As the saying goes:? Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer? October radish and ginseng? . In winter, due to the reduction of people's daily activities, the body is prone to heat and phlegm. Eating more white radish can help digestion, eliminate phlegm and stop coughing. Radish is a seasonal fruit and vegetable in winter. Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in Ming Dynasty, called radish? Who is the most beneficial among vegetables? . Eat radish when eating greasy and fat food, which can turn qi into stagnation; Most patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and gout belong to damp-heat phlegm stagnation, and radish is beneficial to reduce turbidity; Abdominal distension, constipation, eating radish can promote qi and relieve constipation; If you have symptoms such as sore throat, dry throat, jealousy, tinnitus, dizziness and acne, eating radish can reduce the fire that floats.

Modern research shows that radish has high nutritional value and is rich in carbohydrates, vitamins and trace elements, among which the content of vitamin C is 8 ~10 times higher than that of pear. In the winter when the human body's resistance is poor, it can improve the human body's resistance and improve the ability to prevent cold infection and get sick. Enzymes contained in radish can absorb starch in food, dissolve accumulated food in the stomach, play a good role in helping digestion and prevent stomach pain and gastric ulcer. It can be seen that the therapeutic effect of radish can not be underestimated.

So, how to make radish is delicious? Let's recommend several common practices of radish.

First, stewed mutton with white radish

Practice: Take 250 grams of mutton, soak it in clear water to remove blood, wash the cooking wine and ginger slices for half an hour, pour them into a casserole, add water to boil and simmer for half an hour; Then, 250g of white radish is cut into rotary knives, boiled in water, poured out, added into the mutton soup, salted, and continued to be stewed with low fire until the radish and mutton are cooked and rotten, and appropriate amount of salt is added.

Efficacy: Mutton has the functions of nourishing spleen and kidney, strengthening bones and muscles, and resisting cold, while mutton is easy to produce phlegm or get angry, and with cool radish, it can play the role of eliminating phlegm and removing fire.

Note: Not suitable for damp-heat, hyperactive liver fire and phlegm-dampness constitution.

Second, cold radish slices

Practice: Cut the radish into slices and add salt, Chili powder, garlic, sugar, white vinegar, sesame oil and some shredded ginger according to your own taste. You can also add some jellyfish silk to the shredded radish, which is more delicious. Standing dishes in winter.

Efficacy: appetizing and refreshing.

Third, radish porridge

Practice: about 250 grams of fresh radish, washed and cut into small pieces, with stem rice 100 grams, add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge, and add a small amount of salt to taste after cooking (it is best not to put oil).

Efficacy: relieving cough and resolving phlegm, promoting digestion and promoting digestion, quenching thirst and relieving bloating.