Diarrhea is a common illness, mostly caused by eating the wrong things or an upset stomach. By paying attention to dietary restrictions, you can naturally prevent diarrhea! The editor is sharing healthy eating knowledge to tell you about the dietary taboos for diarrhea patients. Reducing your intake of 18 types of food can help prevent diarrhea and care for your intestines. Come and learn!
Diarrhea is a common intestinal disease with a high incidence rate, mainly because people don't pay enough attention to their usual diet. After developing diarrhea, many patients focus on conditioning their diet. Below is an introduction to the foods that diarrhea patients should avoid eating, so as not to worsen the condition:
1. Sesame, also known as Hu Ma. It contains rich fatty oil and has a lubricating effect on the intestines. The "Ben Cong Xin" says: "Taking Hu Ma makes one's intestines slippery." The "Ben Qiu Zhen" also states: "For those with a deficiency in the lower Jiao and loose stools,... it should be avoided." Therefore, anyone with diarrhea should especially avoid eating it.
2. Duck meat is a food for light nourishment, capable of nourishing yin and the stomach, but it is not suitable for people with diarrhea. As stated in the "Sui Xi Ju Yin Shi Pu": "Eating too much of it can cause stagnation of qi and slippery intestines. Those with yang deficiency, weak spleen, unresolved external pathogens, diarrhea, or intestinal bleeding should all avoid it." Regardless of the type of diarrhea, it should be avoided.
3. Crab is a very cooling food and is not suitable for anyone with diarrhea. The "Ben Jing Shu" points out: "...For those with a cold and slippery spleen and stomach, it should not be taken." The "Sui Xi Ju Yin Shi Pu" also says: "Those with deficient middle jiao and cold, unresolved seasonal illnesses, phlegm-coughing, and diarrhea should all avoid it." In particular, it must not be eaten with persimmons, otherwise it can cause unstoppable diarrhea. Be very cautious.
4. River snail is cold-natured. The "Bie Lu" also considers its juice to be "very cold." Therefore, the "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" states: "Overeating it causes abdominal pain and diarrhea." River snails have the same nature as field snails and are also very cooling foods. The "Ben Hui Yan" says: "For those with cold drink in the stomach or chronic, non-solid diarrhea, it should not be eaten." For those with damp-cold, spleen-deficiency, or yang-deficiency type diarrhea, both should especially be avoided.
5. Pear is cooling in nature with a sweet, slightly sour taste. The "Ben Tong Xuan" says: "A raw pear clears the heat of the six fu organs, while a cooked one nourishes the yin of the five zang organs." Therefore, for those with damp-cold (wind-cold), spleen-deficiency, or yang-deficiency type diarrhea, raw pears should not be eaten. As the "Ben Jing Shu" says: "...For those with spleen-related diarrhea, cold abdominal masses,... cold stomach and vomiting, it is all contraindicated."
6. Banana is cold-natured and sweet, both clearing heat and lubricating the intestines. Therefore, those with damp-cold, spleen-deficiency, or yang-deficiency type diarrhea should not eat it. Eating it will also affect the function of the digestive tract because the sugar in bananas ferments in the stomach, worsening diarrhea and loose stools.
7. Persimmon is a cold-natured food and should not be eaten by anyone with diarrhea, and especially not with crab. The "Ben Tu Jing" has long warned: "When eating persimmons, one must not eat them with crab, as it causes severe abdominal pain and diarrhea." The reason is that both persimmon and crab are cold in nature, and eating them together can easily cause the protein in the crab to coagulate and form clumps in the gastrointestinal tract, leading to symptoms like "severe abdominal pain and diarrhea."
8. Sweet melon, commonly known as muskmelon, is cooling and sweet, a very cool melon and fruit. Anyone with diarrhea should not eat it. The "Ben Yan Yi" believes: "Eating too much muskmelon will inevitably lead to dysentery, because it damages yang qi." The "Shi Liao Ben Cao" also says: "Eating too much muskmelon causes abdominal bloating." Especially for those with insufficient yang qi, a weak and cold spleen and stomach, and abdominal bloating and loose stools, it should be strictly avoided.
9. Bitter melon is cold-natured with a bitter and sweet taste, and it can damage the qi of the spleen and stomach. For those with spleen-deficiency, damp-cold, or yang-deficiency type diarrhea, it should be avoided. As stated in the "Dian Nan Ben Cao": "For those with a weak and cold spleen and stomach, eating it can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain."
10. Spinach is cooling and sweet, and can lubricate the intestines and promote bowel movements, so it is suitable for constipation but should be avoided by those with diarrhea. The "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" once pointed out: "All vegetables can promote bowel movements, but spinach is especially cold and slippery." As a cold and slippery food, eating too much of it can easily lead to diarrhea and loose stools.
11. Honey has a lubricating effect on the intestines and should be avoided by both acute and chronic diarrhea patients. The "Ben Jing Shu" long ago pointed out: "Raw honey is cold and slippery, can cause diarrhea, and is not suitable for those with deficient qi in the large intestine or undigested food in the stool."
12. Milk Because milk has the effect of "moistening the large intestine," those with diarrhea and loose stools due to a weak and cold spleen and stomach should not eat too much of it. As the "Ben Jing Shu" warns: "Those with diarrhea caused by dampness in the spleen should not take it."
13. Sea cucumber has the effects of nourishing yin, blood, and moisture. The "Yao Xing Kao" also says it can "reduce fire, nourish the kidneys, and moisten the intestines," so people with diarrhea should avoid it. For example, the "Yin Shi Xu Zhi" contains the warning: "Those with diarrhea and dysentery should not eat it." Qing dynasty Wang Mengying also believed that "a weak spleen that cannot transport qi and loose stools are all reasons not to eat it." Therefore, anyone with diarrhea, whether acute or chronic enteritis, should not eat it.
14. According to the experience of past generations, those with chronic diarrhea due to a weak and cold spleen and stomach should avoid eating lily. The "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" warns: "Those with deficient middle jiao qi and slippery bowel movements should avoid it." The "Ben Jing Zheng" also says: "For those with dampness and cold stagnation and a deficiency of spleen and kidney yang, it should all be avoided."
15. Eggplant is cooling in nature and should be strictly avoided by those with chronic, deficient-cold type diarrhea and loose stools. As stated in the "Ben Qiu Zhen": "Eggplant is sweet and cold in nature, its texture is slippery and promoting, taking it often risks moving qi, causing abdominal pain, and diarrhea." The "Sui Xi Ju Yin Shi Pu" is even more explicit in its warning: "Those with slippery stools should avoid it."
16. According to the experience of past generations, although crown daisy is a neutral vegetable, it should not be eaten frequently or in large amounts by those with acute or chronic diarrhea and loose stools. It has the effect of benefiting the intestines and relieving constipation. Therefore, the "De Ben Ben Cao" clearly states: "It is forbidden for those with diarrhea."
17. Goji berry is neutral and sweet. Although it has the effect of tonifying the liver and kidneys, goji berries are sweet and moistening, so those with chronic diarrhea should not take them in large amounts or for a long time. As the "Ben Jing Shu" points out: "For those with a weak spleen and stomach and frequent diarrhea, it should not be used." The modern "Zhong Yao Da Dian" also believes: "It is contraindicated for those with diarrhea."
18. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is believed that Angelica sinensis has the effect of lubricating the intestines and promoting bowel movements because it contains rich volatile oil. Therefore, it is suitable for those with dry stools, but should be avoided by those with diarrhea and loose stools. As the "Ben Jing Shu" says: "For those with a weak spleen and stomach, loose stools, and all spleen and stomach diseases, it is strictly forbidden."
In addition, diarrhea patients should also avoid mare's milk, water shield, fat choy, Malabar spinach, crown daisy, raw cucumber, raw loofah, raw he shou wu, mint, cassia seed, and cynomorium, among others.