First of all, we need to understand why we eat carrots in winter. In winter, the climate is cold, but indoor doors and windows are closed, and there is generally heating and air conditioning. If the doors and windows are closed all winter, the room is not only stuffy and humid, but also prone to illness. Therefore, even in the cold winter, it is necessary to open the window properly every day for ventilation, which is beneficial to health. In the same way, so is the human body. It is freezing in winter, and the skin, pores and hair follicles on the surface of the human body are in a state of contraction. At this time, the yang in the body is rampant. At the same time, because people's outdoor activities are reduced, the chances of sweating and heat dissipation are reduced, and they often eat a lot of hot food such as mutton because of cold, which is easy to cause excessive internal heat, indigestion and qi stagnation. At this time, if you eat some cool radish in moderation, you can not only cool off the summer heat, but also relax your spleen and stomach, eliminate food accumulation and guide stagnation.
To put it simply, eating radish in winter and ginger in summer is to take advantage of the cold and hot nature of these two foods and coordinate with the cold and hot nature of the season to regulate yin and yang, so that those who are hot are cold and those who are cold are hot. Radish has the function of promoting digestion and reducing qi, and is effective for tracheitis and cough. Lignin and spicy ingredients contained in radish have the function of preventing cancer and are rich in vitamins. Radish can also relieve constipation, resist bacteria, lower cholesterol, prevent gallstones, and prevent hypertension and coronary heart disease. Radish contains radish acid. Eating raw shredded radish and sugar can help you quit smoking.
Radish juice can relieve stuffy nose and sore throat.
Radish contains a certain amount of mustard, which makes radish contain a natural spicy taste, and radish itself has anti-inflammatory function. For people with sore throat and stuffy nose caused by cold in winter, radish can be used to solve these annoying problems. You can shred the white radish and squeeze it into juice, prepare a piece of gauze, put the white radish juice on the gauze, or stick a cotton ball in the juice to plug your nostrils.
Repeat this for 2 3 times, about 5 minutes each time, and the symptoms of nasal congestion will naturally be alleviated.
People with sore throat can make some "radish candy" by themselves, cut the radish into small pieces, marinate it with appropriate amount of honey, and then take it out after it floats in the honey. Every time I have a sore throat, I will get some relief.
Drink white radish leaf tea for beauty
Maybe many people haven't heard that eating radish can beautify, but according to Chinese medicine. Making tea with radish leaves is good for skin care. Chinese medicine believes that white radish can "benefit the five internal organs, make people white and clean muscles." White radish has this function because it is rich in vitamin C. Vitamin C is an antioxidant, which can inhibit melanin synthesis, prevent fat oxidation and prevent lipofuscin deposition. Therefore, eating white radish often can make the skin white and delicate.
White radish leaves are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and other vitamins, especially the content of vitamin C is more than 4 times that of roots. Vitamin C can prevent skin aging, prevent the formation of dark spots and keep skin white and tender. In addition, both vitamin A and vitamin C have antioxidant effects, which can prevent aging and arteriosclerosis.
In addition to vitamins, the dietary fiber content in white radish is very considerable, especially the plant fiber contained in leaves is rich. These plant fibers can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, eliminate constipation and detoxify, thus improving rough skin and acne.
Run Fei zhi ke hangover and smoke exhaust
Radish is cool and has a certain effect of moistening lung and relieving cough. Especially in winter, people often have symptoms such as excessive phlegm and lung discomfort. Eat some radishes properly, and you can get adjuvant treatment. Raw radish is a method, which is cool and rich in water, diuretic and healthy. At the same time, making some rock sugar radishes is particularly effective.
White radish contains nutrients, which helps to enhance human immune function. Radish is rich in vitamin C and trace element zinc, which helps to enhance human immune function and improve disease resistance. Mustard oil in radish can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, increase appetite and help digestion; Finally, the starch in the radish? It can decompose starch and fat in food and make it fully absorbed.
Besides being suitable for smokers, radish is also a good hangover remedy. What is the starch in white radish? High acetaldehyde content can help digestion, prevent heartburn and accelerate acetaldehyde excretion. Vitamin C contained in white radish can also improve the function of liver and promote the decomposition of acetaldehyde. In addition, white radish contains 9 1.7% water, which can dilute the concentration of alcohol and avoid hangover. White radish is cool and refreshing, and its own smell and taste can also play a certain role in refreshing the brain, thus alleviating the discomfort caused by alcohol.
Generally speaking, it is best to eat raw radish to sober up. You can also choose to make sweet and sour radish or white radish ginger juice. Sweet and sour radish mixed with sweet and sour is the best. The practice of white radish ginger juice is to mix white radish juice with a piece of ginger juice and mix it with a certain proportion of water for drinking. It can not only treat drunkenness, but also play a certain role in warming and nourishing the stomach.
Carrots are not "radishes", but still have wonderful uses.
There are many varieties of radishes, such as white radishes, carrots and green radishes. But carrots, commonly known as carrots, are not included in winter supplements. Anyway, I believe we have heard an old saying that carotene is called "little ginseng". Modern research shows that carrots are rich in lignin. Feeding mice with this lignin can obviously inhibit tumor growth and increase macrophage activity.
Carrots, as a kind of home-cooked food, are crispy and delicious, and rich in nutrients, such as sugar, fat, volatile oil, carotene, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, anthocyanins, calcium, iron and so on. Carrots are not only nutritious, but also carrot juice can remove spots and whiten skin. Below, the author also lists the effects of several carrots for everyone.
Carrots are rich in vitamin A, the famous carotene, and its molecular structure is actually relative to two connected vitamin A molecules. After entering the body, they pass through the mucosa of the liver and small intestine. 50% of them become vitamin A, which is an essential substance for the normal development of bones and is beneficial to the reproduction and development of cells.