Water chestnut is a plant of the sedge family Water chestnut, also known as horseshoe, water chestnut, peony, potato, black potato, and bodhi. Creeping rhizomes are slender, stalk-majority, clumpy, straight, slender, cylindrical, 40–100 cm tall and 2–3 mm in diameter.
Water chestnut is mostly planted in paddy fields, growing in wet soil, thin and juicy skin, extremely susceptible to water shrinkage and decay, mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan and other places with shallow water.
The reason why water chestnut cannot be eaten raw is mainly because of ginger flakes.
What is Ginger Slice Worm?
Ginger flakes flukes, referred to as ginger flakes, are large trematodes parasitic in the small intestine of the human body, which can cause ginger flakes disease Ginger flakes adult worms are large, red flesh, the worm body is thick, oval, flattened dorsal abdomen, narrow front and back wide. Experiments have confirmed that ginger flakes can be saced on the surface of the water, and if this is the case in natural water bodies, drinking raw water may cause infection.
Ginger slice worm adult
In China's medical books, there have long been records of "meat worms" and "red worms". The prevalence of gingeriasis is often closely related to the cultivation of aquatic plants and the pig industry. The disease is mainly endemic in Asia, so it is also known as Asian large intestinal flukes.
Pathogenic effects of adult gingeria, including mechanical damage and allergic reactions caused by metabolites of the worm. The suction cups of Ginger flakes are developed and the adsorption force is strong, which can necrosis and shed the adsorbed mucosa, and the intestinal mucosa will be inflamed, punctate bleeding, edema and even ulcers or abscesses will form. People with mild infection may be asymptomatic. Abdominal pain and diarrhea are often often present in the large number of parasites, and manifest indigestion, high stool volume, thin and smelly, or diarrhea alternates with constipation, and even intestinal obstruction occurs. In cases of nutritional deficiency and repeated moderate infection, especially in children, low-grade fever, wasting, anemia, edema, ascites, mental retardation and developmental disorders may occur, and a small number may die of exhaustion and collapse.