Water chestnut acts as an excellent coolant for the body. It promotes salivation
and quenches thirst. Being cool, sweet, heavy and bitter, it is effective in controlling
loose motions.
Water chestnuts are a perfect food to form part of a healthy lifestyle. They are
high in nutrients and low in calories and almost fatless. Half a cup of water chestnuts
contains just 0.1 gram fat. All this makes them a healthy food option.
Due to their detoxifying properties, water chestnuts are beneficial for people suffering
from jaundice. Jaundice patients can eat it in raw form or in juice form. It acts
as an excellent tonic for removing toxins from the body.
Since water chestnut contains useful minerals like iodine and manganese, it helps
in maintaining proper functioning of the thyroid gland.
Being rich in polyphenolic and flavonoid antioxidants, water chestnuts possess anti-bacterial,
antiviral, anticancer and antioxidant properties. They help in strengthening the
stomach and the spleen and remove symptoms of weak spleen such as bad taste, insomnia,
feeling sick, fatigue and cancer.
Water chestnut is effective in treating different urine infections.
The extracts of the water chestnut plant are effective in curing the disorders of
nausea and indigestion. Water chestnut juice is a natural remedy for stomach related
problems. The powder gruel of the water chestnut is beneficial for intestines and
for removal of internal heat.
The powder of water chestnuts is effective in
relieving cough. Grind water chestnuts to make powder and consume it with water
or any juice twice a day. This is a natural remedy to provide instant relief from
cough .
The usage of water chestnut either in raw form or in juice form helps
to alleviate the problem of bad appetite in children as well as in adults.
Water chestnuts are just perfect to beat the scorching heat of the summers, thanks
to their excellent cooling properties. They have numerous curative and supplementary
properties as well.
The juice of water chestnut is used to control diarrhea
and dysentery and the fruits are used in treating sore throat, anemia, fractures,
bronchitis and in leprosy.
It helps in treating hypertension during pregnancy
and improves fetal growth. Porridge made from the flour of water chestnut is given
to a pregnant woman after delivery to check haemorrhage. The dried seeds stop bleeding
and treat miscarriage issues in women. It also promotes mammary gland secretion
of milk.
The juice extracted from water chestnuts eliminates the humour of bile and phlegm
and cures plethora. It also increases virility.
Water chestnuts eliminate inflammations
and blood impurities. They are energy boosters which drive away tiredness and check
the flow of blood from wounds.
Water chestnuts are excellent sources of potassium
with one cup providing 362.1 mg potassium. This mineral is vital for proper muscle
and neural functioning. It also regulates water retention and blood pressure by
balancing sodium.
