Want to learn about the medicinal uses of chestnut purée and its amazing healing properties? Continue reading.
Chestnut purée is one of the most delicious autumn treats, but did you know that it also has medicinal properties? Indeed. Before we get to the medicinal uses of chestnut purée, here is a short history of chestnut purée uses for health, how to harvest sweet chestnuts, and how to make chestnut purée for medicinal uses. Let’s go.
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Medicinal Uses of Sweet Chestnuts
In the 14th century, sweet chestnut trees were widely planted around Oltenia (Wallachia) and Moldova monasteries. They soon became a key ingredient in the famous monastic remedies. Nuns used chestnuts to treat rheumatism, frostbite, digestive and intestinal issues, and ailments associated with old age.
Additionally, chestnuts served as a highly nutritious food for those recovering from illness, their rich mineral and vitamin content (resistant to degradation during preparation) providing strong support for rapid healing. Plus, they contain a high content of natural sugars and fats, making them an ideal food for putting on weight.
Harvesting Sweet Chestnuts
Sweet chestnuts (Castanea sativa) are harvested from late September to early November. You can use them fresh for internal use remedies, while dried chestnuts—prepared similarly to horse chestnuts—are highly effective for topical treatments. Now let’s get to the sweet chestnut purée recipe.
How to Make Chestnut Purée for Medicinal Use
Chestnut purée is one of the few heat-processed foods that largely retains the vitamins and minerals of the fresh fruit. To prepare the chestnut purée, wash the sweet chestnuts thoroughly with their shells on, then place them in boiling water and simmer over medium heat for 45 minutes. Do not exceed this time as the tannins from the shells may release, giving an unpleasant bitter taste. Remove the chestnuts from the hot water and peel them while they’re still warm. Then, mash them with a fork or crush them with a wooden pestle. Now the medicinal chestnut purée is ready to use. Here are the most important medicinal uses of chestnut purée.
5 Forgotten Medicinal Uses of Chestnut Purée
- Hemorrhoids, varicose veins, thrombophlebitis – eat a serving of chestnut purée, sweetened with honey and flavored with grated lemon peel (organic), before breakfast and dinner. Continue for several weeks, as this healing purée stimulates intestinal transit and has anti-inflammatory and vascular-toning effects.
- Chronic kidney disease – the vitamins in sweet chestnuts, along with certain compounds in their skin, stimulate kidney activity and help prevent kidney stone formation. Consume a serving of chestnut purée before each meal in courses lasting at least two weeks.
- Indigestion and diarrhea – crush thirty sweet chestnuts (fresh or dried) and simmer them in three cups of water until the liquid reduces to one-third of the original volume. Drink the resulting concentrated decoction in a single shot. This remedy does not use the chestnut purée per se, but makes use of the water in which you boil the chestnuts, which is also healing.
- Convalescence and supporting children’s growth – eat chestnut purée sweetened with raw honey for two weeks. This combination is easy to digest, highly nutritious, and super energizing.
- Frostbite, cold-aggravated rheumatic pain – boil five handfuls of sweet chestnuts in three liters of water until the liquid reduces by half. Strain the resulting decoction and use it as warm as possible to wash the affected areas. Bathe for 10–15 minutes daily until fully healed.
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Chestnut purée has fantastic medicinal uses because it is a superfood, especially when combined with raw honey or maple syrup for a sweet and delicious kick. If you’ve enjoyed rediscovering these forgotten medicinal uses of chestnut purée, please share this remedy so more people learn about it.
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