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What is turnip? Cabbage?
turnip

Common names are kohlrabi, big mustard and fragrant big head.

The taste is flat, and the taste is bitter and sweet.

Efficacy: appetizing, digestion promoting, and qi lowering.

Suitable for people with loss of appetite or indigestion, fullness, abdominal distension and jaundice.

"Compendium of Medical Forest": "Promoting diuresis and relieving fever, lowering qi and widening middle energizer, have the same function as radish."

Avoid eating turnips too much at a time, so as not to consume gas.

"Qianjin. Food Treatment": "Don't eat too much, it makes people feel bloated." "Materia Medica": "Overeating and moving." "Living with Interest Diet Spectrum": "All diseases are unscrupulous."

It is said that turnips are cultivated all over the country and are generally preserved as pickles. It is very effective in strengthening liver function and helping digestion.

Common names are Chinese cabbage, yellow sprouts and yellow dwarf vegetables.

In addition, turnip cabbage is formed by crossing turnip and cabbage.

Brassica napobrassica is also known as kohlrabi, turnip, sheep turnip, pimple and kohlrabi. Brassicaceae, Brassica, biennial herb. The main product is fat fleshy roots. Because of its easy cultivation, high yield and available stems and leaves, it has been cultivated more and more all over China. Fleshy roots can be fried, cooked and pickled, and stems and leaves can be used as feed.

Characteristics: The root of turnip cabbage is plump, spherical or spindle-shaped, and the weight of a single root is 0.5-3.5 kg. The leaves are dark green with white powder, thick mesophyll and deep cleft. Racemes with yellow flowers. Attention should be paid to isolation when reserving seeds. Turnip cabbage is a long pod. When it is ripe, the pod cracks and the seeds are scattered, so it should be harvested in time. The seeds are slightly spherical and dark brown, and the 1000-grain weight is about 3.3 grams. Turnip cabbage has strong cold and heat resistance. Seeds can germinate at 2℃-3℃, the optimum growth temperature is13℃-18℃, and the seedlings can withstand the low temperature of-1℃ to -2℃. The seedlings have strong heat tolerance and drought tolerance, and can be planted in the high temperature season from July to August.

Variety: According to the color of fleshy root tip, it can be divided into two types: green top species and purple top species.