As the saying goes, "carrots are like ginseng", Li Shizhen once commented that it is "the most beneficial among vegetables".
Tradish believes that radish has the effects of clearing heat and promoting fluid, enhancing appetite and strengthening the spleen, and easing qi and resolving phlegm. Modern nutrition has found that radish has many unexpected and good effects.
1. Enhance immunity
assists in inhibiting the growth of cancer cells and is of great significance to preventing cancer cells.
2. Promote digestion
Radish is called "natural digestive agent". The rhizome contains amylase and various digestive enzymes. It can decompose starch and fat in food, promote food digestion, relieve chest tightness , and inhibit excessive stomach acid in 1 . Helps stomach peristalsis, promotes metabolism, and detoxifies.
3. Protect the gastrointestinal
promotes gastrointestinal fluid secretion, which can make the gastrointestinal tract achieve a good condition.
4. Assisted in lowering blood lipids
Eating radish can help lowering blood lipids, stabilize blood pressure, prevent coronary heart disease , and have auxiliary prevention effects on arteriosclerosis, gallstone and other diseases.
5. Prevent colds
White radish contains a large amount of organic sulfur compounds, which have strong bactericidal power and are very effective for inflammation and cough caused by colds.
Today, I would like to recommend a dish to you -
Braised shiitake mushrooms White radish
Eat this way, the effect will double ~
We prepare 1 white radish, 10 mushrooms, braised soy sauce, salt and sugar.
First soak the dried mushrooms and wash them. Wash the white radish and peel and cut into pieces. Then pour the white radish pieces, soaked mushrooms and the water from soaked mushrooms into the rice cooker.
Add appropriate amount of salt and a little sugar, and finally add a tablespoon of braised soy sauce, stir well, and stew it.
Shiitake mushrooms have the effects of improving immunity, delaying aging, lowering blood pressure, and blood lipids . Stewed with white radish and mushrooms can fight cancer, reduce the three highs, and prevent colds.
radish is full of treasure
radish leaves :
is spicy, bitter, and flat, and has the same effect as radish. It can cure abdominal distension, inability to eat, phlegm , and milk obstruction.
radish seeds :
has the effect of antifungal and interfering with thyroxine synthesis.
Radish Skin:
can treat bleeding in the large intestine and relieve headaches.
Old root of radish:
(Chinese medicine is called skeleton ) is dried and used as radish. It can promote diuresis and be used for edema and other symptoms.
How to eat white radish
1 White radish + onion
Autumn is the season when Wind and cold is frequent.
After infection with wind and cold, people will be afraid of cold, wind, sweat less, have nasal congestion, runny nose, cough and phlegm. At this time, you should eat some food that makes people feel hot.
Make a soup with scallion slices, ginger slices and white radish slices together. It has the effects of dispelling cold and relieving cough. This soup can also prevent colds.
2 White radish + kelp
Kelp and seaweed are rich in iodine.
White radish and kelp soup together have the effect of to relieve phlegm and swelling , and has certain effects on preventing goiter.
3 White radish + pear
can moisten the lungs, clear heat, and eliminate phlegm.
pears have the effects of moistening the lungs and cooling the heart, eliminating phlegm and removing fire. Squeezing juice with white radish can not only cover up the spicy taste of white radish, but also double the efficacy of diet therapy.
In autumn, if people with bad spleen and stomach cannot drink too cold juice, they can also boil the two together to drink.
4 White radish + lamb
Eating lamb after autumn can dispel cold, warm the heart and stomach, and can also replenish qi and blood, nourish the liver, and improve blood circulation.
But "meat produces phlegm". Eating too much mutton can easily cause heat. If you stew it with white radish that has a cooling effect, it will not only eliminate phlegm and relieve fire, but also relieve greasy and complement each other's nutrition.
5 White radish + crucian carp
White radish and crucian carp soup has the effects of warming the middle and lowering the air, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness .
This soup is also wonderful in the ingredients of "Erbai". The white radish is soaked in the milky white fish soup, which makes people feel very appetizing.
Buy white radish only by looking at the size
Mind of 5 selection techniques
Tip 1: Judge
Tip 1: Judging from the leaves
see what color the leaves are. If it is dark green, it means that the radish is very mature and very fresh. The tender yellow color means that the radish is no longer fresh.
Skill 2: Judging from the roots, there is a little root on the surface of the white radish. This is normal. White radish with a lot of moisture has few roots and a thin tail is often a small tail at the tail. This white radish is usually very delicious and has a crispy taste. There is very little possibility of bran heart .
Tips 3: Judging from the weight
When choosing, it is best to weigh it with your hands and feel the weight of the white radish to avoid picking hollow radish.
Tips 4: Judging from the smoothness
Usually, white radish with sufficient moisture and high freshness are very smooth on the surface, and there are also radish with wounds on the surface, so buy them intact.
Tips 5: Judging from the size of
Buy white radish, don’t buy too big or too small. Both of these are not very good. Because the white radish that is too big is likely to have a bran heart, and the white radish that is too small is not mature enough, it will definitely not be very delicious.
There are the following precautions for eating white radish
1. Radish is cold and cool in nature and is good for intestinal intestinal inflammation. . Those with spleen deficiency and diarrhea eat carefully or eat less.
2. Do not eat white radish and carrot at the same time, because white radish has extremely high vitamin C content, carrot contains a decomposition enzyme called ascorbic acid , which will destroy the vitamin C in white radish.
3. White radish is responsible for irrigation, while ginseng is responsible for nourishing, so it is not suitable to eat it together.
