The nutritional function of Bok.

Eleocharis tuberosa is sweet and crisp, rich in nutrition, and contains protein, fat, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, iron, calcium, phosphorus and carbohydrates. It can be eaten raw, cooked, made into starch and used as Chinese medicine. The phosphorus content of water chestnut is the highest in root vegetables, which can promote human growth and maintain physiological functions, and is of great benefit to the development of teeth and bones. At the same time, it can promote the metabolism of sugar, fat and protein in the body and adjust the acid-base balance. Therefore, water chestnut is suitable for children to eat. In the study of water chestnut in Britain, an antibacterial component-water chestnut was found, which is not heat-resistant. This substance shows that water chestnut is sweet and crisp, rich in nutrition, and contains protein, fat, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, iron, calcium, phosphorus and carbohydrates. It can be eaten raw, cooked, made into starch and used as Chinese medicine. The phosphorus content of water chestnut is the highest in root vegetables, which can promote human growth and maintain physiological functions, and is of great benefit to the development of teeth and bones. At the same time, it can promote the metabolism of sugar, fat and protein in the body and adjust the acid-base balance. Therefore, water chestnut is suitable for children to eat. In the study of water chestnut in Britain, an antibacterial component-water chestnut was found, which is not heat-resistant. This substance has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and also has a certain effect on lowering blood pressure. This substance also has preventive and therapeutic effects on lung cancer, esophageal cancer and breast cancer. Water chestnut also has the function of preventing acute infectious diseases. In the spring when measles and meningitis are more likely to occur, water chestnut is a good food for disease prevention. Water chestnut belongs to cold food, which has a good effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. It can not only clear away heat and promote fluid production, but also supplement nutrition, which is most suitable for patients with fever. It has the effects of cooling blood, detoxicating, promoting diuresis, relaxing bowels, resolving phlegm, promoting digestion, and relieving flatulence, and can regulate hemorrhoid or dysentery, hematochezia, metrorrhagia and metrorrhagia, female metrorrhagia, lung dryness due to yin deficiency, cough due to phlegm heat, sore throat, lump accumulation, and red eyes.