My hometown is Jiangdu, where there are more carrots. But I have a soft spot for grandma’s carrots.
Carrot, also known as medicinal radish. It is a common vegetable everywhere, and my grandmother often grows carrots. Carrots are small in size and have no branches or stems. But carrot flowers have a different nature. Carrot flowers are composed of countless small flowers of different sizes. Their colors are generally white and light pink, and they are all umbrella-shaped. Although their smell is mediocre, they often attract some colorful butterflies. Therefore, these flowers are extremely elegant no matter how you look at them. They are really "the best hidden among the ordinary. The radish flowers bloom as well as the water lilies"! The color of the carrot fruit is different. First, different types have different colors, and the most common colors are orange, white, yellow and purple. In addition, carrots have green leaves growing on them, so the overall look is very beautiful. Carrot fruits are generally cone-shaped and long. The thick surface has leaves, which is the head; the thin surface has whiskers, which is the root. Mature carrots have fruits perpendicular to the fertile soil, with the leaves at the head and the fruit at the end. If an ordinary carrot is ripe, both the leaves and the fruit are edible, but generally people eat the fruit and discard the leaves. The fruit of carrot has a crisp, sweet and unforgettable taste.
Carrot fruit not only tastes sweet, but also has extremely high nutritional value. The vitamins, minerals, etc. are all necessary for the human body and are indispensable. Therefore, carrots are good for the liver, eyesight, and diaphragm. It has the functions of strengthening the intestines, strengthening the spleen and removing malnutrition, enhancing immune function, lowering blood sugar and lipids, etc. However, carrots also have their uses in both Chinese and Western medicine. In Western medicine, carrots can treat symptoms such as loss of appetite, bloating, diarrhea, cough, wheezing and phlegm, and blurred vision. If you say that these can be done with modern medicines, you are totally wrong. Carrots and medicines cannot be compared at all, because carrots are common and easy to find, and the dosage is small. The most important thing is that eating carrots will not damage their vitality. According to Chinese medicine, you should eat more carrots, especially in winter, because in winter, everything will be collected and all Yang Qi will be hidden in the body, which will easily stagnate Qi. However, carrots are also a way to soothe and regulate Qi. Excellent machine. This is the origin of the saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "eating radish in winter and ginger in summer does not require a doctor to prescribe medicine."
Whether it is traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, carrots are like medicine but not medicine, and they are not medicines. Carrots have really contributed far more to mankind than medicine, so people often call carrots "medicine carrots."
