White radish is a highly nutritious vegetable, also known as "small ginseng". It has a sweet and spicy taste and a cool nature. It enters the liver, stomach, lung, and large intestine meridians. It has the functions of clearing heat and generating body fluids, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, relieving qi and regulating the middle, promoting digestion and resolving food stagnation, and promoting appetite and strengthening the spleen. However, there are several types of people who need to be cautious when eating radish. Let's take a look together!
What are the benefits of eating white radish
1. Preventing and fighting cancer
White radish contains lignin, which can enhance the vitality of macrophages and engulf cancer cells. In addition, the various enzymes contained in radish can decompose carcinogenic nitrosamines and have anti-cancer effects.
2. Nourishing the skin and anti-aging
Radish contains rich vitamins such as vitamin A and vitamin C, especially the vitamin C content is more than 4 times that of the roots. Vitamin C can prevent skin aging, prevent the formation of black spots, and maintain smooth and fair skin.
3. Promoting fitness and preventing diseases
White radish contains mustard oil, amylase, and dietary fiber, which can promote digestion, increase appetite, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, and relieve cough and phlegm. Traditional Chinese medicine theory also believes that it has a pungent and sweet taste, cool nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It is a good dietary therapy for treating or assisting in the treatment of various diseases. It is called the "most beneficial vegetable" in the Compendium of Materia Medica.
4. Cleansing the intestines and detoxifying
In addition to vitamins, white radish has a considerable amount of dietary fiber, especially the plant fiber contained in the leaves. These plant fibers can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, eliminate constipation, and detoxify the body, thereby improving rough skin, acne, and other conditions.
Two types of people who should not eat white radish
1. People with qi deficiency
People with qi deficiency should not eat white radish. White radish belongs to a cool-natured food, and it also has the function of promoting qi circulation. Eating white radish will consume qi and disperse qi, aggravating the symptoms of qi deficiency.
2. People with diarrhea
People with diarrhea should not eat white radish. White radish has the functions of promoting qi circulation and ventilating, which can help digestion. However, white radish is a cool-natured food. If you have diarrhea, you should be cautious about eating white radish to avoid worsening the condition and symptoms.
The dietary value of white radish
1. Treating hypertension
750g white radish, 500g water chestnut, 50ml honey. Crush the first two ingredients and squeeze the juice through sterilized gauze, remove the residue, and add honey. Take it 2-3 times a day.
2. Treating asthma
150g white radish, 50g water chestnut, 75g pig lung. Cut the white radish into pieces, cut the water chestnut and pig lung into slices. Cook all three ingredients with water and seasonings until they are cooked and ready to eat.
3. Treating influenza
250g white radish, rice vinegar as needed.
4. Treating pediatric pneumonia
100g white radish, 30g olives, 50g glutinous rice. Wash the olives and remove the pits. Slice the white radish and cook it with glutinous rice to make porridge. Let it cool and eat.
