White radish, root vegetables, Cruciferae radish plants. It has been planted for thousands of years and has been widely used in the fields of diet and Chinese medicine dietotherapy. White radish is a common dish in life, and white radish is a good health product in winter. As the saying goes, "Eating radish in winter and ginger in summer doesn't require a doctor's prescription." Li Shizhen, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica that radish has the effect of "lowering qi, eliminating valley, neutralizing pathogenic heat", so it can just relieve the upset heat in the stomach. So from then on, there was a story of "eating radish in winter", and some even called radish "little ginseng".

Radish is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and other vitamins, especially the content of vitamin C is more than four times that of rhizome. Vitamin C can prevent skin aging, prevent the formation of black spots and keep skin white and tender.

Eating white radish raw can promote digestion, and its spicy ingredients can promote gastric juice secretion, adjust gastrointestinal function, and have a strong anti-inflammatory effect. 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. Cooked, especially stewed with pork and mutton, can replenish qi and smooth qi.

White radish can improve human immunity. White radish contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements. In winter when human resistance is poor, it can improve human resistance and improve the ability to prevent colds.

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 effects.

White radish relieves headaches. If people have headaches caused by nasal congestion or sinusitis or exogenous cold, the natural mustard oil can be quickly absorbed by the nasal mucosa, which has the effect of dredging the nose and promoting blood circulation. You can use a proper amount of white radish in time, cut it into strips and stir it out. If you have a headache on your left side, take a small amount and drop it into your right nostril, and vice versa. Dot twice a day for 4-5 days and it will be effective.

The best partner of white radish

White radish+mutton: resolving phlegm, purging fire, relieving greasy, and complementing mutton nutrition.

White radish+Carassius auratus: warming the middle and lowering qi, strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis.

White radish+tofu: It has the functions of strengthening the spleen, benefiting the stomach and helping digestion, and is suitable for friends with indigestion and diabetic patients.

White radish+pear: moistening lung, clearing heat and resolving phlegm.

White radish+shrimp skin: enhance human immunity, tonify kidney and strengthen yang, and resist premature aging.

White radish+onion: it has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving cough, and treats cold and cold.

Taboos for eating white radish:

Ginseng+white radish, white radish is a cold food, while ginseng is a hot medicinal material. Eating both at the same time will offset the efficacy of ginseng.

White radish+carrot, because carrot contains an enzyme called ascorbic acid, which will destroy vitamin C in white radish.

Citrus+white radish hinders thyroid's iodine intake, and citrus strengthens the inhibition of thiocyanic acid on thyroid.

Do not eat with acidic fruits such as apples and grapes. These fruits will be decomposed by bacteria in the intestine to produce hydroxybenzoic acid and ferulic acid, which will strengthen the ability of thiocyanic acid to inhibit thyroid work, thus inducing goiter.

Generally speaking, the nature of radish is not too strict for ordinary people to eat. For people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, serious weakness of qi and blood, people who have difficulty digesting ordinary food, or people who are pale and lack of energy, it is recommended not to eat white radish.