Cough and hoarseness are gone thanks to white radish.

Not only used to prepare many delicious dishes, white radish also has medicinal properties 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 necessary for 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, cool taste and 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 of white radish, 1 kg of pear, 250g of fresh ginger, 250g of milk, 250g of honey. Peel and seed the pear, wash the radish and fresh ginger, and chop them. 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, and honey, stir well, and bring to a boil again. When cool, put in a jar, cover tightly, and use gradually, one tablespoon each 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 at a time, add hot water and give the child to drink.

4.Cure chronic bronchitis in the elderly: 250g white radish, rock sugar, enough honey, 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, 5-7 times a day, do this for 2-3 days.

According to Alobacsi.vn