The dietotherapy of chestnut and officinal value also can weighs top grade. The doctor of traditional Chinese medicine thinks, pleasant of chestnut sex flavour, lukewarm, enter classics of lienal, stomach, kidney, have raise a stomach be good at lienal, the result of filling kidney strong waist, apply to taste frail genu of waist of empty of the queasy, have loose bowels of be caused by, kidney reachs children muscle stomach feebly not be good at etc.

Chestnut, for cupule division plant, its are beautiful, leaf, solid wait to all can be used as medicine.

Li Hua, for the flower of chestnut of cupule division plant. The doctor of traditional Chinese medicine thinks, this moral character flavour is lukewarm, small suffering, acerbity, have be good at lienal stop discharge, medicinal powder the result of knot detumescence,

Li Xie, for the leaf of chestnut of cupule division plant. " contemporary and practical Chinese traditional medicine " its “ is character astringent. External use lacquer sore. ”

Chestnut carapace, for the exocarp of chestnut of cupule division plant. " food a book on Chinese medicine " character of drink of its “ liquor, stop queasy disappear is thirsty. ” " day Hua Ziben is careless " its “ treats word have diarrhoea blood. ”

Chestnut 荴, for the endocarp of chestnut of cupule division plant. " food a book on Chinese medicine " its “ treats word chestnut neck (scrofula) : The midriff inside Li Peng breaks Bao Yi (chestnut 荴) , those who pound apply. ” " detailed outline of a book on Chinese medicine " its “ treats word bone fishbones in pharynx: The pellicle inside chestnut (chestnut 荴) burn put a sex, grind end, in inbreathe pharynx. ”