White radish leaves: green in color, belonging to wood, enter the liver, warm and bitter in nature, enter the lung, liver and spleen meridians, and have the effects of clearing lung fire and benefiting liver. Indications: thirst quenching, dry throat, chest tightness, fullness of diaphragm, stagnation of liver qi, etc.
White radish is a common vegetable, which can be eaten raw or cooked. It tastes slightly spicy. Modern research believes that 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. Chinese medicine theory also thinks that it is sweet in taste and cool in nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It is a good dietotherapy method, which can treat or assist in the treatment of many diseases. Compendium of Materia Medica calls it "the most beneficial vegetable". Therefore, white radish has certain medicinal value in clinic. Nowadays, "Rugao Radish" is famous at home and abroad for its thin skin, tender meat, juicy taste, less lignin and no residue in chewing. Proverbs such as "Radish is loud and crisp, and you can live for hundreds of years after eating it" and "Pears in Laiyang and apples in Yantai are not as good as radish skins in Rugao" have long spread with Rugao radish.
First, digestion: indigestion, bloating, indigestion, poor appetite, you can drink raw juice; Nausea and vomiting, acid vomiting and chronic dysentery can all be chopped and fried with honey and chewed carefully; Constipation, can cook; Mouth ulcer, you can rinse your mouth with juice. white radish
Second, coughing and expectoration during breathing, it is best to chop up honey and cook it carefully; Pharyngolaryngitis, tonsillitis, hoarseness and aphonia can be taken with ginger juice; For nosebleeds, you can iron your clothes slightly with raw juice and wine, or you can pour the juice into your nose; Hemoptysis, mutton and crucian carp cooked together; In order to prevent colds, you can cook food.
Third, the urinary system, all kinds of urinary calculi, dysuria, can be taken orally with sliced honey; All kinds of edema can be taken with radish floating wheat soup.
Fourth, other aspects of beauty can be cooked; Beriberi, decoction and external washing; Detoxification, hangover or gas poisoning can be used, or you can drink it with leaf decoction; Tongli joints can be cooked.
Five, white radish can promote digestion, in addition to helping digestion, there is a strong anti-inflammatory effect, and its spicy ingredients can promote gastric juice secretion and regulate gastrointestinal function. In addition, white radish juice also has antitussive effect. Pour half a cup of sugar water into a glass bottle, then fill the bottle with shredded white radish and leave it overnight to get white radish juice.
Of course, it should be reminded that white radish is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, such as people with loose stools, so it should be reduced. It is also worth noting that this product should not be eaten when taking ginseng tonic drugs, so as not to affect the curative effect.