In many parts of our country, especially in the vast rural areas, there are proverbs such as "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, without the doctor's prescription" and "radish and ginseng". This is because radish has a strong function of promoting qi circulation, and can also relieve cough and phlegm, remove dryness and promote fluid production, cool and detoxify, and facilitate urination and defecation. In winter, radish was put into the basket by everyone, which became an indispensable diet food for ordinary people. There are many ways to eat radish, which can be used to make dishes and eaten raw as fruit. Eating more radishes in winter has obvious health benefits.

Radish contains 9 1.7% water, more vitamins A and C, calcium, phosphorus, carbohydrates and a small amount of protein, iron and other vitamins, as well as lignin, choline, oxidase, amylase, mustard oil and other beneficial components.

In recent years, the medical community has found that radish can fight cancer. One of the reasons is that radish contains a lot of vitamins A and C, which are necessary substances to maintain intercellular substance and play a role in inhibiting the growth of cancer cells. The second reason is that radish contains a saccharifying enzyme, which can decompose nitrosamines in food, which can greatly reduce the carcinogenic effect of this substance; The third reason is that lignin in radish can increase the activity of macrophages in vivo to swallow cancer cells by two to four times.

In addition, carotene (i.e. provitamin A) contained in radish can promote the increase of heme and increase the effective blood concentration. Radish contains mustard oil and crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and promote defecation. Medical research also found that eating radish often can reduce blood lipid, soften blood vessels, stabilize blood pressure, and prevent coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, cholelithiasis and other diseases.