Black radish belongs to the Cabbage family and is a herbaceous perennial plant that grows in a wild and cultivated form. It has tops and round-shaped roots with white flesh. Both parts of the vegetable are used for food, but still the latter are more common. At the moment, this plant is grown in North America, in Europe and even Australia.
Black radish fruit weighs 300 grams. up to 1 kg, has a bitter taste. This root vegetable can be eaten raw or fried, baked, stewed, and also cooked. From the article you will learn what the chemical composition of the radish, how it is useful for the human body and what heals.
What is the composition and how many calories?
Calories per 100 g: | Vitamins per 100 g: | Macro elements per 100 g: | Trace elements per 100 g: |
36 calories, of which: | A, ER - 3 mcg | Potassium, K - 357 mg | Iron, Fe - 1.2 mg |
Protein - 1.9 g | Beta Karatin -0.02 mg | Calcium, Ca -35 mg | |
Fat - 0.2 g | B1, thiamine - 0.03 mmg | Magnesium, Mg, - 22 mg | |
Carbohydrates - 6.7 g | B2, riboflavin - 0.03 mg | Sodium, Na, - 13 mg | |
Organic acids - 0.1 g | B5, Pantothenic acid -0.18 mg | Phosphorus, Ph - 26 mg | |
Dietary fiber - 2.1 g | B6, pyridoxine - 0.06 mg | Potassium, K - 357 mg | |
Water - 88 g | C, ascorbic acid - 29 mg | ||
Ash - 1 g | E, alpha tocopherol, TE -0.1 mg | ||
Vitamin PP, NE - 0.6 mg | |||
Niacin - 0.3 mg | |||
Having a small calorie content, this vegetable can be an excellent means for weight loss.
Benefits for the human body
Although black radish was not recognized as the most high-containing micro, macronutrients and vitamins vegetable, but it still affects the complex. About its useful and healing properties, it is important to know to everyone who monitors their health.
For kids
Parents give black radish to babies in order to increase their immunity.metabolism and appetite.
For women
Minerals and vitamins that make up the plant have a beneficial effect on women's health and have a positive effect on the attractiveness of the fair sex.
Eating vegetables:
- normalizes the menstrual cycle;
- supports healthy microflora in the intestines;
- promotes weight loss;
- makes breathing more fresh thanks to the essential oil, which is part of it;
- promotes the withdrawal of excess fluid from the body, reducing swelling.
Useful properties for men
Especially useful vegetable for men:
- tones up;
- helps to maintain constant victories in the intimate sphere;
- due to the high concentration of vitamin C strengthens the immune system, invigorates;
- dietary fiber successfully removes toxins;
- reduces pain;
- increases the level of natural testosterone (but only in combination with proper nutrition);
- prevents baldness.
The reaction of the body can be different: allergies, constipation, diarrhea. Starting eating vegetables is worth with small portions.
Harm and contraindications
Despite the fact that black radish has a large number of useful substances, yet this fruit has a number of contraindications:
- stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer, especially during the period of exacerbation;
- enteritis, colitis;
- allergic reaction to a vegetable or individual intolerance to its components;
- gastritis with a high level of gastric acidity;
- acute pancreatitis;
- gout;
- recently suffered a heart attack;
- inflammatory processes in the liver, kidneys;
- heart diseases;
- pregnancy.
Also, the fetus can have a negative effect on:
- tooth enamel;
- the walls of the stomach;
- nerve endings, causing excessive irritability.
Health effects
This root vegetable is useful, if only it is used in moderation and do not neglect the prohibitions. If you go beyond this line, you may receive:
- sharp and severe pain in the abdomen;
- nausea, sometimes vomiting;
- belching and colic.
Even boiled and steamed radish can provoke a strong attack. and complicate the current state of the patient.
Application in cosmetology
Useful properties of this vegetable are used not only for the treatment and prevention of diseases, but also favorably affect the condition of the skin and hair.
- With the help of lotions from the pulp of black radish, you can remove freckles, as well as get rid of age spots. The procedure should be carried out until the spots disappear completely.
- The juice from the fruit perfectly strengthens the hair: it is applied to the root zone and massaged in a circular motion.
- Also, the mask of grated vegetable with the addition of vegetable oil can relieve acne, even out the tone, rejuvenate the skin of the face and give it a healthy look.
- Eliminate bruises under the eyes with a slurry of grated vegetable pulp, which is applied under the eyes and washed off after ten minutes.
Use in traditional medicine
From sinusitis
- 200 g fresh radish puree.
- 200 g of flour.
- 80 g of heated honey.
- mix all;
- from the resulting mass to make cakes;
- and put them on the region of the maxillary sinuses for ten minutes.
From cough
- 1 black radish fruit.
- 2 tbsp. spoons of honey
Eliminate cough can be using tincture of radish and honey.
- Cut off the top of the fruit and cut out part of the pulp.
- Then we put inside the honey and cover with the cut off top.
- The infusion should be kept for at least 6 hours, after which you should drink the resulting elixir 1 tsp before meals.
Tincture effectively strengthens the body and increases its resistance to various colds, as well as facilitates sputum discharge.
For hair
1 black radish fruit.
To combat brittle and weak hair, as well as to give them a healthy shine, you can prepare an effective mask. For this:
- take a large black radish, peel it and grind it in a blender or meat grinder;
- we filter gruel through fabric and we receive juice;
- rub this concentrate into the hair roots an hour before the water treatment.
After a while there will be a burning sensation. But do not be afraid, this is normal. If you feel discomfort, you can wash off the mask with warm water. Session should be for a month.
For liver
200-300 g of black radish.
- Grate on a grater or skip a vegetable through a meat grinder.
- Squeeze the juice.
- Then take it three times a day, 30 ml. gradually increasing the dosage to 60-100 ml.
The treatment is carried out within two months.. After some time, the course can be repeated.
From cold
- 1 large black radish fruit.
- 100 g of honey.
- Rub radish and mix with honey, then remove for 10 hours in the fridge so that the mass is present.
- After the time the gruel is pressed.
Take the drug five times a day and 1 tablespoon.
Hemorrhoids
- 200-300 g of black radish.
- 30 ml of vegetable oil.
- Grate radish.
- Mix with oil.
Take this tool should be 60 g two to three times before meals for 14 days.
From hoarseness
- 200-300 g of black radish.
- 2-3 art. spoons of honey
- We take black radish and incise the tip, make a depression in the pulp, and then pour honey into it.
- At the root, cut off half and place in a deep cup or pan. An hour later, the vegetable will begin to give juice, and it will accumulate in the dishes.
Take the remedy in half a teaspoon, as the desired amount.
With cholecystitis
1 black radish fruit.
- Three or mince the fruit.
- Squeeze the mass through the fabric.
The resulting black radish juice should be drunk before each mealevery day according to the art. The treatment period is two weeks.
From hypertension
- 200-300 g of black radish.
- 1-2 tablespoons of sugar.
- Cut the vegetable into small cubes and sprinkle with sugar.
- Next, wait until the black radish will not let the juice.
Tincture should be taken by one article. l during the week thirty minutes before meals.
All listed methods of treatment can only be used as an additional treatment. to the designated doctor. Using black radish in the treatment of diseases should be careful, as the consequences may be serious. Therefore, it is recommended to promptly seek help from a specialist.
Alternative to vegetable
Black radish is the most effective and useful tool in the fight against many diseases. But white radish and green also have healing properties. They are softer means. These roots ripen before their black "sisters", they are not so bitter, but on the contrary, their taste is sweeter. The juice of these varieties is also useful in the treatment of ailments.
Prepare them as well as black radish. For example, if you need juice with honey as a cough aid, then:
- the fruit is cut off part with a tail;
- core removed;
- and pour in some honey to leave space for juice.
After 5 hours, the medicine is ready.
Anyone can use the unique properties of black radish for his own purposes: for the treatment and prevention of diseases, beauty, strengthening the immune system, weight loss and cooking new dishes, it is nevertheless necessary to clarify before use that there are no contraindications to this remedy.