In the family of fruits, one can see a variety of fruits with different shapes and five colors. Their natural colors, mellow aromas, and sweet and crisp textures are especially noteworthy. Golden yellow fruits not only have a good taste and rich nutrition but also have good health care effects. Now, I will briefly introduce the health benefits of several commonly eaten yellow fruits.
Orange
Orange, also known as orange, orange fruit, and tangerine, is one of the most popular fruits. It is sweet and delicious, sour and refreshing, with Wenzhou and Huangyan being the best. The whole fruit is a treasure. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that its nature and taste are sweet, sour, and warm, and non-toxic. It has many effects, such as moistening the lungs to relieve coughs, whetting the appetite to promote body fluids, strengthening the spleen to stop diarrhea, promoting qi to relieve obstruction, and soothing the liver to relieve depression.
It contains hesperidin, citric acid, reducing sugars, malic acid, vitamins A, C, D, riboflavin, niacin, and various trace elements. In every 100g, it contains 85.6g of water, 1.2g of protein, 0.2g of fat, 0.1g of dietary fiber, 12.5g of carbohydrates, and 0.4g of ash. It contains 5140ug of carotene. It is beneficial for upper respiratory tract infections, tracheitis, gastrointestinal diseases, especially for gynecological mastitis, breast tuberculosis, and poor milk secretion when taken in appropriate amounts. Its peel is a good medicine for expelling phlegm and relieving coughs, and has various effects such as anti-thrombosis, promoting bile secretion, dilating the bronchi, increasing cardiac output, and preventing microvascular bleeding. It has a good effect on hernia pain, testicular swelling and pain, and breast lumps. The pulp can promote qi and dredge the meridians, resolve phlegm, and relieve coughs. The leaves are excellent for soothing the liver and promoting qi, dispersing knots and reducing swelling, and are especially effective for pain in the ribs, breast pain, and breast lumps. Oranges should not be eaten on an empty stomach or in large quantities. Excessive consumption can easily lead to carotenemia, with symptoms such as listlessness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, yellowing of the skin, and can also irritate the gastric mucosa, causing bloating, indigestion, etc.
Banana
Banana, also known as banana fruit,甘蕉 (Gan Jiao), is known as the "giant" among fruits and is rich in nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that its nature and taste are sweet, cold, and slightly astringent, and it affects the heart, stomach, and large intestine meridians. It has effects such as clearing heat and quenching thirst, clearing the stomach and cooling the blood, moistening the intestines to promote bowel movements, lowering blood pressure and promoting urination, moistening the lungs to resolve phlegm, clearing heat and promoting body fluids. It is effective for thirst, diarrhea, constipation, bloody stools, dizziness, scalds, sore throat, cough, and lung abscess caused by "internal heat" (shanghuo). It contains protein, fat, carotene, riboflavin, calcium, potassium, iron, and various trace elements, inorganic salts, vitamins A, B, C, 5-hydroxytryptamine, norepinephrine, and dihydroxyphenethylamine. It has a good effect on arteriosclerosis, high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction, and high blood pressure. In addition, it is good for carbuncles, burns, and chapped skin. This product is relatively cold, so people with weak spleen and stomach should eat it with caution, especially on an empty stomach, because eating it on an empty stomach can disrupt the ratio of magnesium and calcium in the blood, which has an inhibitory effect on the cardiovascular system.
Persimmon
Persimmon, also known as Zhu Guo, Zhen Tian Jia. It is as sweet as honey and mellow and refreshing. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is sweet, cold, and slightly astringent, and it affects the lung, spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians. It has multiple effects such as moistening the lungs to resolve phlegm, clearing heat and promoting body fluids, astringing the intestines to stop diarrhea, strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach, promoting body fluids and moistening the intestines, and cooling the blood to stop bleeding. It is rich in carotene, riboflavin, vitamins, and other trace elements. It is beneficial for lung heat cough, whooping cough, and coughing up yellow phlegm. It can resolve phlegm and relieve coughs. For throat pain, nausea, vomiting, hiccups, diarrhea, and dysentery caused by spleen and stomach disharmony, it is also beneficial. It is especially effective for cooling the blood to stop bleeding caused by excessive stomach heat, such as spitting blood, vomiting blood, bloody stools, postpartum bleeding, and purpura. Its juice is effective for external use on skin ulcers, itching, and herpes zoster. Its frost (the white powder on the skin) is effective for external use on angular cheilitis, canker sores, and anal fissures. When eating persimmons, one should know how to eat them and eat them in moderation. It is believed in folklore that persimmons should not be eaten with sweet potatoes. The tannic acid in persimmons can easily affect iron absorption. Therefore, people with iron-deficiency anemia should not eat them. Eating on an empty stomach can easily form stomach persimmon stones, and it is contraindicated for people with weak spleen and stomach cold.
Pear
Pear has the reputation of "the ancestor of a hundred fruits" and is widely produced throughout the country with many varieties, including Dongguo pear, Ehuang pear, Hansu pear, Hongxiao pear, Jinfeng pear, Jingbai pear, Korla pear, Laiyang pear, Lishan pear, Matihuang pear, Xuehua pear, etc. In ancient times, Lishan pear was also listed as a tribute to the imperial court. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pear is sweet, slightly sour, and cool in nature, and it affects the lung and stomach meridians. It has effects such as moistening the lungs to clear heat, clearing phlegm and reducing fire, clearing the stomach and purging heat, nourishing yin and promoting body fluids, nourishing the kidneys and tonifying deficiency, and moistening the intestines to promote bowel movements. Among them, Mu pear has the highest water content, Su mu pear has the highest protein, Xinjiang Korla pear has the most dietary fiber, Mingmu pear has the highest carbohydrates, and Xuehua pear has the highest carotene. The main effect of pear is known for clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm. It can be used for coughs caused by lung and stomach heat, dry cough, whooping cough, or yellow phlegm, as well as for dry throat, dry mouth, hoarseness, and constipation. It is also suitable for symptoms of yin fluid deficiency in the lung, stomach, and kidney.
Apple
There are many varieties of apples, and it is one of the four major fruits in the world. In China, Shaanxi Province accounts for half of the national output. The Huangxiang apple is the best among apples, with rich nutrition and good taste. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that its taste is sweet and sour, its nature is neutral, and it affects the spleen and stomach meridians. It has effects such as clearing heat and resolving phlegm, promoting body fluids to quench thirst, benefiting the spleen to stop diarrhea, and harmonizing the stomach to lower adverse qi. It is rich in inorganic salts, various vitamins, sugars, tannins, minerals, fruit acids, and carbohydrates. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "It can lower qi and resolve phlegm, treat cholera and stomach pain, and is suitable for consumption by those with thirst. It treats water and grain dysentery and seminal emission." Apple sauce is effective for chronic enteritis and long-term dysentery that does not stop, as well as for indigestion in children. Overconsumption can increase stomach acid, causing gastric discomfort and irritability. At the same time, the fresh fragrance of apples can also give you a good mood.
Grapefruit
Sweet and sour, Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is warm and slightly sour in nature, and it affects the lung and spleen meridians. It has effects of regulating qi and widening the middle, drying dampness and resolving phlegm. Its water content is as high as 90%. It contains protein, carotene, riboflavin, potassium, sodium, and other trace elements, as well as citric acid and vitamins. It is especially effective for coughing with much phlegm, chest tightness, loss of appetite, as well as hernia pain and coughing and wheezing in the elderly.