Taboos of Eating Fruit: The Apple
Apples are known as the "king of fruits" and are popular all year round. Eating apples can help with weight loss and aid digestion. Apples contain various vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, and fats. The rich carbohydrates and potassium salts in apples have the effect of clearing heat and quenching thirst, and can also relieve mental fatigue. They are suitable for the general population, but because apples are rich in carbohydrates and potassium salts, people with coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, kidney disease, or diabetes should not eat too many.
Taboos of Eating Fruit: The Melon
Sweet melon, also known as muskmelon, is a summer fruit for relieving summer heat. Its nutritional value is comparable to that of watermelon. According to measurements, besides having lower water and protein content than watermelon, sweet melon has no fewer other nutrients, and its content of aromatic substances, minerals, sugar, and vitamin C is significantly higher than that of watermelon. Traditional Chinese medicine confirms that sweet melon has significant effects of "relieving summer heat, quenching thirst, and promoting urination." Because sweet melon is "cold" in nature, it should be used with caution or avoided by people with hematemesis, hemoptysis, duodenal or gastric ulcers, chronic enteritis, deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, cold accumulation causing abdominal distension or pain and diarrhea, frequent urination, or heart disease. Even normal, healthy people should not eat large quantities regularly, as the high water content of sweet melon can dilute stomach acid, harming the stomach and causing indigestion or abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Taboos of Eating Fruit: The Coconut
The coconut meat is sweet and neutral in nature, with the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach. Coconut milk has the effects of nourishing, clearing summer heat, and quenching thirst, and is mainly used for summer heat thirst and thirst due to insufficient body fluids. People with excessive internal heat should not eat it often. If you often stay up late, love spicy and fried foods, and are prone to irritability and a dry mouth and throat, you must remember not to eat too many coconuts. Additionally, sea coconut, which has always been praised for clearing heat and moistening, is actually also warming and nourishing in nature.
Taboos of Eating Fruit: The Honey Peach
Honey peach is a fruit with high nutritional value, containing protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and vitamins B and C. Moreover, honey peaches are rich in carbohydrates, which can provide the body with various calories and moisture, giving a refreshing and crisp feeling. People with poor gastrointestinal function, as well as the elderly and children, should not eat too many. Peaches are "warming" in nature, and eating too many can damage the stomach, causing bloating and chest tightness.
Taboos of Eating Fruit: The Lychee
Lychee is a common fruit in the Lingnan region during the summer, with a delicious taste. The line "A horseman kicks up red dust, the imperial consort smiles—who knows it's lychees that have arrived" perfectly captures the allure of lychees. Lychees are rich in sugar, protein, various vitamins, fat, citric acid, pectin, and phosphorus and iron, making them a beneficial fruit for the human body. Lychees can replenish the body with a large amount of water and have a cooling and summer-heat-relieving effect. Lychees have the effect of promoting the production of body fluids and harmonizing the stomach, so people with insufficient body fluids can eat more. However, lychees are "hot" in nature, so people with yin deficiency and excessive fire, a red tongue coating, or internal heat should not eat too many, as it may cause adverse reactions such as nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, and limb weakness.