In winter, the climate is dry and cold, and the diet is too warm and dry, and many people will have problems such as cough and throat discomfort, coupled with the invasion of the respiratory tract by the new coronavirus, which especially aggravates the problem of relieving throat discomfort.
Today I would like to introduce to you an ingredient that can clear away heat and nourish yin and relieve throat discomfort - water chestnut, speaking of water chestnut, many friends may feel a little unfamiliar, and friends in Guangdong prefer to call it water chestnut.
Water chestnuts can be used as both fruits and vegetables, and are a seasonal fruit that many people enjoy. The water chestnut is not only sweet and juicy, crisp and delicious, but also has the reputation of "underground pear" and "Jiangnan ginseng" since ancient times.
"National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine" believes that water chestnut is sweet and cold, which helps to clear away heat and nourish yin, quench thirst, eliminate accumulation and phlegm, stop bleeding and stop dysentery, etc., and is a good product for moisturizing dryness and shengjin, especially suitable for people with dry cough, throat discomfort, dry mouth and desire to drink.
Therefore, water chestnut is very effective for dry cough, throat discomfort, dry mouth and desire to drink, and is a good food nourishment in the dry season.
In the mainland, horseshoe has a long history of medicine.
"Famous Doctors" said that it "quenches thirst, paralyzes heat, heats, and invigorates qi".
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it is "the main blood dysentery, the lower blood, and the blood collapse".
"Materia Medica" says that it "cleanses the heart and reduces fire, nourishes the lungs and cools the liver, dissipates food and phlegm, breaks stagnation, and relieves pus and blood".
"Dietary Therapy Materia Medica" records water chestnut: under the Dan stone, dissipate wind and poison, and remove the real heat in the chest. It can be used as powder food, brightening the ears and eyes, quenching thirst, and eliminating yellow.
"Medical Forest Compendium" said, "Nourish qi and soften firmness, remove heat and detoxify, sway stomach heat, quench thirst, and rotten copper and iron", so there is a song "Water chestnuts destroy copper like a god".
How do you eat horseshoe?
The water chestnut skin is purple and black in color, the meat is white, sweet and juicy, crisp and delicious, and can be eaten raw, cooked or cooked.
Powdered kudzu horseshoe lean broth
Source: Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Ingredients: 250 grams of powdered arrowroot, 6 water chestnuts, 250 grams of lean meat.
Method: Wash the ingredients, cut the arrowroot into pieces, peel the water chestnut, put an appropriate amount of water into the pot and boil, incorporate the above ingredients, simmer for 50 minutes, and season.
Lily horseshoe syrup
Source: Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Ingredients: 1 egg, 150 grams of fresh lily, 10 water chestnuts, appropriate amount of osmanthus nectar.
Method: Wash fresh lilies and water chestnuts, peel and cut water chestnuts. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and bring to a boil, add fresh lilies and water chestnuts, boil for 20 minutes, turn off the heat, and then beat in the eggs and stir. Mix in an appropriate amount of osmanthus nectar according to personal taste, and stir well.
Horseshoe soup with bamboo cane
Source: The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Ingredients: 30-50 grams of fresh grass roots, 300-500 grams of bamboo cane, 5-8 water chestnuts, one carrot and one green radish. You can add 300 grams of tendon meat.
Method: Wash the fresh grass roots, wash and cut the bamboo cane, wash and peel the horseshoe, wash and peel the carrots and green radish, put the soup pot, add 1000 ml of water (about 5 bowls), boil over high heat, add tendon meat, simmer and decoction, about 40-50 minutes, fry for 400 to 500 ml (two bowls or two and a half bowls), add a little salt, drink soup, you can eat meat, water chestnuts and green and carrots.
Water chestnut, lotus root, radish soup
Source: The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Ingredients: 100 grams of water chestnuts, 100 grams of raw lotus root (including lotus root), 100 grams of white radish, washed and sliced, a small handful of red-skinned peanuts.
Method: Wash and cut the water chestnuts (peeled), raw lotus root, and white radish into pieces, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, fry for 30 minutes, and serve after warming.
Water chestnut chive soup
Source: The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Ingredients: 150 grams of water chestnuts, 15 grams of chives, appropriate amount of condiments, a little sesame oil.
Method: Wash the water chestnuts, peel and cut into cubes, wash the chives and cut them into coarse pieces. Take an appropriate amount of water and pour it into the pot, put in the water chestnuts and boil for 5~10 minutes after boiling over high heat, adjust the taste, sprinkle with chopped chives, drizzle with sesame oil, and serve.
Because of its cold nature, horse hooves are not suitable for spleen and stomach deficiency and poor digestion
or those with blood deficiency should use with caution. Other than that
Raw water chestnuts are susceptible to ginger fascioliasis, so cooked food is advisable.
Note: The above dietary prescriptions are only used for the general population as a preventive condition, and cannot replace any medicines, and the views in this article are only for the use of health science, and cannot be used as the basis for any diagnosis and treatment.
Source: Guangzhou Daily, Guangdong Provincial Second Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University.
Editor: Chen Jia
Editor-in-charge: Chen Guangtai