Health tip: Horseradish

Verena hat with a picture of a statue of Hippocrates

Nutritional medicine - today as then

"Your food shall be your medicine and your medicine shall be your food." Already the famous physician of ancient Greece, Hippocrates of Kos (460 to 370 BC), describes in his famous quote exactly what our dietician Verena Hut is also convinced of: "With our diet - that is, what we eat and drink every day - we can make an enormous contribution to our health."

For this reason, this time the passionate cook was on the lookout for a food that, on the one hand, is native and, on the other hand, gives our immune system a strong helping hand exactly at this time - and the search was successful! Stay tuned and find out more in the next few days...

The TOP 3 facts about botany:

  • Other names: Pungent root, Biting root.
  • Relatives: Radish, cress, cabbage vegetable
  • from the Slavic word "krenas" = to weep

The TOP 3 facts about nutritional values:

  • Water content: very high, about 77 %.
  • 1 serving (approx. 10 g): contains only small amounts of calories, fat, protein and carbohydrates
  • 1 serving (approx. 10 g): cover 10% of the daily requirement of vitamin C

The TOP 3 facts about mustard oils:

  • Mustard oils belong to the essential oils
  • in horseradish the precursors of the mustard oils sinigrin and gluconasturtiin are present - are odorless
  • by destroying the cells (horseradish rupture) the mustard oils are formed - typical taste and smell develops

The TOP 3 facts of the mode of action:

Horseradish is eaten and mustard oils....

  • enter the small intestine
  • are absorbed into the blood
  • are excreted through the lungs and kidneys - THERE they exert their effect

The TOP 3 facts based on clinical study results:

  • antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal (acting against bacteria, viruses and fungi)
  • expectorant and expectorant
  • stimulates blood circulation

The TOP 3 facts about the medicinal plant:

  • officially recognized as a medicinal plant
  • works internally: for inflammations of the airways and supportive for urinary tract infections (because lungs and kidneys are the excretory organs)
  • acts externally: to stimulate blood circulation in the case of muscle pain

The TOP 3 facts about the preparation:

  • to grate the horseradish, the horseradish stick is held upright/perpendicular to the grating surface
  • sprinkled with a little lemon juice or vinegar, browning can be prevented
  • but: the mustard oil and thus also the aroma and the effect evaporate quickly in the air - therefore freshly torn prefer

Culinary secret weapon horseradish

I think you have realized why our dietician is so enthusiastic about the miracle root horseradish. "Just by deep breathing the freshly grated horseradish, you clearly notice its enormous health potential. The mustard oil responsible for the pungency quickly rises to the nose. There it stimulates nerves that pass on signals to the mucous membranes of the nose to make the nose run or the eyes water. To best strengthen my defenses in the current challenging times, I use the valuable pungency of horseradish root in the form of an "immune spoon" - a family recipe handed down from my grandmother!".

Recipe tip from our dietician Verena Hut

"Immune spoon" honey horseradish

To further increase the effect on the immune system, our dietician combines the valuable properties of horseradish root with the antibacterial as well as antiviral effects of honey in her honey horseradish recipe.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

  • fresh horseradish root
  • honey

Preparation:

  • Peel fresh horseradish, tear finely and mix with honey.
  • Pour honey horseradish into a screw-top jar and seal.

Tips:

  • Consume 1 teaspoon daily as a cure during the fall and winter months.
  • Since the mustard oils are fat-soluble, the honey horseradish either TO a meal consume or a few drops of oil additionally miteinrühren (walnut oil, rapeseed oil, linseed oil, hemp oil).
  • Well sealed the honey horseradish keeps for several weeks. However, since the pungency and the effect of the mustard oils are reduced, only small jars should be prepared at a time.
  • Depending on taste preferences, sliced garlic, finely grated ginger or turmeric root and various spices (pepper, cinnamon, chili, etc.) can also be added.

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