Introduction: People with a damp-heat constitution naturally have heavy internal dampness, which can easily lead to poor appetite. Therefore, it's even more important to eat some dampness-eliminating fruits to help remove it from the body. Here are 5 dampness-eliminating fruits recommended by the editor to help you clear internal dampness.
1. Watermelon
One of the main fruits of the summer season. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the watermelon rind (also known as watermelon green skin), the watermelon pulp, and watermelon frost (crystals formed by the juice seeping out after placing mirabilite in a watermelon) are often used medicinally. It has a sweet flavor and a cold nature. It enters the Heart, Stomach, and Bladder meridians. Its functions are to relieve summer heat, clear vexation, promote fluid production to quench thirst, and promote urination to lower blood pressure. It can be used for excessive summer heat, fluid loss from sweating, vexation and thirst, and scanty urination. It also has a certain therapeutic effect on stomach heat toothache and hypertension.
Watermelon Milk Pudding
2. Cucumber
Cucumber is sweet in flavor, cool in nature, and non-toxic. It enters the Spleen, Stomach, and Large Intestine; it has the effects of clearing heat, promoting urination, and detoxifying; it is indicated for vexation and thirst, swollen and sore throat, eye inflammation, and scalds. It also has a weight loss effect. Moreover, cucumber is rich in nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E, carotene, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. Additionally, cucumber can be used for beauty: it is mild and eliminates dampness, can tighten and eliminate skin wrinkles, and is especially effective for people with darker skin. The fruit, leaves, vines, and roots of cucumber can be used medicinally.
3. Loquat
Ripe loquats are sweet and nutritious, containing various fructose, glucose, potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium, and vitamins A, B, and C. Among fruits, its carotene content ranks third. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, loquat fruit is believed to moisten the lungs, relieve coughs, and quench thirst. The skin should be peeled before eating. Besides eating fresh, loquat pulp can also be made into canned syrup or used to make wine. The leaves, fruit, and pits of loquats contain amygdalin. It can be used for a sticky cough that is difficult to expel, as well as stomach heat, thirst, and vomiting.
Loquat Jam
4. Sugarcane
Sugarcane is rich in sugar and water, and also contains various vitamins, fats, proteins, organic acids, calcium, iron, and other substances beneficial to human metabolism. It is mainly used for sugar production. Its skin is commonly purple or green, with red and brown being rarer. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, sugarcane is considered sweet and cool in nature. It enters the Lung and Stomach meridians. Its functions are to clear heat, promote fluid production, redirect qi downward, and moisten dryness. It can be used for fluid depletion due to febrile diseases, thirst, scanty and dark urine, constipation, and dry lung cough.
5. Orange
Oranges have the effects of relaxing the bowels, regulating qi, transforming phlegm, aiding digestion, stimulating appetite, stopping vomiting, relieving pain, and stopping coughs. They can be used to treat chest tightness, abdominal bloating, vomiting, constipation, difficult urination, hemorrhoids, and to counteract alcohol and fish/crab poisoning. Moreover, oranges are rich in various organic acids and vitamins, which can regulate human metabolism and are particularly beneficial for the elderly and patients with cardiovascular diseases. More importantly, the fiber in oranges can help with bowel movements and lower cholesterol. Oranges are rich in vitamin C, which has anti-cancer properties.
Blood Orange Cupcakes
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