The reason why "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer" is because most of the foods supplemented in winter are warm foods. Due to the low temperature in winter and less exercise after tonic, it is easy to produce hot phlegm, indigestion and cough. Radish can help digestion, reduce phlegm and relieve cough, and contribute to the recuperation of viscera.

Although it is hot in summer, because people are accustomed to being greedy for cold, love to eat cold and heat-clearing food, and blow air conditioners and fans at night, they are vulnerable to wind and cold, resulting in stomach cold symptoms such as poor appetite, eating less and being annoyed. Some people with poor health are prone to cold symptoms such as stuffy nose and runny nose. Ginger has the functions of sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, stopping vomiting, warming lung and relieving cough. On the one hand, it can dispel the evil of cold and relieve cold symptoms such as stuffy nose and runny nose. On the other hand, it can warm the stomach and dispel cold, and relieve symptoms such as poor appetite, less food and fatigue.

"Eating radish in winter and ginger in summer" needs to pay attention to "degree". For example, eating too much ginger is prone to dry mouth, polydipsia, sore throat and other symptoms. Eating too much radish is easy to cause bloating, so we should pay attention to enough.