Radish is likened to ginseng, why?

The radish is likened to ginseng because it has many valuable nutrients - Illustration photo

Lots of valuable nutrients for disease prevention and treatment

Doctor Dinh Minh Tri, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, shared that eating radish, especially white radish, every day is very good for health. White radish has extremely rich nutritional content.

According to statistics, in each type of food there are 80 nutrients, white radish has up to 69 substances, high in fiber, rich in micronutrients with properties to protect muscles and nerves, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic and anti-infective, constipation, antioxidants, sulfur compounds that can prevent cancer, anti-aging and cataracts in the elderly.

Analysis results show that in 100g of radish there are 1.4g of protein, 3.7g of glucid, 1.5g of cellulose, 40mg of calcium, 41mg of phosphorus, 1.1mg of iron, 0.06mg of vitamin B1, 0.06mg of vitamin B2, 0.5mg of vitamin PP, 30mg of vitamin C. Radish leaves and tops contain essential oils and a significant amount of vitamins A and C. If processed and used properly, they will have the following effects:

- Cell protection : White radish is a rich source of antioxidants such as catechins, pyrogallol, vanillic acid and other phenolic compounds. In addition, this root also contains a large amount of vitamin C, which acts as an antioxidant to protect cells from damage.

- Regulates blood pressure : White radish is a source of potassium that brings many health benefits. Potassium helps reduce blood pressure by dilating blood vessels and increasing blood flow.

- Boosts the immune system: White radish is a rich source of vitamin C which helps rejuvenate the immune system by promoting the regeneration of white blood cells. This is essential to fight diseases such as cancer and the common cold.

- Prevent aging: White radish contains a lot of vitamin C and antioxidants, so eating radish also has the ability to prevent the harmful effects of free radicals that cause cell aging. You can grind fresh white radish and apply it on the skin, its cleansing properties will help the skin become cleaner and brighter.

- Reduce the risk of cancer: White radish contains phytochemicals and anthocyanins with anti-cancer properties. In addition, the high content of vitamin C has a strong antioxidant effect, helping to prevent damage caused by free radicals, thereby preventing and reducing the risk of cancer.

- Good for the digestive system: White radish is rich in fiber, increasing the secretion of digestive juices and bile, making the digestive system work more effectively. This helps stimulate intestinal motility, supporting the digestive process. It also helps increase bile production, which is considered an important part of the digestive process and helps protect the gallbladder and liver.

Turn radish into delicious food and medicine that is very good for the body - Illustration photo

Radish cures constipation, stroke...

MSc. Hoang Khanh Toan, former head of the Oriental Medicine Department, 108 Central Military Hospital, said that radish is used in Oriental medicine to treat many diseases. It has a sweet, slightly spicy, bitter taste, neutral properties, is non-toxic, and affects the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians...

In oriental medicine, radish is used in cases of poor appetite, to treat rickets, mineral deficiency, intestinal fermentation, chronic liver pain, jaundice, gallstones, arthritis, rheumatism, respiratory diseases (cough, asthma), stroke, diabetes...

Oriental medicine also uses radish to treat dysentery, detoxify, and apply externally to treat burns. The seeds are used to treat phlegm, asthma, dysentery, boils, urinary and bowel obstruction, and also to break up stagnant qi. The leaves are used to treat hoarseness, intestinal bleeding, hemoptysis, and asthma in the elderly. How to use:

- For measles: Wash 500g radish, crush and squeeze to get the juice, add a little rock sugar and steam, let cool, divide into several doses to drink during the day to treat measles during the rash stage accompanied by coughing and expectoration.

- Constipation: 100g white radish, enough honey. Wash the radish, crush it, squeeze out the juice and mix with honey to drink during the day (if you have a juicer, it's even better).

Uses: heat-clearing and laxative, suitable for people with dry and dry stools, feeling hot all over the body, irritability, red face, painful and bloated abdomen, red urine, dry lips and mouth, like to drink cool water, red tongue, dry yellow tongue coating...

- Stroke : Coix, white beans, Chinese yam each 30g, white radish 60g, rice 60g. Wash radish, cut into pieces, cook with Coix, white beans, Chinese yam and rice into porridge, add enough spices, divide into several meals a day, 7 days is a course of treatment.

Uses: strengthens the spleen, eliminates dampness, suitable for people with stroke causing flaccid paralysis of one side of the body, fatigue, poor appetite, indigestion, difficulty speaking...

- Children with poor appetite : 250g white radish, 250g wheat flour, 100g lean pork, vegetable oil and spices to taste. Wash radish and pork, cut into strips and marinate with fresh ginger juice, chopped onion and spices to taste.

Heat vegetable oil in a pan until hot, then add radish and pork and stir-fry until cooked; knead flour with water and shape into small cakes, use radish and pork as filling, deep-fry until cooked and let children eat as they like.

Uses: suitable for children with poor appetite, full stomach, slow digestion, frequent belching, restless sleep, bad breath, thirst, irregular loose stools, frequent bowel movements, thick and sticky tongue coating...

- Pregnant women vomit a lot: Crush radish, boil with honey and then drink slowly, little by little.

- Cough treatment: 1kg radish, 100g honey, enough light salt water. Wash the radish, cut into finger-sized pieces, soak in honey for 1 day, then take it out and stir-fry over low heat for 30 minutes, then add more honey and stir-fry several times until the honey thickens, store in a sealed jar and use gradually.

Uses: Dispels stagnation, replenishes the middle and benefits qi. Eat 2 times a day, 2-3 pieces each time, with light salt water.

- White radish should not be eaten with ginseng because they have conflicting properties that are harmful to the body.

- Do not eat white radish with oranges because it increases the risk of goiter.

- White radish is incompatible with crab because it is cold and causes bloating and diarrhea...

- Do not cook and eat radishes with carrots as this will neutralize vitamin C and reduce nutritional value.

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