Black radish is a source of organic acids, mineral salts, vitamins which stimulates the immune system in winter. Its therapeutic properties calm down cough, stimulate digestion,tone down the cholesterol, improve the sight.
Therefore it is used in treating respiratory diseases, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma.

Make a hole inside the radish and put honey then leave 24 hours in a warm place. The obtained syrup is good for cough mollification and has immune-stimulating and invigorating properties.

Children may drink 2-3 spoons per day, and adults, 3-4 spoons.

For the respiratory diseases there can be used grated radish cataplasms, applied around the neck or chest. These are kept 20 minutes but not more because they can produce irritations.

Place 2-3 big carrots, cultivated race, in a liter of water and boil. Then dilute with water and make two - three baths a day.

From wild race there are used seeds, the baths effect being invigorating. They are made from time to time to revive.

The bathes have effects in treating scalls, burns, lesions produced by injuries, abscess, skin cracks, frostbites.

There could be made a lotion of carrots juice for face and neck. This gives flexibility and freshness to the skin and delays the wrinkles appearance.