After eating walnuts, don't throw away these two things, but they are a good medicine for insomnia and mouth ulcers

Walnuts, also known as walnuts, are called "four dried fruits" together with badan wood, cashew nuts and hazelnuts, which can be eaten raw and fried, and can also be squeezed oil and made into pastries.

When it comes to walnuts, most people probably think of "brain replenishment", because its shape resembles a brain kernel, so some people believe that it can "complement the shape". Walnuts do benefit the brain, but whether they have something to do with shape remains to be studied.

Medicinal value of walnuts

Walnuts are sweet, warm, slightly bitter, can supplement the kidneys, strengthen the waist, warm the lungs and asthma, moisturize the intestines and laxatives. Walnuts are generally used for kidney weakness and low back pain, weak feet, frequent urination, sperm impotence; lung weakness or lung and kidney deficiency, wheezing and shortness of breath; dry bowel constipation, dry stool; stone shower, unfavorable urination, etc.

The ancients in China have long found that walnuts have a brain-strengthening and nootropic effect. Li Shizhen said: Walnuts can "replenish the kidneys and brains, and benefit wisdom." Many ancient people also invented many ways to eat walnuts, such as breaking 500 grams of walnuts, shelling them, taking kernels, pounding walnuts with rock sugar into walnut puree, storing them tightly in porcelain jars, taking two teaspoons at a time, and serving them with boiling water. It is said that a layer of white liquid that floats up after flushing with water is the "walnut milk" with the strongest brain tonic effect.

Walnuts are not only a brain food, but also a therapeutic agent for neurasthenia. Elderly people with dizziness, insomnia, palpitations, forgetfulness, loss of appetite, weak waist and knees, general weakness and other symptoms, eat 1 to 2 walnuts every morning and evening, which can play a tonic therapeutic role.

Other medicinal parts of walnuts

▋ Distraction wood

Walnut distraction wood is a thin slice sandwiched between walnut kernels after the walnut is shelled, and it is also a "good medicine".

#缓解失眠症状

Walnut distraction wood can inhibit the central nervous system and play a certain sedative effect. People with greater stress, insomnia and dreams can drink with walnut distraction wood.

Method: Take 3 grams of walnut distraction wood, soak in water, wait for about ten minutes to drink, drink a cup in the morning and evening, especially before going to bed at night, which is very effective in alleviating insomnia symptoms.

#固涩止遗

In traditional Chinese medicine, astringency is equivalent to a small valve, and tightening the valve can solidify the kidney qi and effectively improve symptoms such as urinary urgency, urinary frequency, and urinary hyperactivity. Moreover, it also has a good adjuvant treatment effect for male dysfunction such as sperm leakage and impotence.

Usage: 20 grams of distraction wood, 10 to 15 grams of schisandra, both of which can be used to soak water and drink.

#改善腰腿酸疼症状

The elderly have waist and leg pain, and can also drink walnut distraction wood soaking water, long-term drinking, to a certain extent, can be alleviated.

#活血. Blood replenishment

Women with cold hands and feet in winter can also try distracting wood soaking water, and the effect is good. In addition, for women with irregular menstruation, excessive vaginal discharge and other diseases, distraction wood also has a good effect.

If you have a shredder at home, you can beat the distracting wood into powder and take it with warm boiled water each time, the effect is better. However, people with poor digestive function are better to drink directly with a whole piece of distraction wood.

▋ Walnut shell

Many friends have thrown away walnut shells as waste, which is a pity. Walnut shell can clear heat and detoxification, astringent and astringent and stop bleeding, and has a very good effect on some mucosal lesions, especially gastric ulcers, mouth ulcers, etc.

Method: Boil about 50 grams (about 10 walnut shells) in boiling water and drinking.

Dietary remedies are recommended

▋ Hawthorn walnut drink

Ingredients: 50 g of fresh walnut meat, 50 g of fresh hawthorn, honey to taste.

Directions: Stir-fry the hawthorn meat in a pot until browned, let it cool and set aside; walnut meat and hawthorn with a small amount of water in the juicer to grind into a pulp; add water to 250 ml of slurry, bring to a boil over low heat, stir constantly, let cool, add honey and eat.

Efficacy: This formula tonifies the lungs and kidneys, consumes food and moisturizes the intestines, and is suitable for the elderly with coronary heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and constipation.

▋ Eucommia walnut water

Ingredients: Walnut kernels 15g, Eucommia 12g, Psoralen 10g.

Directions: Put the above ingredients in a pot and fry with water.

Efficacy: Used for liver and kidney weakness, waist and knee pain, dizziness and tinnitus, urinary drainage.

▋Yam walnut kernel stewed hen soup

Ingredients: 1 hen, 40 grams of yam, 30 grams of walnut kernels, 25 grams of shiitake mushrooms, 25 grams of bamboo shoot slices, 25 grams of ham, 1 hen, rice wine, refined salt to taste.

Method: Peel and cut the yam into thin slices, wash the walnut kernels; clean the hen with boiling water to remove the blood, put it in the soup bowl, add 50 ml of rice wine, an appropriate amount of fine salt, 1000 ml of fresh soup; put the yam, walnut kernels, mushrooms, bamboo shoot slices and ham slices on the chicken noodles, steam for about 2 hours, and take out and eat when the hen is crispy.

Effect: Tonify qi and strengthen the spleen, activate blood and dissolve stasis.

▋Although walnuts are good, they also need to pay attention to how to eat

1. Not suitable for people

The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Walnut heat can enter the kidneys and lungs, but it is advisable for those who are cold, and those who have accumulated heat in phlegm should not eat more ears." "Walnut fever, eating more raw phlegm and moving fire, phlegm yellow, fever and asthma, irritability and vomiting and yin deficiency and fire caused by the sputum fire, those with loose stools and nosebleeds, should eat less or fast walnut kernels."

2. Quantitative consumption

Walnut oil is higher, eating more is easy to cause obesity, affect digestion, eat more easy to cause diarrhea, diarrhea patients should not eat more. The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2016) recommend an average of 50 to 70 grams of nuts per week, that is, about 10 grams per day, which is equivalent to eating 2 to 3 per day.

Walnuts are suitable for breakfast, breakfast walnuts can supplement nutrition, and do not have to worry about weight gain; at 3 or 4 pm, you can also eat some walnuts as appropriate to replenish physical strength.

3, should not be paired with food

Walnuts should not be eaten with strong tea. Walnuts are rich in protein and iron, while tea contains tannic acid. Tannic acid binds to protein and iron to produce an insoluble precipitate that is not easily digested and absorbed.

Walnuts cannot be eaten with pheasant or duck meat. Liquor is also a hot ganxin, and should not be eaten with walnuts, otherwise it is easy to cause blood fever and bleeding.

Warm tips: Walnuts are not easy to digest, so don't be anxious when you eat, you should chew carefully and swallow slowly, so that you can better absorb.