Chestnut contains starch, vitamins, sugars, and trace elements such as calcium, iron, and potassium. It is not only nutritious but also has high medicinal value. Can chestnut treat gynecological diseases? What are the benefits of chestnut for gynecology?
Can chestnut treat gynecological diseases?
No, it cannot.
Chestnut has a neutral nature and tastes sweet, bitter, and astringent. It has the effects of nourishing the lungs, relieving cough, stopping abnormal vaginal discharge, and reducing frequent urination. It is used for symptoms such as phlegm, cough, white and turbid vaginal discharge, and frequent urination. Gynecological diseases mainly include gynecological inflammation, menstrual disorders, infertility, and sexually transmitted diseases. Chestnut alone has limited therapeutic effects and cannot treat gynecological diseases. It is recommended that patients receive targeted treatment under the diagnosis of a doctor.
What are the benefits of chestnut for gynecology?
Tightening and stopping abnormal vaginal discharge
Chestnut has the effect of tightening and stopping abnormal vaginal discharge. It can be used for symptoms such as turbid vaginal discharge, abnormal vaginal discharge, and frequent urination. It has good efficacy for abnormal vaginal discharge, thin and watery vaginal discharge, and yellow and turbid vaginal discharge.
Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory
Chestnut contains effective ingredients such as chestnut acid and chestnut phenol, which have bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects. They have different degrees of inhibitory effects on various fungi and can assist in the treatment of gynecological inflammation.
How to consume chestnut to treat abnormal vaginal discharge?
Chestnut and tofu stir-fry
Ingredients: 10 chestnuts (without the core), 100g tofu.
Instructions: Wash the chestnuts, cut the tofu into pieces, stew and consume.
Three-nut soup
Ingredients: 10 chestnut kernels, 50g coix seed, 50g wax gourd seed.
Instructions: Boil in water, take half a bowl of soup, consume once a day.
Chicken and chestnut stir-fry
Ingredients: 200g chicken (cut into pieces), 10g chestnuts, 30g Codonopsis pilosula, 10g white atractylodes, 30g Chinese yam, 15g Poria cocos, 30g astragalus root.
Instructions: Cook the soup, remove the residue, drink the soup and eat the meat. Consume once a day.
Precautions when consuming chestnut
1. Avoid eating with carrots
Chestnuts contain abundant vitamins, while carrots contain carotene. Eating them together can destroy the nutritional value of chestnuts.
2. Do not consume excessively
Chestnuts contain certain toxins and should not be consumed excessively to avoid poisoning.
3. Do not consume raw
The skin of chestnuts contains toxins. Consuming them raw can easily lead to poisoning. Cooking them at high temperatures can reduce their toxicity.
Who should not consume chestnuts?
1. Children
Chestnuts are toxic, and poisoning reactions are common in children. Children under the age of five should not consume them.
2. Those with excess heat in the body
People with excess heat in the body should avoid consuming chestnuts to prevent worsening of symptoms such as redness, swelling, and constipation caused by excess heat.
