Chinese medicine believes that radish is cool. Li Shizhen, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, said in Compendium of Materia Medica that radish has the effect of "lowering qi, eliminating valley and neutralizing pathogenic heat", so it can just relieve upset heat in the stomach. Ginger tastes pungent and warm, and has many functions such as dispelling cold and sweating, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, regulating stomach and stopping vomiting. The phrase "eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer" does not mean that you only eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer. In fact, radish and ginger can be eaten all year round, but we should eat more radish in winter and ginger in summer.
What is the reason for "eating radish in winter and ginger in summer"
First, because of the climate. In summer, the climate is hot and the sun is shining outside. At the same time, the sun heat in the house is actually less, such as the cooling of well water in summer and the well water heat in winter is a good example. In summer, the human body is prone to diarrhea, because the yang is in the exterior and the stomach is cold. In winter, the situation is just the opposite. The yang is inward, and it is in a collection state. There is insufficient yang outside, but the yang is accumulated in the house, so it is cold and geothermal. Corresponding to people, it means "the yang is in the stomach, and the stomach is annoyed." In short, in summer, yang is on the exterior and stomach is cold. Eating ginger can warm the stomach and strengthen the spleen; In winter, the yang is here and the stomach is hot. Eating radish can clear away accumulated heat.
On the other hand, people's eating habits. Because of the hot summer, people are prone to be greedy for cold and drink cold drinks. Eating too cold and blowing air conditioner too cold for too long will easily damage the yang of the spleen and stomach. Drinking a little ginger soup at this time can play the role of dispelling cold and relieving summer heat, appetizing and stopping diarrhea; In winter, people are used to tonic, relatively less activity, and phlegm heat is easy to appear in the body. At this time, eating radish has the functions of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, resolving food stagnation and eliminating abdominal distension.
How to eat radish in winter and ginger in summer?
Recommend the following dietotherapy methods:
1
Vinegar ginger
Soak ginger in vinegar 3 slices a day. Slice ginger, put the sliced ginger into a glass bottle, pour rice vinegar or aged vinegar, seal it, and put it in the refrigerator for one week. Three tablets a day.
Efficacy: Warming stomach and dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. Long-term consumption will have a better effect.
2
Ginger dessert store
Cut 5 slices of ginger with skin, put them in boiling water, and add brown sugar to make tea after 3 minutes. Function: relieving exterior syndrome and sweating, dispelling cold and relieving pain; Ginger milk: ginger juice 1 spoon, 200 ml fresh milk, and appropriate amount of brown sugar. Mix ginger juice, milk and brown sugar evenly, and stew in water to drink.
Efficacy: Warm stomach, tonify middle warmer, dispel cold and soothe the nerves.
three
Hawthorn leaves, Solanum nigrum and radish.
Hawthorn 10g, cloth residue leaf 10g, Solanum nigrum 6g, radish 1g, candied dates1g. Peel radish, cut into small pieces, wash the above materials, add 1500 ml water, add the above materials after boiling, simmer for 1 hr, and add salt to taste.
Efficacy: digestion and accumulation, phlegm and qi. The combination of the three materials is very helpful for the prevention and treatment of winter food accumulation cold and seasonal influenza.
four
Boiled Bai Bei with white radish and soybeans
500g of white radish, 50g of soybean and Bai Bei100g. Wash the above materials, add water 1500 ml, first boil soybeans for 30min, then add white radish for 20min, add salt to taste, and finally put them in Bai Bei for 0/0min before eating.
Efficacy: clearing heat and diuresis. Soybean and white radish have a good effect of clearing away heat and diuresis, which can relieve alcoholism. Bai Bei can nourish yin. The combination of the three ingredients is helpful to relieve symptoms such as burning throat, oral ulcer and dry mouth, and has certain effects of protecting liver and relieving alcoholism.