As the saying goes:? Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer? October radish and ginseng? . In winter, due to the reduction of people's daily activities, the body is prone to hot phlegm. Eating more white radish can help digestion, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. Radish is a seasonal fruit and vegetable in winter. Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, was named radish? Who benefits most from vegetables? . Eating radish when eating greasy and greasy food can turn qi into stagnation; Most patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and gout belong to damp-heat phlegm and blood stasis, and radish is beneficial to reduce turbidity; Abdominal distension, constipation, eating radish can promote qi and relieve constipation; If you have symptoms such as sore throat, dry throat, jealousy, tinnitus, dizziness and acne, eating radish can reduce the fire.

Modern research shows that radish has high nutritional value and is rich in carbohydrates, vitamins and trace elements, among which the content of vitamin C is 8 ~ 10 times higher than that of pear. In the winter when the human body's resistance is poor, it can improve the human body's resistance and improve the ability to prevent cold infection and illness. Enzymes contained in radish can absorb starch in food, dissolve food accumulated in the stomach, play a good role in helping digestion and prevent stomach pain and gastric ulcer. It can be seen that the therapeutic effect of radish can not be underestimated.

So, how to make radish delicious? Here are some common radish practices.

First, stewed mutton with white radish.

Practice: take 250 grams of mutton, soak it in clear water to remove blood, wash cooking wine and ginger slices for half an hour, pour it into a casserole, add water to boil, and simmer for half an hour; Then cut 250 grams of white radish into a rotary knife, boil it in water, pour it out, marinate it in mutton soup, continue to simmer until the radish and mutton are cooked and rotten, and add a proper amount of salt.

Efficacy: Mutton has the functions of invigorating spleen and kidney, strengthening bones and muscles, and keeping out cold, while mutton is easy to produce phlegm or get angry. With cool radish, it can play the role of resolving phlegm and removing fire.

Note: Not suitable for people with damp-heat, hyperactivity of liver fire and phlegm-dampness constitution.

Second, cold radish slices

Practice: Cut the radish into pieces and add salt, Chili powder, garlic, sugar, white vinegar, sesame oil and some ginger slices according to your own taste. You can also add some jellyfish silk to the shredded radish, which is more delicious. Standing dish in winter.

Efficacy: appetizing and refreshing.

Third, radish porridge

Practice: about 250 grams of fresh radish, washed and cut into small pieces, put stem rice 100 grams into the pot and add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge. After cooking, you can add a little salt to taste (it is best not to put oil).

Efficacy: relieving cough and resolving phlegm, resolving food stagnation, quenching thirst and relieving bloating.