Cough and hoarseness are gone thanks to white radish.

Not only used to prepare many delicious dishes, white radish also works as a medicine to effectively treat coughs and hoarseness.

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) and minerals needed by the body such as calcium, phosphorus, iron... along with B vitamins and many other amino acids.

White radish helps treat cough and hoarseness

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

Here are some remedies for cough and hoarseness:

1. Cure frequent coughs and weakness: 1 kg white radish, 1 kg pear, 250g fresh ginger, 250g milk, 250g honey. Peel and seed the pear, wash the radish and fresh ginger, and chop them finely. Put each ingredient in a muslin cloth, squeeze out the water and set aside.

Pour in the radish and pear juice, bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat until thick and sticky, then add ginger juice, milk, honey, stir well and bring to a boil again. When cool, put in a sealed jar for later use, one tablespoon at a time mixed with hot water to drink. Twice a day.

2. Cure hoarseness, loss of voice: Take 3 white radishes and 1 fresh ginger branch, wash, crush and filter the juice to drink, drink for 2 days. If combined with green bean sprout water, the effect will be even higher.

3. Cure children's cough: take radish, cut into thin slices, soak in concentrated sugar water for a few days. Take out a small spoon each time, add hot water and give the child to drink.

4.Cure chronic bronchitis in the elderly: 250g white radish, rock sugar, honey to taste, a small bowl of water. Boil until half a bowl of water remains, then drink the water. Twice a day, morning and evening.

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

According to Alobacsi.vn