Is it a gourd or a truth

It's all gourd. Euryaleferox (scientific name: euryaleferox:

Nymphaeaceae is an annual aquatic herb. Submerged leaves arrow-shaped or elliptic kidney-shaped, floating leaves leathery, elliptic kidney-shaped to rounded, petioles and peduncles stout, purple inner surface of flowers; Sepals lanceolate, petals purplish-red, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, berries spherical, purplish-red, seeds spherical, black. It blooms in July-August and bears fruit in August-September.

It is distributed in the northern and southern provinces of China and grows in ponds, lakes and marshes. The seeds contain starch and are used for eating, brewing and making non-staple foods; For medicinal purposes, the function is to nourish the spleen and kidney, and astringent essence. The whole grass is pig feed and can be used as green manure.

It should be read as a seed.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this product is sweet, astringent and flat, enters the spleen, kidney, and heart meridian, and has the function of tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, strengthening the kidney and astringent essence.

In traditional Chinese medicine, there is only gourd, not cishi.

Let's make it. Everybody's opinion tells that person that you're right.

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Seeds, also known as: chicken head rice, chicken head lotus, chicken head lotus, thorn lotus root, false lotus root, Hunan root, Latin name: euryale ferox

The seed kernel of the water lily family, the seed of the genus Rhizome. According to historical data, it was first seen in the "Shennong's Materia Medica", which is regarded as the top grade of longevity, and it is believed that it has the functions of "tonifying the middle, removing heat stroke, benefiting the essence, strengthening the will, and making the ears and eyes smart".

The Compendium of Materia Medica believes that it can "quench thirst and benefit the kidneys, cure urine inhibition, spermatozoa, white turbidity, and bring down". Modern studies have shown that it contains a large number of nutrients that are beneficial to the human body, such as protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins B1, B2, C, crude fiber, carotene, etc., and is easy to digest.

There are two types: raw and fried

It is mainly used to tonify the kidney, and is sold in the market and online. The stir-fried gourd is mainly to strengthen the spleen and appetize. Stir-fried seeds are generally sold in pharmacies, strengthening the spleen, collecting astringency, dry products, because when stir-frying, wheat bran should be added, and a certain degree of heat should be mastered, and it is inconvenient to make at home.

In terms of the best quality of the seeds, the average quality of the seeds is relatively cheap.

The best quality is more expensive, and the wholesale ** is even cheaper. Due to the quality problems of many agricultural products in the past few years, everyone should pay attention to buying pesticide residue-free and metal-free seeds, which are generally best bought in regular pharmacies, so that they can be eaten safely and securely.