taste and warm in nature, which has the functions of tonifying kidney, strengthening waist, strengthening spleen, stopping diarrhea, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding, and the ancients often used it to treat diseases. Old Mr. Su Dongpo suffered from low back and leg pain in his later years. Later, a guest told him a dietotherapy method of chewing chestnuts slowly: put fresh chestnuts in your mouth every morning and evening and chew them carefully until they are full of white pulp, and then slowly swallow them again and again, so as to receive better nourishing and therapeutic effects. Su Dongpo felt this and wrote a poem, "Old age will aggravate his low back pain and foot disease. Shan Weng used old millet as a good prescription." Guests come here to say that the morning is rising and the evening is late, and the white jade pulp is collected after three swallows. "And Lu You often eats chestnuts in his later years because his teeth are floating, which can not only satisfy his hunger, but also cure his loose teeth. In his poem, he wrote: "The teeth are floating and sighing, and the mountains and chestnuts are burning to cure the night hunger. "The advantage of chestnuts is praise. It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi often eats imperial cakes containing chestnut powder for health care. Chestnuts can be eaten raw, fried, stewed and so on, especially in northern cities. In winter, stir-frying chestnuts with hot sugar has become a delicious way to dispel cold and relieve hunger, but people with special physique should really pay attention to the way chestnuts are eaten. 1, spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, it is not suitable to eat raw chestnuts, it is appropriate to simmer and stir-fry, or you can drink chestnuts, jujube, poria cocos and rice porridge; 2. People with blood diseases, such as vomiting blood and bloody stool, should eat chestnuts raw; 3. Mothers and children with constipation should not eat more chestnuts; 4. Because it contains more carbohydrates, diabetics should eat chestnuts properly; Whether eaten raw, fried or simmered, you should chew it carefully and swallow it with body fluid to achieve better nourishing effect.
What does chestnut do? Should I eat it raw or cooked?
curative effect
As a kind of food, the most popular method in China at present is to stir-fry chestnuts with sugar and mix brown sand with chestnuts, so that chestnuts are heated evenly and the sugar in chestnuts is not easy to lose. Fried chestnuts are sweet and delicious. There are steamed buns with chestnut noodles in Beijing snacks, which are said to come from the palace and are appreciated by Empress Dowager Cixi.
Chestnut is sweet and cold, and has the functions of nourishing the stomach, strengthening the spleen, tonifying the kidney and strengthening the tendons. Sun Simiao in the Tang Dynasty said: "Chestnuts are the fruit of kidney, and kidney disease should be eaten." Compendium of Materia Medica points out: "Chestnuts can cure kidney deficiency, weakness of waist and legs, tonify kidney and strengthen stomach." Su Dongpo's younger brother Su Zi once wrote a poem praising the therapeutic effect of chestnuts. "Old age has increased my back and feet, and Shan Weng passed it on to me. The guest said that the morning is prosperous and the evening is prosperous, and the white jade slurry is used three times. " Eating chestnut can tonify qi and blood, nourish stomach and kidney, strengthen liver and strengthen spleen; Raw food also has the effect of treating waist and leg pain, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. Chestnuts contain high starch, which can provide high calories, while potassium helps to maintain the normal heartbeat law, and cellulose can strengthen the intestine and keep the excretory system working normally.
Because chestnuts are rich in soft dietary fiber, diabetics can also taste them in moderation. However, chestnuts are difficult to digest when eaten raw, and cooked food is easy to lag, so it is not appropriate to eat more at once. It is best to treat chestnuts as snacks between meals, or eat them during meals, rather than eating them in large quantities after meals, so as not to consume too many calories, which is not conducive to maintaining weight. Fresh chestnuts are prone to mildew and deterioration, and eating moldy chestnuts will be poisoned, so spoiled chestnuts cannot be eaten.
Chinese medicine believes that chestnut is sweet and warm, non-toxic, and has the medical functions of strengthening the spleen and liver, strengthening the body and strengthening the bones. Regular consumption of raw food can cure waist and leg weakness, and shell and bark have astringent effect; Fresh leaves can be used externally to treat skin inflammation; Flowers can cure carbuncle, diarrhea and hernia. Chestnuts are often used in folk remedies. Eating one or two chestnuts raw every morning and evening can cure kidney deficiency and dysuria in the elderly. Raw chestnuts are mashed into mud and applied to the affected area, which can cure traumatic injury, swelling and pain of bones and muscles, and have the functions of relieving pain, stopping bleeding and absorbing sepsis.
It contains a lot of nutrients such as starch, protein, fat and B vitamins, and is known as the "king of dried fruits". Can be used for preventing and treating diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis and osteoporosis.
At the same time, regular eating is good for children's oral ulcers and adult oral ulcers that are difficult to heal for a long time.
Chinese medicine believes that chestnuts can tonify spleen and stomach, tonify kidney and strengthen tendons, and promote blood circulation to stop bleeding. It has a good curative effect on kidney deficiency, so it is also called "the fruit of kidney", especially for diarrhea due to kidney deficiency in the elderly. Regular consumption can strengthen the body and cure diseases.
What are the benefits of eating chestnut? Will it be bad for the stomach?
Chestnut is rich in nutrition, and the content of vitamin arc is even higher than that of tomato, which is ten times that of apple. The minerals in chestnuts are also comprehensive, including potassium, zinc and iron. Although the content is not as high as that of hazelnut, it is still much higher than that of ordinary fruits such as apples, especially the potassium content is more than three times higher than that of apples.
Chinese medicine believes that chestnuts can tonify spleen and stomach, tonify kidney and strengthen tendons, and promote blood circulation to stop bleeding. It has a good curative effect on kidney deficiency, so it is also called "the fruit of kidney". But chestnuts are hard to digest when eaten raw, and cooked food is easy to lag behind. Eating too much at a time will hurt the spleen and stomach, and eat at most 10 chestnuts a day.
What are the benefits of eating raw chestnuts?
Raw food has a good nourishing effect, and cooked food has a good taste.
As early as the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao, a medical scientist, said that chestnut is "the fruit of kidney, which should be treated for nephropathy". It is worth noting that he added in Qian Jin Fang Shi Zhi: "If you eat it raw, you can cure your waist and feet." Emphasize the usage of "raw food".
Raw chestnuts have the effect of tonifying kidney and stopping bleeding.
Wang Jue of Nanyuan Hospital said that when people get old, due to the gradual decline of yang, not only will their waist and knees be weak, their limbs will be sore, but their teeth will also loosen and fall off. These are all manifestations of deficiency of kidney-qi. It is one of the feasible methods to start with tonifying kidney and prevent it as soon as possible.
◆ Develop the habit of eating 5~ 10 air-dried raw chestnuts every morning and evening, which can effectively prevent kidney deficiency, backache and leg pain.
In addition, raw chestnut has the effect of stopping bleeding, and can cure common bleeding such as hematemesis, nosebleed and hematochezia.
Peel raw chestnuts,
Mash it into mud and apply it to the affected area to treat traumatic injury, congestion, swelling and pain. It has been proved to be effective in clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine.
◆ Chestnuts are sweet and warm, can be fried and cooked, and have the effect of harmonizing the stomach and strengthening the spleen. Nowadays, due to the improvement of living conditions, parents often take care of their children's nutrition too carefully. Whether it is strong food or partial food, it will lead to spleen deficiency syndrome in children. The so-called "spleen deficiency" refers to children's dull complexion, fatigue, emaciation, anorexia or refusal to eat. At this time, chestnut kernels can be steamed and ground into cakes, which is suitable for children with less diet, thin body and frequent diarrhea to increase appetite, stop diarrhea and regulate the stomach. Chestnut porridge cooked with chestnut, japonica rice, and Xian Yi can be used not only for the recovery of patients with chronic diarrhea caused by deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach, but also for the long-term treatment of anorexia, qi deficiency and fatigue caused by functional degradation of the elderly.
However, chestnuts are difficult to digest when eaten raw, and cooked food is easy to lag, so it is not appropriate to eat more at once.
The advantage of eating raw chestnuts is 20 points.
Chestnuts are rich in nutrients, such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin C and other trace elements. They are also rich in carbohydrates, which can provide more calories and help the body resist the cold in autumn and winter.
From the perspective of Chinese medicine, chestnuts are warm and sweet; Entering the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians has the effect of tonifying kidney and strengthening tendons, and is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with weak waist and knees, weakness of legs and feet and frequent urination caused by kidney deficiency. In addition, raw chestnut also has the effect of hemostasis, which can cure common bleeding such as hematemesis, epistaxis and hematochezia.