White radish is a common vegetable, which can be eaten raw or cooked. It tastes slightly spicy. Modern research believes that white radish contains mustard oil, amylase and crude fiber, which has the functions of promoting digestion, stimulating appetite, accelerating gastrointestinal peristalsis, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Chinese medicine theory also thinks that it is sweet in taste and cool in nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It is a good food therapy, which can treat or adjuvant treat many diseases. Compendium of Materia Medica calls it "the most beneficial vegetable". Therefore, white radish has certain medicinal value in clinic.

First, digestion: people with indigestion, bloating, indigestion and poor appetite can drink raw juice; Nausea and vomiting, acid regurgitation and chronic dysentery can all be chopped, fried with honey and chewed carefully; Constipation, can cook; Mouth ulcer, you can rinse your mouth with juice.

Second, cough and expectoration when breathing. It is best to chop honey and cook it carefully. Pharyngolaryngitis, tonsillitis, hoarseness and aphonia can be taken with ginger juice; For nosebleeds, you can bring some warm clothes with raw juice and wine, or you can pour juice into your nose; Hemoptysis, cooked with mutton and crucian carp; In order to prevent colds, you can cook food.

Third, the urinary system, all kinds of urinary calculi, dysuria, can be taken orally with sliced honey; All kinds of edema can be taken with radish floating wheat soup.

Fourth, other aspects of beauty can be cooked; Athlete's foot, wash with decoction; Detoxification, hangover or gas poisoning can be used, or decoction with leaves can be used to drink juice; The joints in Tongli can be cooked.

Five, white radish can promote digestion, in addition to helping digestion, there is a strong anti-inflammatory effect, and its spicy ingredients can promote the secretion of gastric juice and regulate gastrointestinal function. In addition, white radish juice also has antitussive effect. Pour half a cup of sugar water into a glass bottle, then fill the bottle with shredded white radish and leave it overnight to get white radish juice.

Of course, it should be reminded that white radish is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, such as people with thin stools, so it should be reduced. It is also worth noting that this product should not be eaten when taking ginseng tonic drugs, so as not to affect the curative effect. Radish can be eaten raw, fried, medicinal, cooked, or boiled in soup, mashed into juice, or externally applied to the affected area. It is suitable for cooking, mixing and soup making, and can also be used as ingredients and decorations.

There are many kinds of radishes. Raw food is better, with more juice and less spicy taste. People who don't like cold food at ordinary times had better eat cooked food.

White radish should be eaten raw, but it should be noted that it should not be eaten within half an hour after eating to prevent its effective components from being diluted by other things.

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The appropriate dosage is 50 ~ 80g per meal.

Nutritionist analysis

White radish is the most common food on the table of ordinary people, which is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, amylase, oxidase, manganese and other elements. In recent years, radish has been considered to have anti-cancer effect, one of the reasons is that it is rich in vitamin A, which can resist the growth of cancer cells. In addition, glucoamylase can decompose nitrosamines in other foods, thus playing an anti-cancer role. It has dietotherapy effect on chest distress, asthma, anorexia, cough and phlegm.

Relevant people are generally edible.

1. Radish is cold and good for the intestines. People with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency should eat carefully or eat less; When gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, chronic gastritis, simple goiter, threatened abortion, uterine prolapse and other patients do not eat.

Nutritional analysis

1. Enhance immune function:

Radish is rich in vitamin C and trace element zinc, which helps to enhance the body's immune function and improve disease resistance.

2. Help digestion:

Mustard oil in radish can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, increase appetite and help digestion;

3. Help nutrient absorption:

Amylase in radish can decompose starch and fat in food and make it fully absorbed;

4. Anti-cancer:

Radish contains lignin, which can improve the vitality of macrophages and devour cancer cells. In addition, radish contains a variety of enzymes, which can decompose carcinogenic ammonium nitrite and have anti-cancer effect.

Eating white radish should not be eaten with carrots, oranges, persimmons, ginseng and American ginseng.

The therapeutic effect of radish is sweet, pungent and cool, and enters the lungs, stomach, lungs and intestines;

It can clear away heat, promote fluid production, cool blood, stop bleeding, lower qi, relieve exterior syndrome, promote digestion, relieve stagnation, stimulate appetite, strengthen spleen, regulate qi and eliminate phlegm;

Mainly used for abdominal distension, anorexia, abdominal pain, cough and excessive phlegm.

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