Springtime weak digestion of the spleen and stomach! Avoid these 3 fruits even if you're craving them!

Source: People’s Daily (People.cn) Science

In spring, yang energy rises and flourishes, and the digestive ability of the spleen and stomach is relatively weak. Some fruits may look fresh and tempting, but if you eat too much, they can easily harm the spleen and stomach—especially for middle-aged and elderly people, whose spleen-and-stomach function is already weak, so extra care is needed. The following kinds of fruit—be sure in spring to keep your mouth under control and don’t be greedy!

Watermelon

Watermelon has a cold nature and a sweet taste. It’s a good thing for beating the heat in summer, but if you eat it in spring, it’s not quite right. If you eat watermelon in spring, its cold nature can directly invade the spleen and stomach, leading to malfunction in their transport and transformation, and causing symptoms such as abdominal bloating, diarrhea, and a faint, dull pain in the abdomen, which further aggravates spleen-and-stomach cold deficiency.

Eating too much watermelon can damage the spleen and stomach, reduce appetite, and cause indigestion. Especially for older people, whose digestive function declines, it can easily lead to intestinal problems such as loss of appetite and diarrhea. In particular, be careful not to eat chilled watermelon that was just taken out of the refrigerator.

Mango

Mango is a tropical fruit. It has a damp-heat nature. For middle-aged and elderly people with weak spleen-and-stomach transport and transformation, eating too much can easily worsen the dampness in the body, leading to abdominal bloating and sticky stools.

Older adults and children with poor stomach and intestinal function, as well as people with qi deficiency and spleen deficiency, should be cautious and eat less. Also, some people develop red macules or red rashes all over after eating mango, along with allergic reactions such as vomiting and diarrhea. This is because atypical proteins and proteases contained in mango juice cause “contact skin reactions,” so it’s best to cut the mango flesh into small pieces and eat them directly. After eating mango, you should also rinse your mouth and wash your face to prevent any remaining fruit juice.

Pineapple

In spring, our intestines and stomachs haven’t yet recovered from winter’s “hibernation” state. Eating too much pineapple can easily cause sour belching, heartburn, and even stomach pain. In addition, pineapple protease may also trigger numbness or stinging pain in the mouth.

Pineapple contains a special pineapple protease that increases the permeability of the stomach and intestinal mucosa. Therefore, for some people with an allergic constitution, eating it may cause abdominal pain, flushed skin, whole-body itching, nausea, a sense of unease in the heart, and headaches, and in severe cases even shock.

Before eating pineapple, never do so on an empty stomach. Before eating, cut the pineapple into slices, soak it in light salted water for about 20 minutes, break down the pineapple protease, and reduce the occurrence of allergic reactions.

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