The efficacy and function of chestnut

Although Western medicine and Western drugs are more common nowadays, people still often believe that diseases can only be cured by taking Chinese medicine, because Chinese medicine can cure the root cause. Chestnut is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s take a look at some common knowledge about chestnut.

[Other names] Chestnut, hairy chestnut shell, chestnut tree, big chestnut

[Source] Castanea mollissima Blume [C. bungeana Blume] of the Fagaceae family, its fruit, inflorescence, cupule, bark, root bark and leaves are used as medicine.

【Habitat distribution】 Liaoning, Shaanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Guangxi.

[Chemical composition] The fruit contains sugars, starch, protein, fat, vitamin B, etc.

【Nature and flavor】Fruit: sweet, warm.

【Functions and indications】Fruit: nourishes yin and tonifies the kidney. Mainly used to treat kidney deficiency and low back pain. Take 2 to 4 liang each time.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

Through the above introduction, I found that chestnuts have so many pharmacological effects and are also effective in treating some diseases. In fact, there may be many "treasures" around our lives, but most of the time we don’t have a heart that is good at discovering them.