Water chestnut helps reduce blood pressure and blood fat.
Chemical composition: lotus root contains protein, lipid, carbohydrate, cholesterol, dietary fiber, calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, copper, magnesium, zinc, selenium; vitamins A, B, B, B, C, D, E, K, carotene, folacin...
The tubers are the tubers of the Zizania latifolia Turcz plant. Zizania is grown throughout our country. The edible part of the shoots is the swelling that forms a mass at the base of these shoots due to the action of a parasitic anthracnose fungus Ustilago esculentum Hennings or sulage viridis, commonly called the tuber. Zizania is mainly grown for its tubers, which are eaten as vegetables when young. It has a pleasant taste and is delicious. It can be eaten raw or stir-fried with meat or cooked in soup.
Chemical composition: lotus root contains protein, lipid, carbohydrate, cholesterol, dietary fiber, calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, copper, magnesium, zinc, selenium; vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C, D, E, K, carotene, folacin, pantothenic acid, niacin.
Eating water chestnuts regularly can prevent high blood pressure and reduce blood fat.
Modern medicine believes that regularly eating lotus root can prevent high blood pressure, prevent atherosclerosis, and especially has a certain therapeutic effect on cirrhosis of the liver and high blood urea. According to Oriental medicine, lotus root is sweet and cool, its roots, branches, and seeds are used as medicine, with the effect of clearing heat and eliminating annoyance, producing fluid and quenching thirst, regulating the intestines and stomach, promoting urination and defecation, and stimulating milk production. Japanese scientists have recently researched and discovered that lotus root has the effect of whitening, moisturizing, and whitening the skin to beautify the face.
Some dishes and medicines from lotus root
Mixed lotus root:500g of lotus root, 25g of cooked ham, 1 egg, sesame oil, salt, MSG, white sugar, and ground pepper. Peel the lotus root, boil it, remove it, and drain. Beat the egg and fry it in a pan until very thin. Place it on a plate. Cut the lotus root into long strips, and mix the ham and fried egg in a bowl. Then add fish sauce, MSG, sugar, ground pepper, and sesame oil to the lotus root bowl and mix well. This dish is very good for people with high blood pressure.
Water chestnut porridge:100g water chestnut, 50g minced pork, 100g rice. 25g soaked shiitake mushrooms, salt, MSG, sesame oil. Clean and cut water chestnut into strips, slice shiitake mushrooms into strips, put sesame oil in a pan and heat, add minced meat then add water chestnut, shiitake mushrooms, salt, MSG and stir-fry until fragrant, scoop into a bowl. Wash rice, add water and cook porridge, when the porridge is done, add the bowl of stir-fried pork and shiitake mushrooms and stir well, bring to a boil. This dish is good for people with diabetes..
Stir-fried water chestnuts with meat:
200g lotus root, 100g lean pork, 50g carrot, fresh ginger, salt, garlic, onion, MSG. Wash and chop onion and ginger, wash and peel garlic and slice. Wash lotus root, slice; peel and wash carrot, slice, put in boiling water for a while. After washing lean meat, remove all tendons, slice. Put oil in a pot, heat, add onion and garlic, sauté until fragrant, then add lean meat, lotus root, carrot and stir-fry together, after stir-frying, season with salt, MSG and mix well. This dish has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, suitable for people with heat-prone prostatitis.
Note: People with urinary tract stones, abdominal pain, diarrhea, spleen and stomach deficiency, and impotence should not eat lotus root. Do not eat lotus root with honey.
According to Health & Life - NT
