Diet health information

Eat more white radish, can help digestion. In winter, the gastroenterology clinic often encountered because of eating too much and dyspeptic patients, in fact, can eat white radish, especially to eat Hot pot plus a dish of white radish, in soup, in this way, not only can make Hot pot soup taste more delicious, but also to avoid the indigestion the situation. Because radish has a good effect of reducing Qi and stagnant qi." The doctor advised that "to eliminate stagnation is to eliminate the accumulation of food and help digestion.". When you eat too much or eat meat after abdominal pain, bloating and other indigestion symptoms, do not rush to find medicine, eat a few carrots first try."

Constipated people eat more radishes

People who eat "food stagnation" usually suffer from abdominal distension, constipation, and bad breath (most of them eat too much meat) and so on, they should eat a few radishes to help digestion. After eating radish, a lot of people will appear frequently fart phenomenon, this is the carrot "down gas" effect. The so-called "gas", is to strengthen the movement of the gastrointestinal tract, the gastrointestinal gases from anus, carry out, this can be a good way to relieve flatulence caused by bloating and abdominal distension and other discomfort. At the same time, because radish can strengthen the movement of the stomach and intestines, so it also has a certain role in functional constipation. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica", is useful in the treatment of constipation recorded in radish. Also found in the modern study, radish contains amylase can help digestion, and can promote gastrointestinal movement of vitamin B and potassium, magnesium and other minerals, therefore, for constipation people eat radish can play a laxative and lipid-lowering effect.

Cough, yellow sputum, eat more radishes

Radish itself has expectorant effects can make good, thinning and easy to cough up phlegm. The doctor said that, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, radish, slightly cool, so in the phlegm, phlegm should be clearing heat (i.e. viscous Huang Tan). Usually cough phlegm, sputum viscosity to cough, phlegm heat is generally, then eat white radish, have some help for cough and expectoration.

Eating radishes is taboo

Spleen deficiency, eat less radish

Because carrots under the gas and eliminating lag effect, so the spleen and stomach (expressed as anorexia, loose stools diarrhea), and no stagnation of the people, the best do not often eat white radish. Because excessive gas, there is the possibility of gas consumption, this will make the spleen and stomach weak state can not improve, or even aggravate the weak situation.

Do not eat with Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus

"A lot of people think, turnip has the effect of antidote, when eating Chinese traditional medicine, do not eat turnip, in fact this is a misunderstanding." The doctor said, "from the theory of Chinese medicine, radish and other traditional Chinese medicines have nothing to fear, so there is no effect on other Chinese medicines."." However, because the radish has "the gas" and "stagnant", Chinese medicine, Qi too easily broken gas, therefore, to eat radish Qi drugs (such as ginseng, Astragalus) the tonic effect, there is a certain prejudice. In addition, Cantonese people often use Dangshen and Huangqi herbs such as wolfberry fruit, soup, in order to achieve a tonic effect, then you don't eat carrots, unless you don't need those herbs nourishing effect.

The old patients with chronic bronchitis, asthma, don't eat radish

The radish is cool, pungent and sweet, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production. Because of the cold side, therefore, the main manifestation of cold cough (white phlegm, thin and frothy sputum) is best not to eat carrots, because of their weak constitution, eating cold food will aggravate the disease, even asthma exacerbations. In addition, as patients with chronic bronchitis and asthma with longer course of disease, physical "Spleen Deficiency", it is not suitable for eating radish with expectorant. Of course, even the old chronic bronchitis acute attack, phlegm, the color is yellow, sticky, radish or can be used as auxiliary use.

Women's health network (Editor)