The efficacy and function of radish seeds

Do you know what radish seeds are? It is also called radish seeds and cabbage seeds. It is the seeds of mature radish and is also a very common type of traditional Chinese medicine. There are many records of it in ancient medical books. Radish seeds have many medicinal values ​​and can be used to treat some uncomfortable symptoms in our body, such as cough, phlegm and asthma. Let us learn about the effects and functions of radish seeds in detail.

Some people who study medicine, especially those who study traditional Chinese medicine, should know about radish seeds. It is already a common medicine and is usually decocted and taken orally. Radish seeds have many effects and functions. They have special effects in treating some diseases and are also very effective in treating jaundice.

[Alias] Radish seeds, radish seeds, turnip seeds, radish seeds [Medicinal part] It is the mature seeds of the cruciferous plant radish. Plant morphology: Radish. 【Ingredients】

It contains volatile oil and fatty oil. The volatile oil contains α-, β-hexenal and β-, γ-hexenol, etc.; the fatty oil contains a large amount of erucic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and erucic acid glyceride, etc.; it also contains raphanin and raphanin.

【Functions and indications】It can relieve gas and asthma, help digestion and resolve phlegm. Treats cough, phlegm and asthma, food stagnation and qi stagnation, chest tightness and abdominal distension, and heaviness after diarrhea.

① "Rihuazi Bencao": "Grind with water and take, spit out wind phlegm: grind with vinegar to reduce swelling and poison."

② "Daily Materia Medica": "It can treat jaundice, skin and eyes yellow like gold, and urinary tract fever and redness."

③ "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "It can relieve gas and relieve fullness, eliminate swelling, reduce phlegm, calm wheezing, attack gastrointestinal stagnation, treat lumps and single abdominal pain."

④ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can relieve asthma, treat phlegm, help digestion, relieve bloating, promote urination and defecation, relieve gas pain, relieve heaviness after diarrhea, and cause sores and rashes."

⑤ "Yi Lin Zong Yao": "When used raw, it can spit out wind and phlegm, relieve chest tightness, and support sores and rashes; when used hot, it can relieve qi and eliminate phlegm, tackle tough accumulations, and treat post-operative heaviness."

⑥ "New Materia Medica": "It can dissipate phlegm and eliminate wind, dissipate evil and induce sweating."

⑦ "Sui Xi Ju Diet": "It is used to treat phlegm cough, wheezing, flatulence, headache, urinary retention, and accidental ingestion of tonics." [Usage and Dosage]

Decoction: 6-10g can be used raw to spit out phlegm, and fried to help digestion, relieve gas and eliminate phlegm.

[Selected prescription] ① Treat chronic shortness of breath, cough, excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and spitting of pus and blood: Grind one cup of radish seeds, boil them into a water, and take it after meals. (Food and Medicine Mirror)

②To treat whooping cough: roast and dry white radish seeds, then grind into fine powder. Take a small amount with white sugar water, several times a day. (Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine (12): 1963)

③For treating wheezing and shortness of breath with phlegm, which is triggered by eating heavy food: wash and clean the radish seeds, steam them, dry and grind them, soak them in ginger juice and make steamed cakes into mung bean-sized balls. Take 30 pills each time, swallow with saliva, three times a day. (Qingjin Pills from Fu Zi's Medical Collection)

④ Treat cough in the elderly, qi stagnation and phlegm: Perilla seed, white mustard seed, and radish seed. Wash the above three ingredients, stir-fry slightly, crush them, put them in a small raw silk bag, and cook them into soup. Take it as a delicacy instead of tea, but do not boil it too much. (Sanzi Yangqin Decoction from Han's Medical Encyclopedia)

⑤ Treat all kinds of food accumulation: 6 liang of hawthorn, 2 liang of Shenqu, 3 liang each of Pinellia and Poria, 1 liang each of tangerine peel, Forsythia suspensa, and radish seeds. Grind the above ingredients into powder and make into balls as big as walnuts. Take 70 to 80 pills each time, far away from meals, with white soup. (Baohe Pills from Danxi's Heart Method)

⑥To treat flatulence and bloating: Grind radish seeds, filter the juice with water, soak one or two liang of sand overnight, stir-fry until dry, soak and stir-fry again seven times, and grind into powder. Take one coin of rice with drink. (Zhu's Collection of Medical Prescriptions)

⑦For treating dysentery with accumulation of stool and constipation in the lower back: 5 qian of radish seeds, 3 qian of white peony root, 1 qian of rhubarb and 5 fen of costus root. Decoction in water. (《Fangmai Zhengzong》)

⑧To treat constipation caused by wind and qi: take one cup of fried radish seeds, pound them in water, and mix with two qian of soapberry powder. (The Magical Prescription for the Longevity Domain)

⑨To treat lockjaw caused by stroke: 2 qian each of radish seeds and soapberry. Decoction in water and induce vomiting. (Zhu Zhenheng)

⑩For treating wind headache and migraine: 0.5 liang of radish seeds and 0.5 he of ginger juice. Grind the above ingredients into a very fine powder, squeeze out the juice, add a little musk, and drip into the nose. Use it on both sides of the nose for migraine. (Puji Fang)

⑾To treat intestinal pain in children: fry radish seeds until they turn yellow, then grind into powder. Take half a penny of frankincense soup. (Ren Zhai Zhi Zhi Fang)

⑿To treat toothache: Take 27 radish seeds, remove the red skin and grind them finely. Mix it with human milk. If you have toothache on the left side, apply a small amount to the middle of the right nose. If you have toothache on the right side, apply a small amount to the middle of the left nose. (Sheng Hui Fang)

Everyone should know that radish seeds have many effects and functions. If you have any discomfort in your body, you can use Chinese medicine to regulate it. Chinese medicine has a longer history of treating diseases, and Chinese medicine is also very profound. However, now we often forget the methods of Chinese medicine to treat diseases and choose Western medicine. In fact, Chinese medicine also has many advantages.