As the saying goes, "Eating radish in winter and ginger in summer keeps the doctor from prescribing". In winter, white radish has become a "frequent visitor" on the table of the people. White radish, with a water content of over 90%, is a high dietary fiber food with low calorie, which has a good nourishing effect in winter.

Many foods are eaten raw and cooked, and the effects of different diets are different, and white radish is one of them.

What are the benefits of eating white radish raw?

1, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production:

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that white radish is cool when eaten raw, and it has many functions such as promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing away heat and detoxifying. The lung fire in the body is blazing, which is characterized by dry mouth and tongue, fever in nostrils, constipation and less urine. You can eat raw white radish to clear away heat.

2, treatment of throat discomfort:

For friends who are prone to sore throat in winter and even induce tonsillitis, it is helpful to prevent and alleviate it by juicing fresh raw white radish every day. Moreover, if you insist on drinking white radish juice from the beginning of winter and take good care of it, the problem of tonsillitis may no longer appear in a winter. People with oral ulcers can also gargle with white radish juice.

3, can sober up:

Raw white radish is also a good hangover food, because it contains a high content of amylase, which can help digestion and accelerate the excretion of acetaldehyde. Vitamin C contained in white radish can also improve the function of liver and promote the decomposition of acetaldehyde.

In addition, white radish has high water content, which can dilute the concentration of alcohol and avoid hangover. White radish is cool and refreshing, and its own smell and taste can also play a certain role in refreshing the brain, thus alleviating the discomfort caused by alcohol.

What are the benefits of cooked white radish?

When radish is cooked, its efficacy will change. When cooked, it will be warm, lower the qi and moderate the stomach, tonify the spleen and transport food, eliminate phlegm and guide stagnation. It is mainly used to treat deficiency abdominal distension caused by weakness of spleen and stomach, indigestion abdominal distension caused by uncontrolled diet, cold abdominal distension caused by cold, etc., and relieve abdominal distension discomfort.

Vitamin c in white radish can help eliminate waste in the body and promote the metabolism of the body; It is rich in enzymes that can absorb starch in food, dissolve accumulated food in the stomach, have a good digestion effect and prevent stomach pain and gastric ulcer.

Cabbage and radish soup is not only delicious, but also can accelerate digestion, nourish the stomach and warm the body. Wash Chinese cabbage, white radish, carrot and tofu, cut into strips of similar size, blanch them in boiling water and take them out for later use.

Put the pot on fire, add the right amount of oil to heat it to 50%, stir-fry the Chili sauce, pour the clear soup, put the white radish, carrot and tofu into the pot together, add the Chinese cabbage after the fire is boiled, boil it again, season it with salt and monosodium glutamate, and finally sprinkle with coriander powder and serve it out.

Pay attention to these points when eating white radish:

Need to be reminded that white radish is cold and cool and beneficial to the intestines, and people with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency are best to eat less; Patients with gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, chronic gastritis, uterine prolapse and other diseases should remember not to eat.

In addition, it is best not to eat white radish during taking ginseng and tonic drugs. Tonics are generally used to replenish qi and blood, while white radish is a ventilated and discouraged food. Once it is replenished and drained, the medicinal properties cancel each other out, so it will not be able to supplement.