These two vegetables can be arranged in autumn, reducing gas and digestion and laxative, and the effect of one thing is doubled!
Everyone knows that "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, and don't work for doctors to prescribe medicine". But many people don't know whether the radish here is a white radish or a carrot, although they are both called radish, but the effect is very different, if you can't figure it out, it's easy to confuse them.
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White radish
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Actually, the radish in the proverb "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer" refers to white radish. White radish has the effect of clearing heat and dissolving phlegm, regulating qi and eliminating food, and has a good prevention and treatment effect on common colds, coughs, and food accumulation in winter, so there is also the praise of "radish is on the market, and the doctor is fine". White radish is crispy and juicy when eaten raw, can moisten the throat and clear the throat, clear heat and rejuvenate the body, and the effect of pears is almost the same, so it has the reputation of "radish pear". Wu Qijun, a famous botanist of the Qing Dynasty, in his "Illustrated Examination of Plant Names", vividly described the scene of eating radish on a winter night: the winter soaring wall, the eternal night around the hearth, the coal flame candle window, and the mouth and nose are black. Suddenly, I heard that there were people selling radishes and pears outside the door, whether rich or poor, fashionable and childish, running to buy them, lest they cross the streets and alleys. Qiong Yao is a piece, chewing like ice and snow, her teeth are screaming, and the heat is calm. Cooked white radish focuses on dissolving phlegm and eliminating food and regulating qi, and the water in which radish is boiled has the same effect. In addition, the radish in "radish on the bed and ginger on the bed" also refers to white radish, which is the effect of taking ginger to excite and inhibit radish. When you get up in the morning, the yang energy in nature begins to grow, and the human body begins to gradually get excited. At night, the human body needs to rest, and eating radish can clear away heat and eliminate food, which helps to calm the stomach and calm the nerves.
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Sulforaphane
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Sulforaphane has a similar flavor to radish, but as its seed, it has a particularly spicy taste. Radish is an annual herbaceous plant, most of which are planted in summer, and after the beginning of winter, the radish is the most full after frost, and the roots grow the fullest, and the harvest is best at this time.
The ancients saw that the radish must wait for the frost to fall after the weather becomes cold before finally ripening, which shows that it prefers the "autumn fall" in nature. In addition, its roots grow deeper downwards and have the effect of "lower qi", so radish can be used for consumption. Sulforaphane basically does not have the sweetness of radish root, the taste is extremely spicy, the effect of "reducing gas" is stronger than that of radish, and it can also dissolve phlegm.
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carrot
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The radish in the proverb "October radish little ginseng" refers to the carrot, that is, the carrot. Although carrots are also called turnips, they are not in the same family as white radish. White radish is the tuber root of the cruciferous herbaceous plant sulforaphane, while carrot is the root of the apiaceae carrot. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "The Yuan Dynasty began from Hudi, and the smell was slightly like a radish, hence the name." Carrots are beautiful in color, fragrant and sweet, can replenish qi and brighten the eyes, and have tonic effects, so they are known as "little ginseng". "Compendium of Materia Medica" cloud: "Lower qi replenishes the middle, benefits the chest, diaphragm and stomach, calms the five internal organs, makes people eat healthily, and is beneficial and harmless." Wang Fu's "Compendium of Medical Forests" said: "Moisten the kidneys, strengthen the yang, warm the lower part, and remove cold and dampness." ” Modern studies have shown that carrots are rich in carotene, which can be converted into vitamin A in the human body, which can effectively improve eye fatigue and dry eyes, prevent night blindness, dry eye disease, etc., and vitamin A can also maintain normal bone growth and development. Carrots also contain a large number of trace elements required by the human body, which is of great significance for promoting the growth and development of infants and young children. ▋How to eat carrots? Because the carotene in carrots is only soluble in fat and insoluble in water, many people think that carrots are only healthier if they are fried in oil, but this is not true! We often find that there is a lot of golden "oil" on the pan and plate of fried carrots. This is actually a manifestation of the fact that all carotenes are dissolved in the oil, but in the vast majority of cases, these "nutrient oils" are washed away because no one eats them, resulting in greater waste. Actually, it only dissolves in fat≠ so it must be fried in oil! Because food is absorbed in the small intestine, even if the carrot is steamed and eaten, as long as the food eaten together contains fat, it meets the carotene in the stomach and intestines, and the carotene is dissolved and absorbed. Nowadays, less oil and less salt are advocated, so it is healthier to eat carrots steamed. Moreover, the carotene in the steamed carrots will be better released, and the absorption and utilization rate will also be improved after eating.
▋Dietary prescription is recommended Relatively speaking, carrots are good at replenishing qi and brightening eyes, and white radishes are good at clearing away heat, generating jin and dissolving phlegm, dissipating food and regulating qi. The two have different effects, so they should be treated differently when eating. 【Radish tea】 Method: Take 100 grams of white radish and an appropriate amount of black tea, wash and slice the white radish, put it in a soup pot and cook for 10 minutes, then add black tea, and brew for 5 minutes to drink. Efficacy: This tea has the effect of ventilation and clearing heat, and is suitable for people with dry stools and peculiar smell. 【Radish green fruit tea】 Method: Take 100 grams of white radish, 5 grams of green fruits, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar, put the white radish and green fruits into a soup pot and cook for 15 minutes, then add rock sugar to drink. Efficacy: This tea has the effect of removing phlegm and moistening the lungs, and relieving cough, suitable for people with dry throat and sore throat caused by lung and stomach heat, and should not be drunk by people with spleen and stomach deficiency. 【Dried radish pork rib soup】 Ingredients: 30g of dried old radish, 300g of white radish, 400g of pork ribs, several slices of ginger, 1-2 coriander, a little salt. Method: Chop the pork ribs, add ginger slices after washing, and blanch them once to remove the blood; Cut the white radish into pieces, cut the dried old radish into shreds, add it to the soup pot with the pork ribs, turn to low heat and cook for about half an hour after boiling, add the coriander cut into small pieces, and then add salt to taste and drink. Efficacy: Ginger slices can reduce the "stagnation" of white radish, white radish is made into dried radish is more warm and appetizing, and the black and mellow old dried radish is the best, this is one of the commonly used soup materials in Chaoshan, the whole dish can nourish the spleen and stomach.
【Sweet and sour carrot strips】 Ingredients: 1 carrot, 1 white radish, 4 tablespoons of white vinegar, 4 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, 2 tablespoons of salt. Method:(1) Wash and peel the radish and cut it into strips of uniform thickness; (2) Spread a layer of radish strips and sprinkle some salt, then spread a layer of radish and sprinkle some salt, and marinate for 1 hour after spreading; (3) The pickled radish will come out of the water, pour out the water, add an appropriate amount of cool boiled water and soak for 15 minutes to wash off the salt; (4) After controlling the moisture, add an appropriate amount of sugar, vinegar and sesame oil, stir well, and continue to marinate for more than 2 hours. Tip: Although carrots are nutritious, if you consume too much in a short period of time, β carotene will enter the bloodstream in large quantities and will turn the skin yellow. So no matter how good the food is, just eat it in moderation.
