Strengthening the kidney and tonifying the kidney? The efficacy of raw chestnuts is different from that of cooked chestnuts

Chestnuts are a local product in China, which can be eaten raw or cooked. Eating chestnuts for the elderly is beneficial, as it can treat kidney deficiency in the elderly and strengthen the spleen and stomach.

Chestnuts eaten raw

Many experts say that chestnuts can be eaten raw, and eating them raw has the effect of reducing qi and tonifying, as well as regulating qi and preventing vomiting and bleeding. It is also effective in treating nosebleeds and bloody stools.

Pharmacist Sun Simiao emphasized the method of "eating raw" for a long time. If middle-aged and elderly people develop the habit of eating dried raw chestnuts every day, it can effectively prevent and treat kidney deficiency, waist soreness, and leg pain.

It is recommended that middle-aged and elderly people eat three or four raw chestnuts each morning and evening. Chew the chestnuts carefully in your mouth until they have a smooth texture and become a slurry. Swallowing them down a bit can maximize their health benefits.

Cooked Chestnuts:

Cooked chestnuts can nourish the stomach and spleen, alleviate spleen deficiency. Steaming and grinding chestnut kernels to make cakes is suitable for children with limited diet and weak bodies to increase appetite and regulate the digestive system.

Using chestnut and japonica rice to cook porridge is not only beneficial to the early recovery of patients with chronic diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach deficiency cold, but also an effective diet for the elderly with indigestion and qi deficiency.

intended for:

Normal people can eat chestnuts:

1. Suitable for elderly people with kidney deficiency, especially for middle-aged and elderly people with low back pain, weak legs and feet, and frequent urination; Suitable for elderly patients with tracheitis, cough and asthma, and those with internal cold and diarrhea;

2. People with diabetes should not eat; Infants, those with weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, and those with rheumatism should not eat too much.

3. Chestnuts are difficult to digest when eaten raw, and can easily stagnate when cooked, so it is not advisable to eat more at once.

Edible effect:

1. Chestnuts have a sweet taste, warm nature, and enter the kidney meridian, spleen, and stomach.

2. Nourishing the stomach and spleen, tonifying the kidneys and strengthening tendons, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding;

3. Indications: Spleen and stomach weakness, nausea, diarrhea, body deficiency, waist soreness and leg weakness, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, golden sores, swelling and pain caused by injuries, and scrofula and toxin.

4. Used for frequent urination and weak waist and legs caused by kidney deficiency: 30g of chestnuts, simmer over heat and eat once a day, morning and evening.

5. Chestnuts have a nourishing effect on the human body, comparable to ginseng, astragalus, angelica, etc. They have good therapeutic effects on kidney deficiency, hence they are also known as the "fruit of the kidney". Especially suitable for elderly patients with kidney deficiency and loose stools, regular consumption can strengthen the body and heal diseases.

The main ways to eat chestnuts are as follows:

1. Air dried chestnuts: Hang chestnuts in a mesh bag and air dry them. Eat 15 raw chestnuts daily and chew them carefully and slowly. It can treat elderly kidney deficiency and soreness in the waist and legs.

2. Chestnut Congee: Take 10 chestnuts and some rice, and cook them into Congee. You can also air dry chestnuts and grind them into powder, add Congee, and add some brown sugar before eating. It can nourish kidney qi, strengthen muscles and bones, and treat waist and leg weakness.

3. Sugar water chestnuts: Take 30 chestnuts, boil them with water, and then add an appropriate amount of brown sugar before consumption. It can treat patients with body weakness, limb soreness, injuries caused by falls, and blood stasis, swelling, and pain.