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Most people's knowledge of water chestnut comes from the "Canciform Water Chestnuts" in "The Book of Songs: Mango Guanju", but few people know that their understanding of water chestnut also originated from there and ended there. What kind of powerful effect does this water chestnut have that the author of the Book of Songs mentioned it many times? Now let’s take a look at this familiar but strange “flower”!

In fact, the benefits of water chestnut are far more than what we read in the Book of Songs. It can't just be picked left and right. Water chestnut is a plant native to the shallow waters of my country. Its leaves are like water lilies, delicate and exquisite. The flowers are bright yellow, with small petals and a long flowering period of about 150 days. What are the actual effects of water chestnut? Let’s take a look at it together.

1. The appreciation effect of water chestnut

The leaves of water lilies are delicate and unique, like water lilies, with bright yellow petals protruding from the surface of the water, with a hint of green and yellow, bringing a touch of brilliance to the world. It has many petals and a long flowering period, making it one of the best choices for decorating garden waterscapes in courtyards. Of course, you can plant it in a 10 cm high water tank and enjoy it indoors.

2. The efficacy and function of water chestnut

Water chestnuts are usually picked in summer and autumn and used after drying. It has a very good effect of clearing away heat and removing fire, and is beneficial to urination and swelling. It has a very good effect on the treatment of carbuncles, sores, gonorrhea, and painful urination.

3. The value of taking water chestnuts

1. How to take water chestnuts

The stems and leaves of water chestnut are tender and juicy, non-toxic, odorless, and contain rich and colorful nutrients. In the past, pigs, ducks and geese ate concentrated feed, and carp also preferred to eat water chestnuts. People in the surrounding areas like to catch water chestnut leaves for raising pigs, which is a very good green feed for aquatic organisms. Water chestnut grows and develops rapidly, has many branches, and can reproduce four times during its growth period. Nowadays, the number of water chestnuts is gradually decreasing, and people have discovered the nutritional value of them, so they rush to pick and eat them.

2. How to eat water chestnuts:

Since water chestnut can be eaten, I'll also tell you how to eat it. Water chestnut can be cooked with mung beans into water chestnut millet porridge. The specific method is: first wash the mung beans, soak them in warm water for 2 hours, wash the rice stems, remove the stems, flower stems and residues of the water chestnut flowers, and wash the flowers.

Put the mung beans in a pot and boil until the beans are fully bloomed, then put in the rice, add an appropriate amount of water, and bring to a boil over a stove fire. Then use a low heat to simmer the mung beans and rice until they are soft, add the water chestnut flowers, stir twice, add white sugar seasoning and it is ready to eat.

The above are the main functions of water chestnut. In fact, when Chu Ci was written, the functions of water chestnut should not have been developed in so many ways. It was just used as an ornamental plant. However, it can also be seen that the ornamental value of water chestnut is very high.