Introduction
Radish is grown all over India. Radish also grows in the form of tubers inside the ground like carrots. There are two main varieties of radish- white and small white red. It also has other varieties like round etc. Radish is considered edible in October-November. Radish is eaten raw. Radish and radish leaves are also made into greens. Delicious vegetable is also made by mixing gram flour in radish leaves. Oil is extracted from radish seeds. Radish oil is heavier than water in weight and is colorless. Eating raw radish in between meals increases interest in eating food. It is beneficial to cut radish into round pieces, sprinkle a little salt on it and eat it with roti in the morning.
Properties
Radish is beneficial for spleen patients. Radish is stimulant, digestive and nutritious in winter. It is beneficial to consume radish leaves or its juice. Agnimandaya (loss of appetite), lack of appetite, flatulence, pain in menstruation in women, chronic gonorrhoea, difficulty in urination (mutra-krichchha), stone, hiccups, swelling, indigestion, phlegm-vaat-fever, breathing (asthma), hiccups and swelling - radish is beneficial in all these diseases. Eating radish greens daily is beneficial in chronic constipation. Radish cures fever, breathing (asthma), nose diseases, throat diseases and eye diseases. Radish cures gas, tuberculosis, cough, navel pain, phlegm, vata, bile and blood diseases. Apart from this, radish is useful in stomach worms, boils, piles and all types of swelling.
Harmful effects
Eating radish on an empty stomach causes burning sensation in the chest and bile gets stimulated. Consumption of radish is not beneficial in autumn (winter season). One should not drink milk after eating radish. Radish should not be eaten at night.
Treatment of various diseases
1. Burning and pain during urination:
By consuming half a glass of radish juice, burning and pain during urination goes away.
2. Less urine formation:
If urine formation stops due to kidney disorder, then by drinking 50 ml of radish juice daily, urine formation starts again.
3. Stomach ache:
By adding salt and chilli in 1 cup of radish juice and consuming it, stomach gets cleaned and stomach ache also goes away.
By adding salt as per need and powder of 3-4 black peppers in approximately one-fourth gram of radish juice and giving it to the patient 3-4 times, stomach ache gets cured.
Make a powder by mixing 10 ml radish juice, 10 grams yavakshar, 50 grams hingvashtak churna, 50 grams soda bicarbonate, 2 grams sal ammoniac, 10 grams tartary. Eating this powder with 3 grams water cures all types of stomach pain.
100 ml radish juice, 200 grams gheekunwar juice, 50 ml ginger juice, 20 grams borax flower, 20 grams sal ammoniac theekri, 20 grams all five salts, 10-10 grams chitrakmul, roasted asafoetida, peepal root, dry ginger, black pepper, peepal, roasted cumin, celery, iron ash and 150 grams old jaggery. Grind all the medicines and make a powder, mix it with radish, gheekunwar and ginger juice, fill it in amritban (a vessel), close the mouth of amritban and keep it in the sun for 15 days. After 15 days, filter it and fill it in a bottle. As per requirement, mix 6-10 grams of this mixture in about 30 ml water and consume it after meals. This will cure stomach related diseases like jaundice, poor digestion, indigestion, flatulence, constipation and stomach ache. If menstruation is painful or irregular, then it is beneficial to consume 2 teaspoons of this mixture regularly in the morning and evening for 3 weeks.
It is beneficial to consume black pepper and 1 pinch of black salt mixed in radish juice.
It is beneficial to consume radish juice mixed with black or rock salt to get relief from stomach pain.
Mix radish ash, bitter gourd juice, sande root juice, gadatumba juice in 10-10 grams quantity. Drinking this mixture 3 times a day cures diseases like jaundice, diabetes, stomach ache, stones, gas in women (gas in the stomach), obesity, gulma vayu (air or gas blocked in the stomach due to constipation) and indigestion.
Consuming 20 to 40 ml of radish leaf juice in the morning and evening relieves stomach pain.
Consuming radish juice mixed with lemon juice and rock salt ends stomach pain caused by gas problems.
4. Hiccups:
Drink radish juice. Give 50 to 100 ml of dried radish decoction every 1 hour.
Hiccups stop immediately by chewing soft radish leaves and sucking the juice.
Hiccups also stop by drinking radish juice after heating it slightly.
5. Diabetes:
Eating radish or drinking its juice is beneficial in diabetes.
Giving juice of half a radish to a diabetic patient in the afternoon is beneficial.
6. Jaundice (Kamala, Pandu):
Jaundice gets cured in a few days by eating one raw radish every morning after waking up. Mix 30 grams of sugar in 125 ml of radish leaf juice and give it to the patient in the morning. It will be beneficial as soon as it is consumed and the patient will get relief within 1 week.
Radish contains many mineral salts like vitamin C, iron, calcium, sodium, magnesium and chlorine, which improve the functioning of the liver. Therefore, drinking 100 to 150 ml of radish juice with jaggery 3 to 4 times a day is beneficial in jaundice.
Cook 10-15 ml of radish juice till it boils. After that, take it off and mix 25 grams of sugar or sugar candy and give it to the patient. Jaundice is cured by feeding radish and radish greens regularly.
Jaundice is cured by consuming radish pickle made in vinegar.
Make the patient lick about half to 1 gram of Mandur Bhasma and about one-fourth of 1 gram of Loha Bhasma with honey. Then mix sugar in 100 ml of radish juice and make him drink it. Jaundice is cured in 15-20 days by giving it daily in the morning and evening.
Grind fresh radish leaves with water and boil it, it will form a foam like milk, filter it and drink it 3 times a day to cure jaundice.
Extract the juice of radish along with the leaves, then drink it 3 times a day in the amount of 20-20 grams, it is beneficial in jaundice.
Jaundice is cured by mixing 40 grams of sugar in 70 ml of radish juice and drinking it.
Jaundice is cured by mixing 60 ml of radish leaf juice and 15 grams of sugar and drinking it. Jaundice is cured by mixing 60 ml of radish leaf juice and 15 grams of sugar. Jaundice is cured by consuming radish vegetable.
Jaundice is cured by drinking 100 ml radish juice mixed with 20 grams of sugar. The patient should be given radish, orange, papaya, melon, grapes and sugarcane etc. to eat. Take out 80 ml juice of radish leaves and put it in a vessel on fire, when the water boils, then filter it and add sugar to it and drink it on an empty stomach, jaundice is cured. Jaundice is cured by mixing about one-fourth gram of powdered ammonium chloride in 25 ml radish juice and taking it in the morning and evening. Consume 1 teaspoon raw radish juice mixed with 1 pinch of jawakhar in it. Jaundice is cured by drinking it continuously in the morning, afternoon and evening for a few days. Jaundice is cured by mixing sugar in 100 ml radish leaves juice and drinking it in the morning. Jaundice is cured by eating radish or drinking its juice in the morning. A jaundice patient should consume radish juice along with sugarcane juice and eat non-greasy bhujia of radish leaves. 7. Intestinal diseases: Radish juice acts as an antiseptic in the intestines.
8. Stone: Boil 30 to 35 grams of radish seeds in half a liter of water. When half the water is left, filter it and drink it. By doing this experiment for a few days, the bladder stone will be crushed and come out with urine. Continue this experiment for 2 to 3 months. By drinking radish juice, the formation of gallstones stops. Drink 20 ml of radish juice 3 times a day every 4 hours and chew its leaves and eat them. By this, the bladder stone will be crushed and come out with urine. Do this experiment for 2-3 months. By drinking radish juice, the formation of gallstones stops. By mixing 30 grams of parsley in 80 ml of radish leaves juice and drinking it daily, the stone dissolves and comes out.
Make a hole in radish, put turnip seeds in it, wrap kneaded dough on it and roast it on embers. When the stuffing is done or cooked, take it out, separate the dough and eat the radish. This breaks the stone into pieces and it comes out. Extract juice of radish and mix half gram powder of barley powder in it and eat it every morning and evening. This removes pain and gas in the pelvis (lower part of the navel) and the stone dissolves. By adding saltpeter in the juice of radish leaves and consuming it, the stone is removed. Keep a glass of water at night before sleeping. In the morning, add 2 grams of radish juice in that water and drink it. By drinking this, the stone dissolves and comes out. 9. Loosening of the penis: Cook radish seeds in oil and massage the penis with that oil. This removes looseness of the penis and creates excitement in it. 10. Menstrual blockage, irregularities and problems: Giving 3 grams of radish seeds powder to a woman removes menstrual blockage and makes the menstrual cycle clear. Grind 2-2 grams of radish seeds, carrot seeds, nagarmotha and a palm full of neem bark and consume it with warm water. Milk should be consumed after consuming this. This starts the stopped menstrual cycle (menstruation). If there are more pimples on the face due to stopped menstruation, then chewing radish and its soft leaves in the morning gives relief. Radish juice can also be consumed. Grind 50-50 grams of radish, carrot and fenugreek seeds and prepare a powder. Taking 10 grams of this mixture with water removes menstrual problems. Consuming 3 grams of radish seeds powder with water in the morning and evening removes the obstruction of menstruation. 11. Piles: Eat raw radish and make a vegetable of its leaves and eat it. Eating raw radish stops the bleeding from piles. Whether piles are bloody or badi, take 1 cup of radish juice. Add one spoon of pure ghee to it. Drinking it twice a day in the morning and evening is beneficial. Mixing 1-2 grams of pepper powder in 40-60 ml decoction (kwath) of tender radish and drinking it provides relief in piles. Cut a white radish, apply salt on it and keep it in the dew at night. Eat it in the morning on an empty stomach. After defecation, wash the anus with radish water or let 100 grams of pure ghee jalebi soak in 125 ml radish juice for one hour. Immediately after that, eat the jalebi and drink water. By doing this experiment continuously for one week, every type of piles will be cured for life. Fry a piece of radish in ghee and eat it with sugar or cut radish and put sugar on it and eat it daily for 2 months, it also gives relief in piles. Heating a bundle of dry radish and fomenting it on piles gives relief. Fry the powder of Yam in ghee, mix it in radish juice and make 1-1 gram tablets. Then taking 1 tablet each morning and evening with fresh water cures every type of piles.
Take equal quantity of Rasout and Kalmi Shora, mix them in radish juice and make tablets of the size of gram. Taking 1 to 4 tablets daily morning and evening with stale water cures both types of piles. Grind 10-10 grams of neem's Nimboli, Kalmi Shora, Rasavat and Harrad finely, then mix it in radish juice and make pills of the size of wild plum. By taking 1 pill every morning and evening with fresh water or buttermilk, bleeding from bloody piles stops on the very first day and Badi piles are completely cured after 1 month of use.
Making round pieces of radish root with a knife or blade and frying them in ghee and eating them with sugar candy is very beneficial in piles. Grind the kernels of neem and add camphor to radish juice and apply on piles warts to dry them. Take a good thick radish, cut it from the top and hollow it out with a knife or blade and fill it with 20 grams of `Rasvat´ and close the mouth of the cut part of the radish and cover it well with cloth and clay. Put it in the fire of cow dung cakes and turn it into ashes. Next day, take out the Rasvat and grind it in radish juice and make pills of the size of raspberries.
Consuming 1 pill each with fresh water in the morning and evening cures bloody piles in a few days. Dry the radish leaves in the shade and grind them finely, then add equal quantity of sugar, sugar candy or jaggery to it and eat 10 grams of it daily on an empty stomach to get relief from piles. Eating radish vegetable gives relief from piles and stomach pain. In piles, drinking 20-50 ml soup of dry radish mixed with water or goat meat soup gives relief from piles. Mix 100 grams of jalebi in 125 ml radish juice and keep it for an hour. After an hour, eat the jalebi and drink the juice. By drinking this, piles disease gets cured within 1 week. Chop radish into small pieces, fry it in deshi ghee and eat it daily in the morning and evening, both types of piles get cured. Make powder of dried radish leaves, mix sugar candy in it and eat it daily to get relief from piles. By extracting juice of radish and mixing 5 grams of ghee in 20 ml of its juice and drinking it every morning and evening, bleeding stops. 12. In case of scorpion bite: Applying salt on a piece of radish and placing it on the scorpion bitten area relieves the pain. Feed radish to the scorpion bitten patient and applying radish juice on the affected area also gives relief. 13. Ringworm: Grind radish seeds in lemon juice, heat it and apply it on ringworm. On applying it on the first day, there will be burning and pain, on the second day this pain will reduce. There will be no pain after recovery. This remedy is beneficial in both types of ringworm, dry and wet. Grinding radish seeds in lemon juice and applying it gives relief in ringworm. Grinding radish seeds in custard apple fruit juice and applying it cures ringworm. 14. Throat sores: Mixing radish juice and water in equal amounts, adding salt and gargling cures throat sores. Agnimandaya (loss of appetite), anorexia, chronic constipation, gas: Add salt and black pepper to radish and eat it daily for 2 months with food. Eating radish chutney, pickle and vegetable is also useful in stomach diseases. 15. Acidity: If sour burps occur due to the effect of heat, then consuming 1 cup of radish juice mixed with sugar candy is beneficial. Mixing 10 ml of amla juice or 3 grams of amla powder in 100 ml of radish juice and consuming it in the morning, afternoon and evening is very beneficial in acidity.
Mixing radish juice and raw coconut water and consuming it in the amount of 250 ml throughout the day provides great relief in acidity.
Consuming tender radish mixed with sugar candy or consuming 10-20 ml of its leaves juice mixed with sugar candy daily reduces the problem of acidity. Consuming radish juice mixed with sugar stops stomach irritation, heat and sour burps. Consuming 2 teaspoons of radish juice mixed with a little amount of sugar candy gives relief from sour burps. Chopping radish and applying rock salt on it and eating it on an empty stomach in the morning is beneficial. Keep in mind that if you have cough, then radish should not be used at all because it will be harmful at that time. 16. Deodorant (Odor suppressant): Eating jaggery after eating radish prevents the smell of radish in burps. 17. Ear ache: Grind radish leaves and extract its juice. Cook 50 ml of its juice in 10 ml sesame oil for a long time. When the juice burns completely after cooking, filter the oil in a cloth and store it in a bottle. If there is pain in the ear, warm this oil and put it in the ear to cure the earache. Heat 2 to 4 drops of radish root juice and put it in the ear 2 to 3 times. 18. Liver-spleen-enlargement of child: Giving 3 to 6 ml of fresh radish juice with yavakshar and honey to the child twice a day reduces enlargement of liver and spleen. 19. Hypertension: Consuming radish juice cures hypothyroidism.
