Chinese Radish
Click to enlarge Common Name :Chinese Radish
Scientific name : Raphanus sativus
Family : Brassicaceae
Found : Common vegetable sold in the market.
Commercial: Common vegetable
Y-properties: Yin herb We all know that most of our common vegetables have certain medicinal values. The popular cartoon "Popeye" promoted spinach to the children. In the TV series, the sailor called Popeye would gobbled down a can of spinach to be transformed into a strong man. That is the micracle of spinach. We know it is a vegetable and it helps as a health food. To a certain extent our vegetables do provide some healing power to our body. There are many radishes. The Chinese Radish is known to be the detoxicating agent for our human body. If you even take any chinese medicine, you should refraint from consuming radish. Taking radish while on medication will rendered the medication to neutral. As such, radish is a good source for detoxication of our body. Use : Recipe For Detoxication
If you ever being down with food poisoning this recipe is a good remedy.
Ingredients Use:
- Use a medium sized tuber (picture above).
- Water.
- Cut the washed radish into small pieces.
- Blend the radish with some water in a blender.
- Filter and drink the juice.
- Cut the washed radish into small cubes.
- Cook your curry as usual but with the radish cubes.
- Cook in slow flame for an hour to soften the radish.
- Cut the washed radish into small cubes.
- Boil a pot of water.
- Add meat, radish and garlic into the boiling water.
- Add salt to taste.
- Boil in slow flame for an hour.
Health is Wealth!
