What is the medicinal value of chestnut shells

Chestnuts are food we often eat. Many people like to peel the chestnuts and throw away the shells when eating them. In fact, chestnut shells have strong medicinal value. They are rich in vitamins and medicinal substances, and are very effective in treating many diseases. Understanding the medicinal value of chestnut shells can maximize the effectiveness of chestnuts, so what is the medicinal value of chestnut shells?

Chestnut shell has the effects of relieving adverse symptoms, stopping bleeding, relieving cough, resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and removing fire. It is mainly used to treat nausea, epistaxis, bloody stools, etc.

Boiled chestnut shells in water can cure nausea. Burning chestnut shells into charcoal and grinding them into powder can stop bleeding from external injuries. It can be used to treat chronic bronchitis, cough with sputum, whooping cough, lymphadenitis, mumps and other diseases. The chestnut shells after drying and grinding also have a good hemostatic effect.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, chestnuts are sweet and warm in nature, non-toxic, and have the medical effects of strengthening the spleen and liver, and strengthening the body and bones. Regular consumption of it raw can cure weakness in the waist and legs. The shell and bark have an astringent effect. External use of the fresh leaves can treat skin inflammation. The flowers can treat scrofula and diarrhea, and can cure hernia. Chestnuts are often used in folk prescriptions. Eating one to two chestnuts raw every morning and evening can treat kidney deficiency and frequent urination in the elderly. Mashing raw chestnuts into a paste and applying it to the affected area can treat bruises, swelling and pain in the muscles and bones, and it has the effect of relieving pain, stopping bleeding, and absorbing pus.

If we have symptoms of illness such as coughing in our daily life, it is best not to use medication to treat it if the condition is not very serious. This will reduce the body's resistance and easily cause other diseases. Chestnut shells can be used to treat diseases, and patients with chronic bronchitis can also use chestnut shells for treatment.