Many from childhood remember how during a cold they were given such homemade “potion”. On the table or window sill was a black radish with a cut-off top. The core was picked out from it so that a "bowl" was obtained, which was filled with honey. Over time, it secreted juice and the honey in it turned into liquid syrup, and the radish itself cringed. The recipe for radish with honey has been passed down from generation to generation. How does this tool work? Its benefits are related to its components.
The benefits of radish
Black radish is rich in substances useful for the body. One of its main advantages is that it has a lot of volatile production. Surely everyone heard about them in the composition of onions and garlic, needles and resin of conifers. These substances even disinfect the air around the plant. What is volatile? These are substances that replace the immune system in plants. They kill microbes or greatly inhibit their reproduction. Once in the human body, volatile products do not lose their disinfectant properties and work like antibiotics.
The amount of vitamin C is quite large in black radish. It strengthens the walls of blood vessels, and, more importantly, for the treatment of colds, increases immunity and helps withstand seasonal epidemics. It is also rich in potassium, fiber, and essential oils. By the way, it is these oils that give it a characteristic sharpness.
The range of application of black radish is very wide and is not limited to colds at all. It is also useful for diseases of the kidneys and gall bladder, and for slagging of the liver, metabolic disorders, gastritis with low acidity. The list goes on. Due to its disinfecting properties, radish juice helps to heal wounds and abscesses, and the remaining flesh, distinguished by its stinginess, is used as mustard plasters. And, of course, black radish with cough honey is used.
Contraindications
In what cases is it forbidden to use black radish? Its burning juice can be overly aggressive if there are inflammatory processes in the mucous membranes of the digestive tract. The same applies to patients who have recently undergone digestive surgery. In case of heart disease, this vegetable is also undesirable.
Contraindications are also pancreatitis, liver and kidney failure. And in no case should you use black radish for pregnant women. The esters in its composition increase the tone of the uterus and are capable of provoking a miscarriage or premature birth. It is also important to know that radish with honey for children is recommended from 3 years, and even then in very small quantities - only a few drops mixed with water and honey. Over time, the dose is brought to a tablespoon.
The benefits of honey
Honey is a very sweet product. And not by chance. About 80% of it is carbohydrates - fructose, glucose and sucrose. Their ratio depends on the type of honey. Despite the fact that simple carbohydrates have become a kind of horror stories for people who monitor weight and health, their lack is also dangerous and leads to physical and mental exhaustion.
In addition to sweetness, honey has a characteristic aroma. As a natural product, it cannot consist of pure sugar and has many useful substances. It is rich in various trace elements, it contains vitamins of group B, as well as C, E and nicotinic acid. Honey contains a huge amount of minerals - potassium and sodium, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus. In slightly smaller quantities, it contains cobalt, zinc, copper and chlorine.
In addition, honey contains enzymes that accelerate metabolism. Also in its composition you can find organic acids, such as citric, malic, folic.
Honey resists many harmful microorganisms - bacteria, fungi, viruses. It also has a regenerative effect. Honey is used for many diseases of the upper respiratory tract - cough, runny nose, laryngitis.
When honey is harmful
In what cases is it better to refrain from honey? Like radish, it is undesirable to use it with increased acidity of the stomach. Also, honey is an allergenic product, so it is important to know that there is no reaction to it. With a tendency to allergies, its amount is better to significantly reduce, or even completely eliminate, if the reaction has occurred recently.
Pregnant women have it, fortunately, in the absence of allergies and in moderation. Nursing - with caution so as not to provoke a reaction in the child. Of course, you should not get involved in honey with excess weight, because the product is very high-calorie and quickly absorbed. With diabetes, honey can serve as a substitute for sugar, but also used only in small quantities.
Combination magic
Why do cough recipes usually combine these two components? Of course, all the components they contain are useful for colds. But there is another reason. Honey helps to extract juice from radish. Sugar has the same effect, so it is sometimes used if honey is contraindicated.
It would perfectly draw out the juice and salt. But you just have to imagine the taste of this salty juice ... Adults would have grinded and drank such a remedy, but the children certainly didn’t. Especially? honey in itself is useful and it makes no sense to abandon its healing properties. In addition, the juice secreted due to honey reduces the burning ability, so it becomes more harmless to the gastric mucosa.
Classic recipe
Radish with honey seems to be familiar to everyone. You need to take a small radish, wash it thoroughly, because the juice can drain along the walls into the dishes. The root with the base is cut off, but not thrown away - it will be used as a lid. The pulp is removed from the inside so that the cavity inside is large enough, but the walls are thick. Inside you need to put honey. There is no specific dosage - it depends on the size of the radish. The main thing is that the bowl is not completely filled and there is room for juice.
A vegetable can be placed in a cup or jar for stability, it can also be placed on a saucer, but then you have to cut the bottom to make it flat. Radish is closed with a cut lid. After 4-5 hours, the vegetable is filled with excreted juice. Usually, the radish is enough for several times, until it wrinkles and ceases to secrete juice. It is important to ensure that it does not become moldy, in which case the vegetable must be immediately discarded. How to take radish with cough honey? Children aged 3-4 years are recommended to drink 3 times a day for a teaspoon, from 7 years old and adults - increase the dosage by 2 times.
If you are allergic to honey, you can put sugar inside the radish. Juice will stand out in the same way and get syrup.
Grated radish
The recipe for radish with honey for cough for children is quite simple. The main points are the same - you need to thoroughly wash the radish, cut off the top, remove the core. But now the contents are not thrown away and are not allowed into the salad, but rubbed on a grater. Grated pulp must be mixed with honey and put inside the radish. In this case, it very quickly releases juice. It should be taken 3 times a day for a teaspoon.
Syrup
Black radish syrup is an excellent immunostimulant. How to cook radish with honey in the form of syrup?
You need to take a large fruit, wash and peel. The pulp is rubbed on a medium grater. After that, you need to squeeze it through cheesecloth. In the resulting juice is added 2 tablespoons of linden honey. The syrup is ready to eat when the honey has dissolved in the juice. This happens very quickly, especially with stirring. Such a remedy perfectly removes inflammatory processes in the body. This recipe for radish with cough honey is suitable for children, if you change the proportions - in this case, honey should prevail. For the first time, radish juice can add only 1-2 drops. If there is no allergy, then every day you can increase the dosage.
Tincture
This remedy is used to treat a wet, productive cough. Radish tincture with honey has an expectorant effect and helps to easily clear the lungs and bronchi of sputum. The recipe for this drug is in many ways similar to the classic recipe. The radish is washed thoroughly, the top is cut off, the middle is taken out. The resulting cavity must be filled with honey almost to the brim. Then the radish is covered with a cut lid, put in a warm place for a day. So, the difference lies precisely in the fact that to obtain such a tincture requires more heat and time. How to take radish with cough honey as a tincture? Children can be given two teaspoons up to 5 times a day, adults - the same way, but a tablespoon.
Compress
Judging by the reviews, folk remedies from radish can be taken not only inside. The compress is suitable for older children and adults. As in the case of mustard plasters or pepper patch, it can not be used if there is irritation on the skin, inflammatory diseases, wounds, as well as a tendency to skin allergic reactions. How to make such a compress?
Peeled radish should be grated and squeezed juice from it. A piece of cotton cloth should first be dipped in vegetable oil to soften the effect of the product and not cause skin burns. Only after this can the fabric be dipped in radish juice. Then it is applied to the area of the lungs and bronchi - chest, back, sides. It is important to consider that areas of the heart are best avoided. Women should not apply such a burning compress in the area of the mammary glands. From above, the fabric is covered with paper, and above it with a warm scarf or shawl. Then with this compress you need to spend about half an hour. All this time you need to be warm, for example, under a blanket. If the burning sensation is too strong or there are other unpleasant sensations, it is better to remove the compress. After the procedure, the skin should be rinsed with water. Redness can be lubricated with petroleum jelly or cream.
You can make a compress from the cake left over when squeezing juice. In this case, the place of application of the compress should be lubricated with oil or cream. Juice is usually used for other folk remedies.
Green radish with honey
A recipe for cough from green radish is less popular, but in vain. This vegetable in combination with honey is no less effective and even helps against a chronic cough. Two or three small radishes need to be washed and peeled. The pulp must be rubbed on a grater. Then juice is squeezed out of it using gauze. Two tablespoons of honey are added to a glass of juice. So we got a green radish with honey. How to take this drug? Syrup should be drunk 3 times a day for a tablespoon.
White radish
Judging by the reviews, this vegetable has a milder therapeutic effect. White radish with honey quickly cures acute bronchitis. There are two ways to get a remedy from white radish. Which recipe for radish with honey for cough, to apply, depends on personal preferences?
It is necessary to peel the vegetable and grate it. Grated radish is mixed with honey, sea buckthorn, raspberries, milk, beetroot juice.
The second recipe suggests using white radish similarly to black. She can just cut off the top, remove the pulp and put a spoonful of honey inside. To get the juice, you should leave a radish with honey for the night. How to take this remedy? You can drink it in a tablespoon three times a day, as it is less burning.
Recommendations for children
In fact? the recipe for radish with honey for children is no different from the recipe for adults. The difference is only in dosage. It is important to know that up to a year radish is strictly prohibited. It is too burning for a tender baby’s stomach, and it often provokes allergies. From a year to 3 years, it is used occasionally, with great care. At a time, you can not take more than a teaspoon of the drug, and a maximum of one day - 3 times. From 3 years old, you can safely give this remedy to a child if he has no contraindications, such as diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, heart, and allergic reactions.
You can take the drug immediately after a meal or 30 minutes before it. In this case, the syrup is not only absorbed by the body, but also disinfects the throat. Therefore, it is not necessary to drink it. Judging by the reviews, treatment usually lasts from 5 to 7 days, taking radishes with honey longer is not recommended.