Cure hoarseness with white radish

According to traditional medicine, fresh white radish has a spicy taste and cool properties, has diuretic, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, and hoarseness-treating effects.

In addition to being used as a nutritious food, white radish is also a medicine to treat common diseases. According to modern medicine, every 100g of white radish contains 93.5g of water, 0.06g of protein, 0.1g of fat, 5.3g of total sugar, mainly easily absorbed sugars (glucose, fructose); minerals necessary for the body such as calcium, phosphorus, iron...; B vitamins and many types of amino acids.

According to traditional medicine, fresh white radish has a spicy, cool taste, has diuretic, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, and hoarseness-treating effects. Cooked radish has a sweet taste, neutral properties, and enters the lung and stomach meridians.

White radish.

Prescriptions using white radish:

Cure cough with phlegm: 1kg white radish, 1kg pear, 250g fresh ginger, 250g milk, honey each. Peel and seed the pear, wash and chop the radish and fresh ginger. Put each ingredient in a muslin cloth, squeeze out the water and set aside. Pour the radish and pear juice over high heat until boiling, reduce the heat until thick and sticky, then add the ginger juice, milk, honey, stir well and boil again. When cool, put in a sealed jar for later use, one tablespoon each time mixed with hot water to drink. Drink twice a day.

Cure mouth ulcers: Take 3-5 white radishes, crush them to get the juice to gargle. Gargle for 5-10 minutes each time, 5-7 times a day, do this for 2-3 days.

Cure hoarseness: Take 3 white radishes and 1 branch of fresh ginger, wash, crush and filter the juice to drink, drink for 2 days.

According to Health & Life - NT