Chestnuts - the king of dried fruits that prevent many diseases

There are many ways to use chestnuts to give us nutritious dishes, especially for the elderly, weak, with back pain, tired knees, to help us live long.

Chestnuts, whose Chinese name is Kha thu dai tuc, Ban lop is used as a nutritious food that can prevent and cure diseases and restore health. Therefore, they are also called "fruit of the spleen", "fruit of the kidney" and "king of dried fruits" that can replace food.

There are many ways to use chestnuts to give us nutritious dishes, especially for the elderly, weak, with back pain, tired knees, to help us live long.

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Fresh raw chestnuts are delicious but can cause bloating.

Dry chestnuts (not sun-dried) and put them in a cloth bag or a ventilated bamboo basket. The taste is also very delicious. There is experience using wind-dried chestnuts to treat swollen lymph nodes and neck tumors with the role of increasing resistance.

Roasted chestnuts are a rustic snack in the habit of people eating snacks in the evening on cold days, providing slow-absorbing starch sugars that are very beneficial for a snack during the day.

Crushed chestnuts can be used to make porridge, sweet soup, and cakes.

Chestnuts are stewed in dishes with animal foods (such as lotus seeds, cashews, almonds...), stewed with ovals to nourish the kidneys, stewed with the lungs to nourish the lungs...

Sweet and fatty braised chestnuts with beef for weight loss.

Stir-fried chestnuts with shredded qi is a familiar dish of Suzhou people (China).

Sauteed chestnuts with sugar were a favorite dish of Empress Dowager Cixi.

Eating hot chestnuts will be softer, sweeter, and more fragrant, but not as sweet and cool as when eaten cold.

Some dishes to prevent and treat diseases using chestnuts:

Laxative, expectorant, regulates stomach function:250g chestnuts, 500g lean pork, enough spices. Simmer until soft. Eat with rice. Good for chronic bronchitis, little phlegm.

Nourishes kidney qi, strengthens the spleen and stomach, and strengthens tendons and bones. Used for people with weak spleen and stomach, edema, and postpartum women:150g chestnuts, young rooster, take only the body (remove head, neck, legs), 1 egg, 30g water powder, 0.75 liter of boiled meat water. Seasoning: soy sauce, onion and ginger.

Nourish the kidneys, blood, spleen and stomach:For people with kidney failure, insomnia or forgetfulness: 200g chestnuts, 5 shiitake mushrooms, 1 young pigeon. Seasoning: 2 small bowls of meat broth, 1 teaspoon of wine, 1 teaspoon of ginger juice, a little pepper, sesame oil, soy sauce. Marinate the pigeon meat with spices. Fry it and then put everything in to simmer until cooked.

Nourishing yin and moistening dryness, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the muscles. For people with yin deficiency, long-term cough, dry skin, weak back and knees: 150g chestnuts, 20g lily, 15g Chinese clematis, 100g lean meat, 1 fresh fish 250g. Fry the fish until golden brown, then add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 2 hours, season with spices.

Nourishes the spleen and kidneys, cures poor digestion, back pain, weak knees, and prevents tumors.100g chestnuts, 200g lion's mane mushrooms, 10g wine, 5g ginger, 10g onion, 15g sugar, 10g soy sauce, 35g vegetable oil. Saute onion and ginger, add wine and soy sauce, stir well, then add chestnuts and mushrooms, a little water. Bring to a boil, then simmer until tender, season with spices. Serve with rice.

Nourish kidney qi, strengthen teeth: 100g chestnuts, 100g rice, 100g rock sugar, 1 liter of water. Roast the chestnuts until fragrant, crush them, add rock sugar. Cook whole grain rice or grind into powder, add roasted chestnut powder to the porridge and eat.

Blood stasis and blocked meridians prevent ejaculation, causing dull groin pain:100g chestnuts, 200g cabbage. Chicken broth, wine, sugar, spices. Steam chestnuts with chicken broth, soy sauce until tender. Stir-fry cabbage until golden brown, then remove and dip in boiling water to remove excess oil. Cook all ingredients into soup. Add flour to thicken. Eat every other day.

Whooping cough treatment (coughing spells): Chestnuts 30g, squash meat 30g, corn silk 6g, rock sugar 30g. Boil 500ml of water to get 250ml of water mixed with rock sugar to drink, once a day for 10 - 15 consecutive days.

Nourishing the five internal organs, deficient qi, strengthening tendons and bones:For the elderly, weak, anemic. 100g chestnuts, 100g chicken eggs, simmer chestnuts until soft then crack eggs in, season to taste.

Skin care, beauty care, treatment of high blood fat, jaundice, cough, edema: 300g chestnuts, 100g red dates, 300g pig's front leg (chopped), a little wine, soy sauce, ginger and onion spices... Put all together with enough water to simmer until done, season and cook until tender. You can skim off the fat to reduce the fat before eating.

How to peel chestnuts to get the kernels for food and medicine: If roasting chestnuts, use a knife to make a cut on the chestnut first. When roasting, the shell will crack and be easy to peel.

If you boil it, add a little cooking oil to the water first so the chestnut shell will be softer and easier to peel.

Chestnuts are warm, sweet, and very nutritious (tonifies qi, spleen, lungs, and kidneys), so the ancients also said that chestnuts have the same effects as codonopsis and astragalus. Therefore, chestnuts are popular for chronic patients and those in recovery. However, they should not be overused because they will cause stagnation, indigestion, and bloating. Some documents advise people with diabetes not to eat foods containing chestnuts (?)

Nowadays, chestnuts are used as a nutritious food to prevent and treat high blood fat, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and heart disease. They are effective in treating mouth ulcers, tongue ulcers, and lip ulcers (due to lack of vitamin B, especially B2). Chestnuts prevent and treat osteoporosis, impotence, and cancer...

According to Health and Life