Therefore, as the saying goes, "Eating radish in winter and ginger in summer does not require a doctor to prescribe. Radish has always been regarded as an important health food in China, and it is also known as "Little Ginseng".
Radish is not only a vegetable, but also a medicine. Chinese medicine believes that radish is cool, pungent and sweet, non-toxic, and enters the lungs and stomach. Radish has a strong effect of promoting qi circulation, and can also relieve cough and phlegm, remove dryness and promote fluid production, clear away heat and toxic materials, and facilitate defecation. Eating radish in winter can not only strengthen the body and prevent diseases, clear the intestines and detoxify, but also rejuvenate the skin and resist aging.
The benefits of radish ◆ Clearing intestines and detoxifying
White radish is rich in vitamins and minerals, especially vitamins, potassium and magnesium, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help excrete waste in the body.
◆ 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.
◆ Beauty and beauty
The content of vitamin C in radish is very high, which can enhance the immunity of body and skin, comprehensively combat sub-health problems such as black, yellow, dull, rough and sensitive, whiten skin and prevent pigmentation.
◆ Help digestion
Studies have shown that white radish contains mustard oil and rich dietary fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help digestion and increase satiety.
Taboos for eating radishes ◆ Radishes should not be matched with acidic fruits.
Such as apples and oranges. Radish will produce an antithyroid substance thiocyanic acid. If a large number of fruits such as oranges, apples and grapes are eaten at the same time, flavonoids in fruits will be converted into thiocyanic acid that inhibits thyroid function after bacterial decomposition in the intestine, thus inducing goiter.
◆ White radish and qi tonic should not be eaten together.
Radish has the function of "lowering qi" and "relieving depression", so eating it with qi-invigorating drugs (such as ginseng and codonopsis pilosula) will hinder the efficacy to some extent. Don't eat radish when taking Chinese medicine. In addition, when taking Chinese medicine pills or proprietary Chinese medicines, you must also avoid eating radishes, otherwise it will affect the curative effect.
◆ Radish should not be eaten with fungus.
Radish is flat and slightly cold, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, promoting qi circulation, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and invigorating middle energizer and stomach. However, it should be noted that eating radish with fungus is easy to cause allergic dermatitis for some people with particularly sensitive physique. For the sake of health, it is best not to mix these two foods.
This kind of person is not suitable for eating radish ◆ People with qi deficiency constitution.
Qi deficiency is a description of human diseases in TCM theory. Simply put, it is a variety of pathological changes caused by the deficiency of human vitality, including lung qi deficiency, heart qi deficiency and kidney qi deficiency. White radish is a cool food, and people with qi deficiency need food that can replenish qi and blood. In addition, white radish also has the function of promoting qi. Excessive qi activity will lead to qi consumption and dispersion, which will aggravate the symptoms of qi deficiency.
◆ Constipation due to yang deficiency
Yang deficiency is also one of the pathological symptoms of human body. Generally, people with yang deficiency often feel that their limbs are not hot and their waist and knees are sour and cold. White radish has high nutritional value, which can strengthen the stomach, promote digestion, promote qi circulation and dissipate blood stasis, but it is not suitable for patients with yang deficiency and constipation, and eating it may lead to aggravated symptoms.
◆ People with diarrhea
White radish has the effects of promoting qi circulation and ventilation, and helping digestion. It is also a typical cold food. Therefore, if you have symptoms of gastrointestinal diarrhea, you must be careful to eat white radish, which will only aggravate the condition and symptoms.
◆ Gastrointestinal problems
Patients with gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, chronic gastritis, simple goiter, threatened abortion and uterine prolapse should not eat it.
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Different parts of white radish contain different nutrients, and the highest vitamin C content drops to 1/3 at the top, while the tail is helpful for digestion and appetite. Why can it play its greatest role? Let's have a look!
First, radish with onion/cough, to prevent colds.
Winter is a season of frequent colds and colds. After catching a cold, people will be afraid of cold, wind, less sweating, stuffy nose and runny nose, coughing and phlegm. At this time, they should eat some food that makes people feel hot. Boiling onion, ginger and radish slices together has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving cough. This soup can also prevent colds.
Practice: onion radish water
1 .300g radish and 6 shallots. 2. Wash the radish and slice it; Wash scallions (preferably scallions) and cut into powder for later use. 3. Add 3 bowls of water to the pot, add radish slices to boil, add chopped green onion and fry for 10 minute.
Second, kelp radish/clearing heat and resolving phlegm
Radish itself has the effect of clearing heat. Adding kelp can effectively eliminate phlegm and eliminate excess water in the body. These two ingredients are very suitable for eating together when the cold is getting better, but the fever continues to be low and there is phlegm.
Practice: Radish mixed with salt kelp
Peel and slice radish, cut radish leaves into coarse powder, sprinkle with salt respectively, and leave for a while before squeezing out water. Finally, add the cut salt kelp and radish leaves into the softened radish and stir well.
Third, radish with mutton/qi and blood, nourishing liver
Eating mutton in winter can dispel cold, warm the heart and stomach, replenish qi and blood, nourish the liver and promote blood circulation. But "meat begets phlegm", mutton is easy to get angry when eaten too much. If stewed with white radish with cooling effect, it will not only reduce phlegm and reduce fire, but also relieve greasy and complementary nutrition.
Practice: stewed mutton with white radish
1. Wash mutton, cut into 5cm square pieces, blanch with hot water, and drain for later use.
2. Cut the radish into 5 cm square pieces, blanch it with hot water and put the soup for later use.
3. Put 50 grams of oil in the iron pan. When the oil is hot to 70%, put sugar and stir with a shovel until the sugar bubbles and the meat is stir-fried. After the meat is evenly colored, put 50 grams of soy sauce, and put onions, ginger and aniseed at the same time.
4. Cover the pot and stew for 5 minutes, then add warm water. After the fire is stewed, put the cooking wine into a small fire. When the meat is ripe, pour the radish into the pot and add salt. When the meat and radish are ripe, take the monosodium glutamate out of the pot and put it into a bowl to eat.
Four, radish with Qingjiang cuisine/relieve body pain
Qingjiang cuisine can improve blood circulation, inhibit all kinds of pain caused by congestion, and help women to improve long-term bleeding caused by menstruation and hemorrhoids.
Practice: stir-fry Qingjiang cuisine with dried radish slices.
Slice dried radish and soaked mushrooms, cut cuttlefish into edible size, cut Qingjiang vegetable into small pieces of about 4 cm, fry with sesame oil, add mushrooms and shredded radish, season with vinegar, soy sauce and wine, and thicken with white powder.
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These remedies may have some effect. Chinese medicine pays attention to the distinction between cold and heat, and if its properties correspond to the user's symptoms, it may be effective, otherwise it will be counterproductive. ※.