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What are the benefits of drinking radish water?
1. Drinking white radish and boiled water in winter can reduce phlegm and qi, relieve cough and asthma. Be careful not to add sugar when drinking.

2. boiled water of white radish can also play the role of sterilization and disinfection. Drinking more in winter can also prevent colds. Therefore, it is recommended to drink boiled water with white radish in winter to sterilize and prevent colds.

3. Cooking soup with white radish can also promote the digestive system of human body, at the same time, it also has a strong anti-inflammatory effect and can enhance the immune function of the body. Radish is rich in vitamin C and trace element zinc, which helps to enhance the body's immune function and improve disease resistance.

Boiling water with white radish can decompose nitrosamines, a carcinogen in other foods, thus playing an anti-cancer role. It is also very helpful for treating chest tightness and asthma.

Extended data:

White radish, root vegetable, cruciferous radish plant. It has been planted for thousands of years and is widely used in the fields of diet and traditional Chinese medicine dietotherapy. "Rugao County Records" compiled in Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty (AD 1750) records: "Radish, a kind of radish, has two kinds of red and white, which can be planted in all seasons. Only the last one is good at the beginning, and armor can be eaten as food. Those born in sand are sweet and crisp, and those born in barren soil are hard and spicy. " White in color, belonging to gold, entering the lungs, sweet and pungent in nature, and entering the lungs and spleen meridians. Has the effects of lowering qi, promoting digestion, eliminating diseases, moistening lung, removing toxic substances, promoting fluid production, and promoting diuresis to relieve constipation.

Indications: lung flaccidity, lung heat, constipation, vomiting blood, flatulence, dyspepsia, indigestion, excessive phlegm, dysuria, etc. White radish is very suitable for drinking radish water. After boiled with water, add some sugar, which can be used as a drink and has a good digestion and stomach nourishing effect.

Medicinal value

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.

1. Digestion: dyspepsia, abdominal distension, dyspepsia, 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.

2. Breathing: cough and expectoration, 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.

3. 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.

Health-preserving efficacy

1, Anti-cancer: Radish contains lignin, which can improve the vitality of macrophages and devour cancer cells. In addition, radish contains a variety of enzymes, which can decompose carcinogenic ammonium nitrite and have anti-cancer effect.

2, skin rejuvenation and anti-aging: radish is rich in vitamins such as vitamin A and vitamin C, especially the content of vitamin C in leaves is more than 4 times that of roots. Vitamin C can prevent skin aging, prevent the formation of dark spots and keep skin white and tender.

In addition, both vitamin A and vitamin C have antioxidant effects, which can effectively inhibit cancer and prevent aging and arteriosclerosis.

3, fitness and disease prevention: white radish contains mustard oil, amylase and crude fiber, which can promote digestion, enhance appetite, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, relieve cough and resolve 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".

4, clearing the intestines and detoxifying: In addition to vitamins, the dietary fiber content in white radish is very impressive, especially the plant fiber contained in leaves is rich. These plant fibers can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, eliminate constipation and detoxify, thus improving rough skin and acne.

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