What does it mean to eat radish in winter and ginger in summer?

"Eating radish in winter and ginger in summer" has two meanings:

1 is a proverb, which means to eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, which means to eat ginger in summer and radish in winter. Eating ginger in summer morning has the best health care effect. The reason is that Jiang is best at promoting Yang Yang. The weather is hot in summer, and food is easy to breed bacteria and cause gastrointestinal diseases. Ginger can kill or inhibit bacteria, and gargling with Jiang Shui can also treat halitosis and periodontitis.

2. "Eat Radish in Winter and Ginger in Summer" is a large-scale life service program launched by Jinan TV City Channel for people's health needs.

Extended data:

"Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, and you don't have to open a prescription." Most people interpret this proverb as eating radish in winter and ginger in summer. In fact, this proverb adopts an ancient rhetorical device-intertextuality. Winter and summer generally refer to the four seasons of the year. The correct understanding is that radish and ginger are often eaten all the year round without a doctor's prescription.

It is common knowledge that ginger is hot and radish is cold. Proverbs mainly remind people to eat ginger in summer and radish in winter. In fact, this is a health care experience that is integrated with Chinese medicine.

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