Where do water chestnuts grow

Water chestnut is an edible plant. You may not be familiar with it if it is called water chestnut, but if it is called by another name, more people may be familiar with it. We also call water chestnut water chestnut. We can often use water chestnuts to boil water and drink it. The water chestnut water has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and it is very diuretic. Water chestnuts can also be used to make water chestnut cakes and directly cook dishes.

Water chestnuts have very high nutritional value and therapeutic effects. Eating water chestnuts regularly can promote the metabolism of protein, fat and sugar in our body. Water chestnuts can regulate the body's acidity and alkalinity, so that the acidity and alkalinity in our body reach a balance.

Water chestnut, also known as horse hoof, is cultivated in ponds and paddy fields, or grows in swamps. When winter comes, it is the season for harvesting water chestnuts. The main production area is in the south of the Yangtze River. The flesh of water chestnuts is white and tender, mellow and fragrant, sweet and refreshing, and is loved by people. Water chestnuts contain starch, protein, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, ascorbic acid, carotene, vitamin A, and minerals such as iron, phosphorus, and calcium. In recent years, a heat-insensitive antibacterial ingredient has been discovered in water chestnuts - water chestnut root, which has inhibitory effects on Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus.

Water chestnut is a "vegetable among fruits" and also a "medicine among fruits". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that water chestnuts can help digestion and relieve accumulation, eliminate heat in the chest, treat indigestion, thirst and jaundice, and have the effects of clearing heat and promoting body fluid, detoxifying and appetizing, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, invigorating qi and removing cataracts, and improving eyesight. It is also effective for symptoms such as dry throat and sore throat, dry and hard stools, bloody diarrhea, drowsiness, drunkenness, and accidental swallowing of copper objects.

As water chestnuts grow in ponds and swamps, they are easily infected by the larvae of the ginger worm, which attach to the water chestnut's skin and form cysts. If people eat raw water chestnuts without paying attention, the ginger worm may enter the human body and live in the intestines. They will develop into adults by using the nutrients in the intestines, causing intestinal mucosal inflammation and endangering human health.

After ginger worms cause intestinal mucosal inflammation, abdominal pain or symptoms similar to ulcer disease, as well as chronic diarrhea, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, general fatigue, anemia and weight loss will occur, which is harmful to health, especially for children. If they are invaded by ginger worms, they will suffer from systemic dysplasia.

Above we introduced what water chestnuts are. We know that water chestnuts can be used to boil water for drinking and can also be used as food ingredients. Water chestnuts can also be used to make water chestnut cakes and a variety of desserts. Water chestnuts have good therapeutic effects. Eating water chestnuts regularly can improve our metabolic capacity and regulate the acid-base balance in the body. Water chestnuts generally grow in ponds and swamps.