Black radish - a vegetable is not the most attractive in appearance, but extremely useful inside. Traditional medicine has long ago used black radish from cough, for the treatment of colds, bronchitis, influenza. The main advantage of the product is its availability. Absolutely all recipes with black radish are easy to prepare and very effective in action.
Useful properties of black radish juice
It is the juice most often used for treatment. There are, of course, several recipes for which radish pulp may be required, but juice is more popular.
The advantages of this vegetable in general and its juice in particular can be talked for a very long time. Black radish differs a specific taste and smell, which is explained by the presence in it of essential oils that favorably affect health. But even this does not prevent many from using the vegetable as a number one remedy for treating various diseases.
The most popular way to use black radish is from cough. But this is by no means the only way of using root vegetables in folk medicine.
Radish is famous for its antimicrobial properties, so it is often used to treat diseases such as:
- sinusitis;
- angina;
- bronchitis;
- tonsillitis;
- pneumonia;
- whooping cough.
Regular use of medicines based on this vegetable helps to strengthen immunity . As part of the radish, there is vitamin C, which helps the body recover as soon as possible after illness.
The most popular recipes from black radish from cough and bronchitis
In remedies for coughing, black radish is often combined with honey. The latter can be replaced with sugar if necessary. There are many recipes for obtaining juice, but all of them, in fact, differ little. The medicine is taken equally in all cases: three times a day on a tablespoon.
So, the easiest way to get black radish juice for cough medicine is as follows:
- In the pulp of a thoroughly washed root crop, you need to cut out the funnel.
- Radish put in water, and pour a few spoons of honey into the funnel.
- Ideally, such a tool should be infused overnight, but many begin to use the juice immediately after its appearance (after a couple of hours).
- Do not forget to add honey after each use.
On average, one radish root can last up to three days. The smaller the fruit, the sooner it will need to be replaced.
But a good recipe for bronchitis:
- To prepare a remedy for the treatment of bronchitis, a black radish can be cut into small cubes, filled into a bottle and poured with honey or sugar.
- Put the radish in a dark place and wait for it to release the juice.
- When the fluid is enough, express it.
- Keep the medicine in the refrigerator.
Ready-made slices can be tried again, but the juice from them will stand out much less.
Radish will quickly release the juice if it is cut into thin slices and covered with sugar. Juice can also be obtained by rubbing the radish on a grater and crushing it through gauze. Add some honey and the medicine is ready!
Cake and pulp are often used to make compresses from black radish. Closing polyethylene such a compress is undesirable - the radish should breathe. Too long to keep the radish on the body is not recommended - it can burn the skin. Fifteen - twenty minutes for the procedure will be quite enough.
Radish is considered a hypoallergenic product, but with honey you need to be careful. Before the beginning of treatment, it is necessary to make sure that the patient is not allergic to honey , otherwise the treatment will only bring complications.