Is there one called iron water chestnut? What is the effect

Yes, it is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica". Its taste is sweet and warm, it has the effect of dispelling rheumatism, facilitating urination, reducing swelling and poison, and can treat joint pain, muscle numbness, diarrhea, dysentery, edema, gonorrhea, boils, swelling and poison, scrofula, hemorrhoids and other diseases.

Iron water chestnut refers to the general tube of the large-leaf snake, which has the effect of dampness and stomach, detoxification and sores;

Growth environment: born in the understory or grass, distributed in Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

Medicinal properties: the stem is square, the whole plant is hairy, the leaves are opposite, elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, the apex is acutely pointed or acute, the edge is coarsely serrate, the base is narrowed, and the petiole is extended downward; The leaves have hyaline glandular spots on the back, conical umbels, opposite to the axils of the leaves or the apical at the end of the plant; The bracts are lanceolate.

1. Astringent blood circulation, treatment of hemorrhoidal fistula, removal of rheumatism, release of cold, dispersal of congestion, external application to treat burns.

2. Treat poison attack on swollen hands and feet, pain and break: knotweed root, file, boil, suitable for cold and temperature to stain feet.

3. Treatment of gallstones: one or two knotweed, soaked and taken, such as jaundice, can be combined with each other and soaked with money grass.

4. Treat the five showers: the bitter cane does not remember how much, it is the end. I drink it with rice for two dollars per serving and am particular about the case.

5. Treatment of intestinal hemorrhoids: knotweed root, wash off the skin, file and roast, pound and sieve, honey pills such as red beans, and drink old rice.

6. Treatment of red and white dysentery: 9 grams of sauerkraut stem, 9 grams of Shou Wu, 9 grams of black camellia, 6 grams of azure ground white, decoction water mixed with old brown sugar to eat.

7. Carbuncle pain: sauerkraut stalks, rhubarb (sheep's feet) are the end, and strong tea is used externally.

8. Treatment of subacute jaundice infectious hepatitis: 30 grams of knotweed, 60 grams of corns, 1 dose per day.

9. Treatment of cold and damp jaundice: 30 grams of knotweed, desmodium, and banlan root powder, decoction in water.

10. Treatment of hemorrhoids and bleeding: 9 grams of knotweed, honeysuckle (honeysuckle tea), and acacia flowers, decoction in water.

Efficacy and function.

Detoxify and cure sores, tonify the spleen and invigorate qi.

1. Detoxification and treatment of sores: water chestnut can clear internal heat and has detoxification effect; It can effectively detoxify alcohol, if it causes bitter mouth, polydipsia and sore throat due to alcoholism, it can be carried out with water chestnut powder**. Water chestnut can also alleviate ** disease, and is often used for ** pediatric head sores, head and face yellow sores, ** warts and other ** diseases.

2. Nourish the spleen and invigorate qi: water chestnut is good for the health of the spleen and stomach, can tonify the spleen and stomach, strengthen the body, and also have a certain effect of invigorating qi. 3、****：

Water chestnut is not high in calories, basically does not contain fat, and is a very low-calorie food. Water chestnut is rich in minerals and fiber, which can speed up intestinal peristalsis, help improve intestinal function and promote food digestion.

Precautions. Suitable for.

People with spleen deficiency, lack of food, fatigue, and nausea.

Contraindicated. People with spleen and stomach deficiency, loose stools, diarrhea, kidney yang deficiency, colds, and allergies should not eat together.

Bitter gourd water chestnut is cold in nature, and it should not be eaten with bitter gourd, because bitter gourd is also a cold food, and eating the two together will aggravate the cold in the body.