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china national radio beijing, september 2 (reporter zheng jieyi) recently, the fruits are fragrant, crispy and plump sunshine rose (grapes), thin-skinned and juicy peaches, sweet and thirst-quenching fresh watermelons... make people salivate. however, there is a saying among the people: "eating fruits will cause cold and dampness or heat and internal heat." for some people, eating fruits will cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, sore throat and cough.so, how can we eat fruits to avoid getting damp and getting angry? how should people with different body constitutions choose fruits? professor huang suiping, academic leader of the department of gastroenterology at guangdong provincial hospital of traditional chinese medicine, gave the answer.

it is recorded in the yellow emperor's classic of internal medicine: "five grains are for nourishment, five fruits are for assistance, five animals are for benefit, and five vegetables are for filling." the "help" in "five fruits are for assistance" here means to nourish and dredge. therefore, eating fruits is both for dredging and for nourishing, which is quite beneficial to the human body.

why do people say that eating fruit can cause dampness and internal heat?

experts said: "chinese medicine pays attention to the nature and flavor of food ingredients. many fruits such as watermelon, kumquat, snow pear, banana, persimmon, strawberry, etc. are cold in nature and flavor, and generally have the effects of clearing heat, quenching thirst, and promoting body fluid."

modern people sit for long periods of time and exercise little, think a lot, and have irregular diets. most of them have weak spleen and stomach functions, and are of a yin constitution. excessive consumption of cold fruits can easily damage the spleen and stomach, making the already weak spleen even weaker, and the spleen and stomach functions worsen, leading to food stagnation and dampness, which can easily cause illness. if the water and grain cannot be decomposed and transported and absorbed normally, it will manifest as food stagnation; if the water and dampness cannot be transported and transformed normally, it will stay in the stomach and intestines and mix down, which will manifest as loose stools and diarrhea; if the water and dampness stagnate in the skin and fur, it will manifest as skin problems such as eczema. in addition, chinese medicine believes that sweet taste can easily promote dampness, and most fruits are sweet, and eating more will cause dampness and greasiness.