Water Chestnut

The water chestnut is a member of the family of plants known as water chestnuts. Its Latin name is Trapa pseudoincisa Nakai (T. komarovii V. Vassil, T. korchinskyi V. Vassil P. P).

The Latin name of the water chestnut family is Trapaceae Dumort. (Hydrocaryaceae Raimaim).

Description of the Water Chestnut

The water chestnut is an annual aquatic plant. The leaf blade is triangular, and the underside of the veins is covered with hairs. The swim bladder of the water chestnut is quite narrow and located at the top of the petiole. The fruits of this plant lack pits or large protrusions; they are most often two-horned, but can sometimes be three-horned. The fruits are approximately three to four centimeters wide at the top, and approximately one and a half centimeters tall without the neck. The upper horns are horizontal or slightly upward-angled, with tubercles in place of the lower horns. The neck is three to four millimeters high, and the diameter is approximately three millimeters.

The flowering season of the false-incised water nut occurs in late August or early September. In the wild, this plant is found in the Primorsky region of the Russian Far East. Its general distribution includes Korea, Japan, and northern and northeastern China. It prefers stagnant freshwater. Description of the medicinal properties of the false-cut water nut

The false-cut water nut has very valuable medicinal properties, and its fruits and juice are recommended for medicinal purposes. These valuable medicinal properties are attributed to the plant’s content of the following flavonoids: quercetin, kaempferol, neorutin, and isoquercetin.

In folk medicine, this plant is quite widespread. The fruits of the water nut are recommended as astringent, astringent, antispasmodic, tonic, nourishing, choleretic, and sedative. The juice of these fruits has very effective antiseptic properties. This water nut juice is recommended for gonorrhea, stomatitis, eye inflammation, snake and scorpion bites, leucorrhoea, and alcohol poisoning.

In addition, the fruits of this plant are recommended for anemia, and the pulp of the water nut is used for urinary incontinence and wet dreams as a very effective sedative and antispasmodic. However, it should be remembered that taking such remedies based on the water nut in large doses can also lead to impotence. The fruits of this plant are also used for fevers due to their valuable diaphoretic properties. Furthermore, they can be used as a choleretic, as well as for sunstroke and urinary retention.

It should be noted that the chemical composition of the false-cut water nut has not yet been fully studied. Therefore, new uses for the highly valuable medicinal properties of this plant may emerge, which should be attributed to the plant’s extensive medicinal potential.

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False-cut water nut