Carrots can break their qi or regulate their qi

Carrots have both the function of breaking qi and regulating qi, and the specific effect depends on the way of consumption and physical differences. The mustard oil and other components in radish can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help with exhaust, with a more significant effect on breaking gas when eaten raw; After cooking, dietary fiber softens and enhances the function of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not overeat raw food. For those with qi stagnation and bloating, appropriate consumption can help alleviate symptoms.

Raw radish has a cool and pungent taste, containing a large amount of active enzymes and volatile oil components, which directly stimulate the digestive tract mucosa, accelerate intestinal peristalsis, and produce exhaust reactions. This gas breaking characteristic has a relieving effect on food stagnation and abdominal distension, and can help eliminate intestinal gas accumulation. In traditional usage, raw radish juice is often used for situations where food accumulation cannot be resolved, but consuming it on an empty stomach may cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

After cooking, the turnip nature turns to temperature, mustard oil and other irritants are partially decomposed, and dietary fiber swells to form gel like substances. In this state, the qi regulating effect is more prominent, which can gently regulate gastrointestinal function and improve digestion and absorption in patients with weak spleen and stomach. When cooking, pairing ginger and tangerine peel with isothermal ingredients can neutralize the cooling characteristics of radish, enhance the effect of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, and is suitable for long-term regulation of chronic gastrointestinal disorders.

Radish, as a typical representative of medicinal and edible homology, is recommended to choose the way of consumption according to one's own constitution. People with gastrointestinal sensitivity should avoid eating raw food on an empty stomach, and it is advisable to choose stewing and boiling in winter. Cooking with meat can reduce the gas breaking effect of radish, and eating it with yam and red dates can enhance its nourishing effect. When severe abdominal distension or diarrhea occurs, consumption should be stopped. Patients with chronic digestive diseases should use radish dietary therapy under the guidance of a physician.